Lie back on the floor gripping a pair of dumbbells tightly. keep your feet flat on the floor, driving with your heels and squeezing your glutes. keep your elbows at a 45 degree angle relative to. A closer grip de emphasizes the pecs and instead prioritizes the triceps. ( 1) with your elbows slightly bent, pinch your shoulder blades together while staying on the bench. straighten your arms to unrack the barbell and “pull” the weight from over your face to above your upper chest.
Make it harder: try doing crossovers one arm at a time, crossing your working arm past your midline and toward your opposite shoulder. coach’s tip: as you bring your arms together in front of. Reverse grip barbell bench press. barbell "guillotine" bench press. bench press with suspended weights. reverse band bench press. in your workout: bench toward the start of your chest workout for heavy sets in lower rep ranges, such as 5 8 reps. there are better moves for high rep chest burnouts. Stand sideways to a cable machine with the arm of the machine set to about waist level. grab the handle with the hand closest to the machine and move in a punching movement up, in and across midline taking the handle just up past shoulder height. you should feel a strong contraction in the upper chest. Sit on an inclined bench, unrack a barbell and hold it on straight arms above your shoulders. inhale and lower the bar down to your chest. press the bar up to straight arms while exhaling. there’s no need to go overboard with the inclination in the incline press. around 30° is enough to target your upper chest. 2.
Stand sideways to a cable machine with the arm of the machine set to about waist level. grab the handle with the hand closest to the machine and move in a punching movement up, in and across midline taking the handle just up past shoulder height. you should feel a strong contraction in the upper chest. Sit on an inclined bench, unrack a barbell and hold it on straight arms above your shoulders. inhale and lower the bar down to your chest. press the bar up to straight arms while exhaling. there’s no need to go overboard with the inclination in the incline press. around 30° is enough to target your upper chest. 2. Press up and lockout and squeeze the back of your triceps. slowly lower down and repeat. 4. cable crossover fly (high position) the cable crossover fly is a great exercise that is adjusted to target the lower chest. by setting the pulleys to the high position it changes the angle to target the lower chest. Grasp a dumbbell in each hand and extend your arms to hold the weights directly above your chest so they touch. your palms should face toward your feet. this is the starting position. bend your arms to lower the dumbbells toward the outsides of your chest, keeping your elbows pointed out to your sides.
Press up and lockout and squeeze the back of your triceps. slowly lower down and repeat. 4. cable crossover fly (high position) the cable crossover fly is a great exercise that is adjusted to target the lower chest. by setting the pulleys to the high position it changes the angle to target the lower chest. Grasp a dumbbell in each hand and extend your arms to hold the weights directly above your chest so they touch. your palms should face toward your feet. this is the starting position. bend your arms to lower the dumbbells toward the outsides of your chest, keeping your elbows pointed out to your sides.
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