Seated Dumbbell Overhead / Military Press Standing Dumbbell Overhead / Military Press Dumbbell Front Raises Dumbbell Lateral Raises Dumbbell
Reverse Flyes Dumbbell Straight Arm Extensions
The flat
bench flye targets the whole chest region, with the primary mover being the sternal (lower) portion of the chest with help form the upper (clavicular) portion.
This page show you how to do alternating chest
flyes on a stability ball.
Although many people choose to do the bent - over dumbbell
flyes with cables, research has shown that this is not optimal for isolating the rear deltoids.
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.
Seated Row Bent Over Row Lat Pull Down or Pull Ups Lateral Raises for the Shoulders Reverse
Flyes for the Shoulders Over Head Press for the Shoulders
You can
perform flyes on an incline bench, flat bench, or decline bench.
If you perform chest
flyes in an alternating fashion you will also get a significant increase in core work and shoulder stability.
To exercise his shoulders, The Rock does 4 sets of 12 reps each of barbell shoulder presses, leverage shoulder presses, standing low - pulley deltoid raises, a bent over version of side lateral raises and some normal reverse
machine flyes.
Some of my favourite exercises to perform drop sets with are: Leg press Leg extension Shoulder press Lateral raise Dumbbell chest press
Cable flye Skull crusher Cable bicep curl
However, the chest
flye motion will take away emphasis from the triceps and place the majority of the muscle work on the chest and shoulders.
Do the cable
flye movement from there, bringing your hands together directly ABOVE YOUR FOREHEAD.
I have found in the past that doing
regular flyes with palms up like trying to hug a tree causes shoulder pain from the over stretching of the pec and turning the anterior deltoid.
Take dumbells you could normally do about 10 to 12 full reps of
dumbell flyes with, lay down on a bench or Swiss ball and lower the dumbells down to the bottom, stretched position.
If for instance you are working on your pecs, try doing
pec flyes before the bench press.
• BB / Smith or DB Press 2 x 8 +4 • Incline Smith or
DB Flyes 2 x 8 +4 • Pec Dec 2 x 8 +4 • DB or Smith Military Press 2 x 8 +4 • Side Laterals 2 x 8 +4 • Barbell Shrugs 2 x 8 +4
You can also perform isolation exercises like front raises for the anterior delt or reverse
shoulder flyes for the rear delt.
A good way to prevent structural imbalance and avoid overdeveloping your anterior delts is by beginning every shoulder workout with rear delt exercises such as rear
delt flyes, uncrossovers and j - pulls.
From push - ups and incline dumbbell presses to pec
deck flyes, there are plenty of exercises to choose from.
When you're past those 30 seconds, get a body suspension training band and do some
bodyweight flyes for 30 seconds.
So basically, the first set of
partial flyes is going to take advantage of the increased muscle - fiber activation you get with a stretched - position exercise.
Think chest push - up
flyes where you need slip or they are too difficult.
Quads: squat (or leg press), leg extension Leg bi: leg curl on 2 different machines calves: standing calf raise, seated calf raise Chest: bench press, cable
flyes back: bent over row, pulldown traps: barbell shrugs * shoulders: behind neck press, side lateral bis: barbel curl, one arm dumbell curl on preacher bench tris: lying tricep extension, cable pushdown fores: hammer curls, behind the back standing wrist curls abs: weighted crunches, cable side crunches
More than one EMG study has concluded that barbell bench - press activates more muscle fibers than D / B presses, or D /
B flyes, strangely enough the barbell bench - press is also superior when targeting triceps brachii.
Now, when we get to the final partial
flye set, the goal is hyperplasia (fiber splitting).
Reverse cable or
band flyes — > You can do this one arm at a time or two.
If your gym doesn't have body suspension training bands, use a resistance band and do
standing flyes for the same duration.
Perform cross-overs or presses from the high position, or bench or
floor flyes from the bottom.
For instance, if you are doing dumbbell
flyes followed by bench presses, reverse the order and do bench presses first.
Suggested exercises: Bench press then dumbbell
flyes Seated cable row then bent over row Squats then deadlifts
Pre-exhausting is a technique whereby you work a single target muscle group in isolation,
e.g. flyes for the chest, before working it in combination with other muscle groups, e.g. bench press for the chest.
Once you get comfortable with this routine, you can up the challenge and stimulate even more growth by also doing 40 reps (in as few sets as possible) of suspension
trainer flyes, which take advantage of full body tension and activate your pecs from an angle that's hardly ever used during a standard chest routine.
One pair of exercises you could try are dumbbell
flyes combined with push - ups.
Instead of doing isolation exercises like curls, extensions and
flyes choose multi-joint compound movements that target more muscle mass.
Dumbbell
flyes help to focus on and isolate the chest, and are perfect for adding muscle mass to the chest itself.
If you put on slabs of muscle on the upper back and strengthen it with many types of rowing exercises, pull - ups, exercising using bands, reverse
flyes etc. you will also strengthen the shoulders and positively influence pressing power and stability.
The incline dumbbell
flye specifically targets the clavicular portion of your pectoralis major, providing a good stretch and contraction of the pectoral muscles.
Your main task is to lift more weight, allowing you to perform repetitions in the range of 5 - 8 reps. Try cutting out the isolation exercises (like triceps extensions, biceps curls, cable
flyes etc...).
Cable
flyes solve this by pulling the resistance out to the sides rather than straight up and down.
If you're looking for effective chest exercises, try adding alternating chest
flyes into your chest workout routine.
To finish off your pec workout you'll be performing a cable
flye utilizing a high to low angle.
Flyes isolate your pecs at a slightly different angle than presses and are a great way to round out your chest routine for complete pec development.