Bodybuilding Article 60
Welcome to Bodybuilding Article 60 in our comprehensive series. It is crucial that beginning bodybuilders are shown how to perform the core exercises correctly. This article provides step by step instructions for the Incline Dumbbell Bench Press.
Bodybuilding article 60 will help beginners to start out using the correct techniques before moving on to potentially more dangerous heavy weights. If it also helps more experienced lifters to redress some of the little faults that have almost imperceptibly crept in over the years, all the better. And don't forget, you can get the best deals on a huge range of bodybuilding supplements at Bodybuilding.com
Exercise the right way - the incline dumbbell bench press
Other articles in this series looked at a number of exercises, mainly from the perspective of developing a comprehensive muscle building program. Sometimes we take things for granted, especially when it comes to performing the basic exercises that constitute the core of most bodybuiders' training regimes.
It is useful, therefore, to describe in detail the processes involved in actually doing these exercises. This will help beginners to start out using the correct techniques before moving on to potentially more dangerous heavy weights. If it also helps more experienced lifters to redress some of the little faults that have almost imperceptibly crept in over the years, all the better.
In this article we'll take a close look at the incline dumbbell bench press.
MUSCLES TARGETED: pectoralis major
STARTING POSITION
Grasp two dumbbells using a closed, pronated grip. Assume a supine position on a bench. Press the dumbbells to an extended elbow, parallel arm position above the face. This is the starting point for all repetitions.
DOWNWARD MOVEMENT
Lower the dumbbells together towards the chest and aligned with the nipples. Keep the wrists rigid directly above the elbows.
UPWARD MOVEMENT
Push the dumbbells upward until the elbows are fully extended. Keep the wrists rigid directly above the elbows. Do not arch back or raise chest to meet the bar. Repeat or finish set.
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Don't forget to check out this week's recommended bodybuilding article entitled What causes muscle growth?
1. Stimulus - exercise is needed to make the muscles work, use energy and cause microscopic damage to the
fibers.
2. Nutrition - after intense exercise the muscles need to replenish their stores of
fuel.
3. Rest - it is during the rest or recovery phase that the muscles repair the microscopic
damage and grow.
Muscle size increases due to hypertrophic adaptation and an increase in the cross section area
of individual muscle fibers. Intensive exercise impacts more on the strength influencing fast twitch type II fibers, therefore
the increase in muscle size is accompanied by greater strength. . . .
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