Incline Bench Press

The Bench Press certainly isn't the hardest lift to increase your max on, but adding the Incline Bench Press to your routine will certainly help in this department (along forming your upper chest).

The Muscles it Works: The main target of this exercise are the upper pecs. It also targets your anterior deltoids, triceps, and shoulders to a lesser extent.

How to Perform: Make sure you have a spotter with you for safety. Begin by raising the bench to a 30 degree angle (a good eye estimate will work fine). Then, lie down on the bench with bar positioned on the bench's rack. Make sure your hands are positioned evenly from the center of the bar, but the width of your grip is up to you and what feels comfortable (a good rule of thumb is slightly wider than your shoulders). Keep your feet flat on the ground in front of the bench, and keep your shoulders and butt flat against the bench.

Now, to begin the bench press, lift the bar off of the bench by pushing up on the bar while pressing your shoulders against the bench. Move the bar so it is directly above your chest and slightly out in front of your body. Carefully lower the bar so that it touches your chest, and then lift it back up (once again, by pushing up and slightly out on the bar while driving your shoulder blades into the bench). Repeat for your preferred amount of reps and then place the bar back on the rack.

Tips:
1. Slightly arching your back (while keeping your butt and shoulders on the bench) will help you out a bit, but do not use as great of an arch as used for a regular bench press (a large arch will cause discomfort in your back and possible injury may result)
2. Keep your shoulders against the bench to avoid recruiting your delts to help you out too much (and preventing your pecs from getting a good workout)

Conclusion:
This is definitely not a replacement for the normal bench press, but some lifters prefer to perform regular bench one day a week and incline bench on another (with a program involving two chest workouts a week) to shock their chest each time it is worked out. However, I personally prefer to perform both of these exercises in succession during each of my chest workout. This allows me to work my chest real hard with bench and then perform a few sets with a relatively low weight and a medium amount of reps to overload my chest every time I lift (although I actually perform dumbbell incline presses to give my muscles another perspective of training). Experiment around with this exercise yourself, and see which combination of bench and incline bench works best for you. By the way, make sure you are getting plenty of rest between workouts if you choose to perform both of these lifts on the same day (although this is what I recommend if you believe this would be at all beneficial for you)