Barbell Incline Shoulder Raise
How to do the Barbell Incline Shoulder Raise with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Shoulders
Chest
Barbell
How to do the Barbell Incline Shoulder Raise
- 1
Lie back on an Incline Bench. Using a medium width grip (a grip that is slightly wider than shoulder width), lift the bar from the rack and hold it straight over you with your arms straight. This will be your starting position.
- 2
While keeping the arms straight, lift the bar by protracting your shoulder blades, raising the shoulders from the bench as you breathe out.
- 3
Bring back the bar to the starting position as you breathe in.
- 4
Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
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Every Barbell Incline Shoulder Raise set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your shoulders volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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