Women's dumbbell bench press
Posted by Danny ODell on Thu, 2007-10-25 18:21
The dumbbell bench press is a fine alternative to the barbell version of the exercise. It helps develop coordination while at the same time allowing the muscles to take a break from the heavy lifting normally associated with the barbell bench press.
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Women's dumbbell bench press
If I may point out that the D/B bench press done by the woman in the video has a lot to be desired. As the elbows are too close to the sides whendoing the exercise, so the effect on the pectoral muscles was very minimal.
In Danny Odell's comment it is suggesting that the dumbell exercise is usually light, of course this is not the case at all. I myself would prefere to do heavy dumbell press than with the barbell as it usally evens up the strength of both arms and the one arm dumbell also strenghtens up the core.
Regards Toughern
Ernest Tuff
again though its a flat
again though its a flat bench incline is far better for women!
Dumbbell bench press
Hi Ernest,
The elbows are kept to the side to protect the shoulders from damage. The recommendation is the angle of the arms be around 45 degrees both for shoulder stability and strength development.
The statement as to the weight on the dumbbells could have been clearer. I mean it to be taken in this vein: more weight can be used with a barbell than a dumbbell therefore in most cases your overall stregnth will increase. I too have found it to be beneficial using heavy dumbbells in my training.
But I have gained more strength with a barbell.
Danny M. O'Dell
www.explosivelyfit.com
worst chest exercise ever
The flat bench is a terrible exercise, i would never give it to anyone.
When laying on back you are pushing down heavily on your scapula. The control over your scap is so important for everyday movement, so why hinder this and more often than not reduce the movement in the scapula, causing the shoulder to find extra movement that it does not have, causing all sorts of problems.
I could go on about the thoracic spine but basically your just restricting movements the body feeds off!
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I could go on about the thoracic spine but basically your just restricting movements the body feeds off.