Sentences with phrase «angle of the bench»

Comparing four different angles of the bench used during the narrow grip bench press, Barnett et al. (1995) found a main difference in anterior deltoid muscle activity between -18 degrees and the other steeper angles (0, 40 and 90 degrees).

Comparing four different angles of the bench used during the narrow grip bench press, Barnett et al. (1995) found a main difference in triceps brachii muscle activity between -18 degrees and 0 (flat) compared with 40 and 90 degrees.

• Let the dumbbells hang straight down from your shoulders with your arms perpendicular to the angle of the bench.

I gave up on the flat position and slightly increased the angle of the bench.

In other words, as the angle of the bench increases, the shoulders take on more and more of the work until the exercise turns into a shoulder press on a vertical bench.

The main differences between regular chest flies and guillotine chest flies is the angle of the bench and the direction the palms face during the movement.

If you increase the angle of the bench, more work goes to your triceps long head, while using a more declined bench will place the emphasis on the lateral triceps head.

Once again, by changing the angle of the bench in your chest wokrout, you can get great variety in the flye movements.

As fatigue builds and the angle of the bench decreases you're moving to a slightly easier exercise.

You can adjust the angle of the bench to increase or decrease your workout intensity.

Raising your hips is a method of «cheating», it makes the exercise easier by «declining» the angle of your bench.

Secondly, the bench press can be classified according to the variation, including various grip widths, concentric vs. eccentric muscle actions, and pressing angles depending on the angle of the bench relative to the floor.