Lever Stack Seated Incline Chest Press

The Lever Stack Seated Incline Chest Press targets your chest, shoulders, and triceps. This exercise helps build upper body strength and stability.

  1. Adjust the seat height so that the handles are at chest level.
  2. Sit down and grasp the handles with both hands.
  3. Press the handles forward until your arms are fully extended.
  4. Slowly return to the starting position and repeat.

How to perform the Lever Stack Seated Incline Chest Press

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Lever Stack Seated Incline Chest Press using your leverage machine.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your pectoralis major.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your pectoralis major rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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