Dumbbell Chest Fly Floor

Dumbbell chest fly.

Dumbbell chest fly floor.

With this floor version the triceps should touch the floor but not the dumbbells. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. How to do it. Dumbbell chest flyes are usually done on a bench or stability ball but there is absolutely nothing to say you can t do this popular chest exercise on the floor.

Start with a 10 second isometric hold at the top another 5 second hold halfway down then another 5 second hold a few inches above the chest. This makes the chest do more work without compromising shoulder health. Lie on the floor with two dumbbells above your shoulders arms 15 degrees shy of full extension with palms facing lower the weights in an arching motion. The dumbbell chest fly is an upper body exercise that can help to strengthen the chest and shoulders.

I learned it from bodybuilding legend bill pearl. But this stability ball version is my favorite. The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly. Doing so does reduce the range of motion but that is unavoidable and arguably safer without an exercise bench.

4 sets of 15 reps 30 seconds rest between sets exercise ball chest flys. 1 dumbbell floor fly dumbbell floor flys eliminate the biggest danger of dumbbell bench flys if you are to fail on the way up you can just dump the weight without jeopardizing your anterior shoulder capsules and ac joints. Then perform 8 10 repetitions. Dumbbell floor fly in hollow position.

The power flye is basically a cross between a flye and a dumbbell bench press. There is a better dumbbell option for this the dumbbell ucv raise. Position your middle to upper back on the stability ball and have your knees bent with your feet flat on the floor. The elbows stay at roughly a 90 degree angle.

4 sets of 12 reps 30 seconds rest between sets this exercise routine can be performed using minimal equipment and only takes around 30 to 40 minutes to complete depending upon rest time. You might be thinking the chest fly i don t like to do the fly on a bench and if we do it on the floor at best we re only getting to midline but not across it. The dumbbell chest fly can be done in various ways without a bench. This is normally done on a flat or inclined bench.