Dumbbell Incline Tate Press

Set your bench to about a 45° incline. Take 2 dumbbells and rest them on your thighs. Use a knee pop to get the dumbbells up near your chest and then rock back until your back is resting on the pads. Start with one chest press to get the dumbbells over your chest with locked arms. Slowly bend the elbows to the side folding the dumbbells in towards midline until the caps of the dumbbells rest on your chest. Using the triceps, “unfold” the dumbbells back up until the arms are parallel with elbows locked out. Go slow with these and repeat for repetitions.

Tate presses will help blow up your bench press, pushups, or any other pressing motion that you are struggling with. It is normal to feel pressure and discomfort, but if there is pain lower the weight and build them up slowly over time.