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Incline dumbbell press

Chest · Dumbbells

Sets, reps and RIR

Sets3 to 5
Reps4 to 8
RIR1 to 3

A heavy multi-joint lift with free weights. Keep a rep or two in reserve on most sets so technique holds.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Upper chest.

Secondary: Chest, Front delts, Triceps.

Estimate your one-rep max

Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.

Enter a set to see the estimate.

What it is called elsewhere

  • Norwegian Skrå hantelpress
  • Swedish Lutande hantelpress
  • Danish Skrå håndvægtpres
  • German Schrägbankdrücken (Kurzhanteln)
  • Spanish Press inclinado con mancuernas
  • Italian Panca inclinata (manubri)
  • Portuguese Supino inclinado (halteres)
  • Russian Жим гантелей на наклонной скамье
  • French Développé incliné (haltères)

Related chest exercises

  • Bench press (barbell)
  • Incline bench press (barbell)
  • Decline bench press (barbell)
  • Close-grip bench press (barbell)
  • Landmine press
  • Cable crossover

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