Sentences with phrase «dumbbell press engages»

The heavy seated dumbbell press engages your front and side delts.

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The dumbbell bench press targets the fronts and tops of the shoulders, the triceps and the chest muscles, while also engaging the rhomboids and the serratus anterior as secondary muscles that help execute the move.

The main benefit of using dumbbells is that it requires you to engage a greater number of muscles compared to the barbell and machine variant and actually activates the lower fibers of the chest press better than a barbell press — since your hands are free to move across your body when you use dumbbells, the lower pecs get a better workout.

By moving your arms in an alternating fashion during the dumbbell chest press you will engage significantly more stabilizer muscles because of the rotational forces.

Tri-set: Wide Stance Dumbbell Squats (press with heels to engage the glutes & hamstrings) 3 sets of 10 - 15 reps Lying Leg Curls 3 sets of 10 - 15 reps Wide Stance Dumbbell Squats (press with heels to engage the glutes & hamstrings) 3 sets using the same weight as above performing as many repetitions as you can.

Try kneeling on both knees and pressing one dumbbell over your head on the weaker side while engaging your glutes and abdominals.

To make overhead pressing even more challenging for your core, instead of using a barbell use a heavy dumbbell in just one hand while standing and bend slightly to one side (bend away from the side holding the dumbbell) to help engage your oblique muscles more to help you lift the weight.