Straight Raises on Incline Bench

How to perform

1. 01Place a bar on the ground behind the head of an incline bench.
2. 02Lay on the bench face down. With a pronated grip, pick the barbell up from the floor, keeping your arms straight. Allow the bar to hang straight down. This will be your starting position.
3. 03To begin, raise the barbell out in front of your head while keeping your arms extended.
4. 04Return to the starting position.

Form cues

• —Drive through the full range — do not cut the lockout short.
• —Set the bar path over mid-foot and keep it there.
• —Control the lowering phase — that is where most of the growth stimulus lives.

Common mistakes

• —Using momentum instead of the target muscle.
• —Cutting the range of motion short to add load.