Incline Barbell Press
Muscles worked: Chest (assisted by front delts, triceps).
How to do it
- Lie back on an incline bench.
- As you breathe in, come down slowly until you feel the bar on you upper chest.
- After a second pause, bring the bar back to the starting position as you breathe out and push the bar using your chest muscles.
- Repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
- When you are done, place the bar back in the rack.
Coaching cues
The two cues IronPack shows on this exercise's card mid-workout:
- Bar to the clavicle line
- Keep ribs down - don't turn it into a flat press
Logging it
IronPack suggests working in the 5 to 8 rep range, progressing in 2.5 kg jumps when you own the top of the range. Records are tracked automatically at every rep count from 1 to 12. Loading the bar? Use the plate calculator, and check your estimated 1RM from any hard set.
Related exercises
- Barbell Bench Press - chest
- Dumbbell Bench Press - chest
- Incline Dumbbell Press - chest
- Dips - chest, triceps
Track the incline barbell press properly
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Photos and steps: free-exercise-db (public domain). Cues, muscle weighting and logging guidance are IronPack's own app data. Last generated 2026-07-17.