Technique
- Lie on a bench.
- Grab dumbbells and lower them down to the sides.
- Keep a slight bent at the elbows.
- Only go low enough to get a slight stretch in your chest.
Logging: Total weight used.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Chest
- Shoulders
Secondary
- Biceps
- Forearms
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
- Pectoralis major (sternal head)
- Anterior deltoid
- Biceps brachii (short head)
- Brachialis
- Brachioradialis
Equipment
Appears in
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Shoulderhorizontal adduction
trains stretches
Progressions
Incline chest ring flys
Intermediate
Regressions
Pec deck
Beginner
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