Chest · Leverage Machine
Lever Incline Hammer Chest Press
How to do the lever incline hammer chest press, 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
- Compound
How to do it
Set the seat on the incline hammer press so the handles line up with your upper chest. Keep your shoulder blades pulled back and down, press the handles up and slightly forward, then lower under control until you feel a stretch in the upper chest.
- 1Upper chest driving the handles up with the triceps assisting
- 2Steady tension through the full range of the press
- 3Shoulder blades staying set back and down
Common mistakes
- Letting the shoulders roll forward at the top
- Flaring the elbows straight out to the sides
- Bouncing off the bottom position
Muscles worked
The lever incline hammer chest press mainly works the upper chest and mid chest, with the triceps, lower chest, and front delts assisting.
- Upper ChestPrimary
- Mid ChestPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Lower ChestSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Upper AbsMinor
Kovo programs the lever incline hammer chest press for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.