Technique
- Lie on an incline bench holding dumbbells above your chest with palms facing each other, arms with a slight bend at the elbow.
- Lower the weights out to the sides in a wide arc until you feel a stretch in your chest.
- Squeeze your chest to bring the weights back together at the top.
Form tips
- Maintain a slight bend in your elbows to protect the joints.
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
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