Chest · Leverage Machine
Lever Incline Fly
How to do the lever incline fly, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Sit in the incline lever fly machine with your back flat against the pad and grip the handles with a slight bend in your elbows. Squeeze your chest to bring the handles together out in front of and above your chest in a wide arc. Pause at the top, then slowly let the handles travel back out until you feel a stretch across the chest.
- 1The upper chest squeezing as the handles come together
- 2A controlled stretch across the chest as the handles travel back
- 3Your back flat against the pad and shoulders down
Common mistakes
- Don't bend and straighten your elbows like a press
- Avoid letting the handles fly back too far or too fast
- Don't shrug your shoulders up toward your ears
Muscles worked
The lever incline fly mainly works the upper chest, with the mid chest and front delts assisting.
- Upper ChestPrimary
- Mid ChestSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
Kovo programs the lever incline fly for you and tracks it every session.
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More chest exercises
- How to do the archer push-up
- How to do the assisted dip
- How to do the resistance band chest flyes
- How to do the resistance band push-up
- How to do the barbell bench press
- How to do the paused bench press
Last reviewed June 2026.