Shoulder presses are practically mandatory for building a pair of wide, round deltoids (shoulders). The overhead dumbbell press can be highly effective, first because stabilizing the weights throughout each set will recruit the upper back and trapezius muscles, and also because the exercise has bee...
Muscles Worked | Benefits | Common Mistakes | FAQs We know, we know — everyone loves the barbellbench press. That’s why it’s so hard to find an available bench press station most of the time (nevermind on Mondays, or as gym bros all over the world call it, “International Chest Da...
Instead I worked the muscles. Each day I returned to my room with a good pump. To my surprise I really enjoyed doing dumbbell-only workouts for a week. This experience changed my mind about hotel gyms. In fact, over the following years I continued to do dumbbell-only workouts in hotel ...
The dumbbell clean and press works nearly all muscles which makes it such a great choice for metabolic conditioning. Each individual muscle group is targeted during either the clean, the press, or both. Here are the muscles worked during the movement: Legs (Quads, Hamstrings, and Calves) – ...
Overhead Triceps Extension Muscles worked: Triceps and delts Why it rocks: This one hits the long head of your triceps hard and works your biceps, says Tang. You’ll also notice your core engage as you keep your body tall and upright. How to: Start standing, gripping one dumbbell with ...
You can use the dumbbell flat bench press or even the incline bench press to create metabolic stress in the muscles. What is metabolic training? In metabolic training we need to find the burn and then stay there for as long as possible, because that’s what creates the spark for protein ...
Muscles Worked By the Incline Dumbbell Chest Press The main muscle group worked by any bench or chest press exercise are the pectoralis muscles, also known as the chest or “pecs” for short. However, when you do chest presses with your body on an incline instead of horizontally, it changes...
They all worked in much the same way! Provided you challenge your muscles with enough resistance, your body will respond by getting stronger and fitter. Muscles don’t care that you’re using a carefully calibrated barbell that cost $1500, or lifting a rusty dumbbell that you got for $15...
Muscles Worked by the Dumbbell Front Raise The dumbbell front raise is a variation of the lateral raise, where you’ll move the weights forward in the raise (instead of to the sides or back). Since you’ll use such light weights, yourtrapsand forearms shouldn’t really be taxed in this...
Muscles Worked by Dumbbell Pullover The primary action resisted by the dumbbell pullover is shoulder extension. (1) Therefore, the exercise trains the muscles that extend the shoulder. Identifying these muscles may appear simple, but few exercises demonstrate the complexities of functional anatomy bett...