Chest Flys work both the inner and outer sides of your chest.
Not exact matches
Adding dumbbell
flies will help you maximize the contraction in the pecs and build greater definition in the
chest area, as well as strengthen the shoulders and prime them for
working with heavy loads.
Unlike single - joint dumbbell variations, cable crossovers and
flies, including those performed on the peck deck machine, allow you to flex your pecs in the top contracted position on every set, thereby
working the
chest hardest in the full contracted position and calling for a greater involvement of the inner pec fibers.
The flat dumbbell
fly primarily
works the
chest and shoulders but also engages the rhomboids at the upper back and the biceps as stabilizing muscles.
However, the all - time favorite delt exercise, the overhead press, primarily hits the anterior part of your delts, which makes it less than adequate for building huge delts, not to mention that the anterior head already gets more than enough stimulation from all pressing and
fly movements you've been
working your
chest with.
The dumbbell
fly works out your
chest and arms, helping you achieve the look you are after, more defined muscles and an impressively lean body.
The
chest flys / dips superset is the finisher on
chest day where you're trying to go as hard as you can to
work your
chest.
While most
chest exercises
work the middle or upper part of your
chest, dumbbell
flys work the outer ares of your
chest.
The
Flys are where The Rock
works the lower
chest.
For instance, for a bulk
chest work out, you can use the same weight for a
chest press and then proceed to immediately do a dumbbell
fly.
Unlike the bench press, which also stimulates the triceps, the
fly only indirectly
works the front part of the shoulders in addition to the
chest, its main target.
However, the anterior deltoids get a significant amount of indirect
work from
chest exercises (e.g. bench press, push up, dip,
fly), especially upper
chest exercises (i.e. any incline press or
fly).