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Start by lying down on a flat bench holding a single dumbbell. Press the weight straight up. Shift yourself so that the side of your body holding the dumbbell—half your head, your shoulder blade ...
The bench press or chest press is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench. The bench press is a compound movement , with the primary muscles involved being the pectoralis major , the anterior deltoids , and the triceps brachii .
Smith machine bench press. The bench press or dumbbell bench-press is performed while lying face up on a bench, by pushing a weight away from the chest. This is a compound exercise that also involves the triceps and the front deltoids, also recruits the upper and lower back muscles, and traps.
Another Greek, the physician Galen, described strength training exercises using the halteres (an early form of dumbbell) in the 2nd century. Ancient Greek sculptures also depict lifting feats. The weights were generally stones, but later gave way to dumbbells. The dumbbell was joined by the barbell in the later half of the 19th century.
Sit on the bench holding the dumbbells in each hand. Press both arms up to get into the starting position. Perform 2 explosive press reps with one arm, holding the press position with the other.
The dumbbell incline bench press exercise will grow your upper chest muscles. Here's how to do the exercise the right way.
Dumbbells are all you need to carry out an effective tricep workout. Here are the best 8 dumbbell tricep exercises and the benefits of training with dumbbells.
A one arm bent-over dumbbell row with a bench used as support. There are several variants of this exercise, depending on whether dumbbells or a barbell is used and whether both arms are exercised at the same time: Two arm rows: Two-arm barbell bent-over-row: [1] This version uses both arms to lift a barbell to the stomach in a bent-forward ...