Sentences with phrase «with dumbbell chest»

For example, the first superset would be dumbbell squats paired with dumbbell chest presses or close - grip pushups.

Not exact matches

Sit on an exercise bench with back support and hold two dumbbells in front of you at about upper chest level with your palms facing your body and your elbows bent.

With dumbbells, your arms and hands are able to move through a full range of motion and further across your chest because they're not locked in place like when gripping a bar.

While barbells allow you to hit the chest with some seriously heavy weight, dumbbells provide an opportunity to work each side separately and fix any existing muscle imbalances (which are often painfully and ridiculously visible) as well as train crucial stabilizing muscles.

The dumbbell bench press offers some benefits that are not available with other chest exercises and can be used to prime your pectorals for new growth.

• Lie down on an inclined bench with the stomach and chest lying flat down, with a dumbbell in each hand with a neutral grip (palms facing inwards towards each other).

Lie face down on an incline bench with your chest lying on the pad and your feet touching the ground for support and take a dumbbell in each hand with a neutral grip and arms straight.

Then he continues with the same number of dumbbell bench presses, leverage incline chest presses and dumbbell flyes.

Deadlifts — 4 x 5 (after the warm up, do 4 sets of 5 reps with 80 % of your 1RM) Chin ups or pull ups — 4 x 8 - 10 reps One arm dumbbell row or a chest supported row — 3 x 12 reps

Also, you need to make sure that you end the movement with the dumbbell over the chest and that you never try to lower the dumbbell on the ground behind your head since this poses a significant risk of injury to the rotator cuffs.

Performing several sets with lighter dumbbell allows you to check out your body system and see how your shoulders, chest and lats are taking the strain of the exercise.

How to: Hold a dumbbell or kettlebell with both hands underneath the «bell» at chest level.

Grab the dumbbell with both hands and hold it over your chest with a slight bend at the elbows.

Lie on a weight bench with arms extended over your chest and hold the dumbbells with an overhand grip above your eyes.

Hold one of the heavy dumbbells at chest height with both hands, elbows bent and drawn in tight to your sides and chest up the entire time.

While holding two dumbbells at your sides, stand straight up with your feet shoulder - width apart, chest out, and shoulders back.

Standing tall with your feet shoulder - width apart, grab the head of a dumbbell with both hands and hold it vertically against the front of your chest.

Hold a good posture; keeping your knees slightly bent with your shoulders back and chest out, slowly start pushing your hips back and lowering the dumbbells down until you feel a good stretch in your hamstrings.

Hug both dumbbells into your chest with your palms facing inward.

Hold a dumbbell vertically with both hands at your chest.

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.

Stand holding a dumbbell by one of the weighted ends with both hands, close to your chest and with your feet wide apart and pointed 45 degrees outward.

According to his accounts, Ahrens had 57 inch chest and 21 inch arms, and could perform a two dumbbells press together with 162 in each hand for 4 reps. Ahrens is considered as a mystery man, the reclusive power house, and currently there are not many photos that show his impressive size.

The handle of each dumbbell should be around about level with your chest.

To better isolate his upper chest fibers, he uses dumbbells for incline presses with a neutral grip; and to effectively train his outer and inner pecks he loads his peck deck machine with rubber bands that increase the tension at the end of the movement.

Your arms should now be forming a 90 degree angle with your torso, and the dumbbells should be directly above your chest.

A1 Bench Press * — 3 x 8 (with 75 % of your 1 rep max) A2 Barbell Rows * — 3 x 8 B1 incline dumbbell press — 3 x 8 B2 T - bar row or a chest supported row - 3 x 8 C1 Dumbbell fly — 3 x 10 - 12 C2 Seated bent over lateral raise — 3 Xdumbbell press — 3 x 8 B2 T - bar row or a chest supported row - 3 x 8 C1 Dumbbell fly — 3 x 10 - 12 C2 Seated bent over lateral raise — 3 XDumbbell fly — 3 x 10 - 12 C2 Seated bent over lateral raise — 3 X 10 - 12

For most people, the barbell bench press will never lead to impressive, or even significant chest growth and it will become more of a triceps exercise, while performing the same exercise with dumbbells can be more effective for chest building.

Hold, for example, the bottom position of a dumbbell flight with light weight to provide thorough stretch of your chest muscles.

Another option is to hold one dumbbell with both hands in front of you when performing the sumo squat, or you can hold a dumbbell or a kettlebell in the center of your chest with both hands to perform a goblet squat.

On Monday earlier McCarver had worked out in the gym and seemed to be doing just fine... no signs of any medical or health problem while hitting a chest press with 160 lbs dumbbells.

Deadlifts 2 x 5 abs 3 x 15 - 20 reps with a plate on your chest Rows 2 x 4 - 8reps (do variations of barbel and dumbbell rows on alternate weeks) Pull downs 3 to failure Wide grip curls 2 x 8 - 12 reps Hammer curls 2 x 8 - 12reps

I fixed with the less pretty version of completing the flyes like holding the dumbbell like a long bar = less strain on the shoulder and not over stretching the chest

Take the dumbbells up positioning them right above your chest with fully extended arms.

Hold a dumbbell with both hands at chest height, arms extended, feet shoulder - width (A).

With arms fully extended and overlapped fingers, bring the dumbbell over your chest, then start lowering it in an overhead arc until you feel a good stretch in your pecs.

Dumbbells allow you to experiment with different ranges of motion and types of stimuli, thereby helping you create a complete workout that will maximally activate all areas of your chest.

Grasp a dumbbell in each hand with palms facing in and hold them to your chest, or just let them hang to your sides.

Hit your lower pecs with the dumbbell decline press to ensure massive overall growth in the chest area.

Chest Presses For chest, abs, lower back, butt, hamstrings Sit on exercise ball with a dumbbell in each Chest Presses For chest, abs, lower back, butt, hamstrings Sit on exercise ball with a dumbbell in each chest, abs, lower back, butt, hamstrings Sit on exercise ball with a dumbbell in each hand.

A. Start standing with feet shoulder - width apart and both hands holding a dumbbell at the base next to your chest.

Keep these rules in mind while hammering your chest with dumbbell flies to ensure that your pec fibers have received the stimulus they need for full development:

Sample Exercise Setup: Chest — 3 exercises, 1 incline, 1 flat and 1 decline Back — 4 exercises, 1 wide chin up or latt pull, 1 row, 1 pulley or machine row, Deads or pullovers (alternate between these two) Delts — 3 exercises, overhead press, side laterals, bent laterals Triceps — 3 exercises, overhead tricep extension with bar or dumbbell, cable pressdown, machine dip Biceps — 3 exercises, preacher curl, barbell or dumbbell curl, cable curl Quads — 3 exercises, press of some kind, extension, hack or press or squat of some kind Hams — 1 exercise, leg curl Calves — 3 exercises, standing calf raise, bent lower back calf raise (like donkey calf raises where your upper body and lower body are in an «L» shape), seated calf raises Abs - 3 exercises, weighted machine crunch, hanging leg lifts, cable reverse crunches Traps — 1 exercise, shrugs

Lie on an incline bench adjusted to an incline angle of 30 to 45 degrees, holding a pair of dumbbells over your chest with extended arms, with a slight bend at the elbows.

Hold a pair of dumbbells over your chest, with your arms straight up and your hands facing forward.

To perform Dumbbell Flyes exercise you must lie on your back and hold a pair of dumbbells over your chest, with your arms up and your hands facing each other.

I have one little issue with the renegade rows: I think they would be more effective if you pulled the dumbbells into your hips instead of to your chest.

Grip the dumbbells or cables in each hand with your palms facing inward and arms extended above your chest with a slight bend in your elbows (visualize hugging a barrel).

Finally, any of the flye exercises can be performed either with dumbbells or with cables in your chest workout.

Grip the dumbbells or cables in each hand with your palms facing inward, arms extended above your lower chest, with your arms fixed in the barrel hugging position.