Chest · Leverage Machine
Plate Loaded Lever One Arm Incline Chest Press
How to do the plate loaded lever one arm incline chest press, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Adjust the seat on the plate-loaded incline machine so the handle lines up with your upper chest. Bracing one hand on the seat, keep your shoulder blade pulled back and down and press the handle up and slightly in with the working arm. Lower under control until you feel a stretch in the upper chest, then repeat all reps before switching sides.
- 1Upper-chest drive with the triceps assisting on the working side
- 2Steady tension through the full range on one arm
- 3Your core bracing to resist twisting toward the loaded side
Common mistakes
- Letting your shoulder roll forward at the bottom
- Twisting your torso to help shove the handle up
- Bouncing out of the stretched position
Muscles worked
The plate loaded lever one arm incline chest press mainly works the upper chest and mid chest, with the triceps, lower chest, obliques, and front delts assisting.
- Upper ChestPrimary
- Mid ChestPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- Lower ChestSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.