Incline Dumbbell Press

Trains the Clavicular Head.

How to do it

Set an adjustable bench to roughly fifteen to thirty degrees and sit down with a dumbbell on each thigh.
Lie back, kicking the dumbbells up into position over your shoulders one knee at a time.
Squeeze your shoulder blades down into the bench and plant your feet flat on the floor.
Turn your palms forward and press the dumbbells up until your arms are straight above your upper chest.
Lower under control until the dumbbells are level with the top of your chest, letting them travel wider than a bar would allow.
Press back up and slightly inward, stopping just short of the dumbbells touching.

Using a bench angle above forty-five degrees. The steeper the bench, the more of the work goes to the front deltoid rather than the clavicular fibres of the chest this exercise exists to load.
Stopping the descent early. The bottom of the range is where the upper chest is longest and where the dumbbell version has the advantage over a barbell. A weight you can only move through the top half is the wrong weight.
Pressing the dumbbells straight up rather than slightly together. The clavicular head pulls the arm up and across; letting the hands converge at the top follows that line and finishes the movement.
Chasing the upper chest with front raises instead. A front raise is a deltoid movement the clavicular head assists — the arm never travels across the body, so the chest never decides the outcome.