How to do the chest press exercise on an incline bench using dumbbells:
Adjust the bench to the incline that you desire. The angle of the incline that you choose will work out the chest slightly differently. The more a bench is adjusted downwards, then more of the chest is involved in the exercise.
I like to grab the dumbbells one at a time from the floor and bring them up, rest them on the top of my legs, lean back on the bench and then raise them to the starting position.
In the starting position: palms face forward, elbows bent and slightly below shoulders.
Press the dumbbells upwards while still maintaining a slight bend in your elbows at the top of the movement. Where the dumbbells end up, depends on your arm length.
Lower the dumbbells to the starting position, going as far down that you can go while maintaining around a 45 degree angle. You don’t want to go too far down because you will end up working the shoulders more and over-extend yourself.
Breathe out as you press (raise dumbbells) and breathe in as you lower.
Do about 4-5 sets of 10 to 12 repetitions.
Exercise Varation: Close-grip dumbbelll press
