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.
Floor dumbbell chest flyes.
Lying face up on a flat bench hold a pair of dumbbells over your chest with palms facing each other and elbows only slightly bent.
Keeping your arms almost straight separate your hands and lower the.
Dumbbell chest fly.
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 elbows stay at roughly a 90 degree angle.
With this floor version the triceps should touch the floor but not the dumbbells.
If you want to incorporate the dumbbell chest fly into your current training program what i like to do is keep it either as a finisher movement or i like to superset it with my main lifts.
4 sets of 15 reps 30 seconds rest between sets exercise ball chest flys.
How to do it.
This makes the chest do more work without compromising shoulder health.
Chest fly on floor.
Few movements so effectively challenge the pecs while also hitting the shoulders and biceps.
The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly.
The dumbbell chest fly can be done in various ways without a bench.
Doing so does reduce the range of motion but that is unavoidable and arguably safer without an exercise bench.
But this stability ball version is my favorite.
How to do it.
Learn how to safely do this exercise on a flat bench an incline bench or with no bench.
5 tips to make dumbbell flyes the ultimate finishing chest exercise fitness.
For example if i m doing a dumbbell bench press sometimes i ll super set it with a dumbbell flat fly 4 sets.
The power flye is basically a cross between a flye and a dumbbell bench press.
Dumbbell chest flies may help strengthen arm and shoulder muscles and open up the chest muscles.
Position your middle to upper back on the stability ball and have your knees bent with your feet flat on the floor.
This is normally done on a flat or inclined bench.
Anyone who has even used weights once in their life has done this exercise.
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.