Leverage Incline Chest Press

What it is

This compound push exercise, performed on a machine, effectively targets your chest. It also engages your shoulders and triceps as you press the weight upwards. This movement helps build upper body pushing strength with controlled form.

Technique tips

• Adjust the seat so the handles align with your upper chest.
• Keep your shoulder blades retracted and chest lifted at the start.
• Press the handles smoothly, extending your arms without locking elbows.
• Control the return phase, stopping just before the weight plates touch.
• Breathe out as you press, and breathe in as you slowly lower the weight.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.