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The Inclined Benchpress Without A Bench

The inclined benchpress makes for a great addition to your workouts, as it targets the upper area of your chest, giving it a “full” look. But how can you do it at home when you lack the bench? Easy!

What Makes The Inclined Benchpress Great

The regular benchpress targets the sternal head of the chest, which makes up most of its appearance. The inclined benchpress trains the smaller clavicular head right above it and this can give the finishing touches to the looks of your chest. In addition, it also works the triceps and the front portion of your shoulders.

All You Need: A Chair And A Board

Now how do we get this exercise into our home workouts? A bench costs money and requires room to set it up. Do we have to grit our teeth, shell out those dollars and then stumble over that bench every time we try to get to our desks?

Nope. If we slightly rely on our improvisation skills, we can get the same effect with just the help of a chair and solid board:

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  1. Sooraj says:
    May 15, 2014 at 5:20 am

    Hi EC,
    Recently, I have been a regular follower of your articles.
    Your posts are clean, concise, to the point and simply superb; no second thoughts about that.
    For doing inclined bench-press, what typically should be the starting weight?
    Also, after every week, do we need to increase the number of sets/repetitions/weight?

    Regards
    Sooraj

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    • evilcyber says:
      May 19, 2014 at 2:10 pm

      Hey Sooraj, always use the weight where you can do at least six reps. That’s especially important for the inclined presses, because losing control on those can really hurt your shoulder.

      The number of reps you do should always be as many as you can do with good form. When you can do 3 x 12, you should increase the weight a little and start over at six reps per set again.

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