I didnt go silly heavy went up to 24kgs 53lbs a hand for 6.
Straight arm floor flys.
Straight arm or bent.
I kept mine as straight as possible serious upper chest pulling when going horizontal.
Hold a dumbbell in left hand and extend your arm upward over your chest palm.
Straight arm floor flyes if you re doing straight arm floor flyes it s an exercise that i sometimes do if all the benches are being used and or i simply want to do something different.
Learn how to safely do this exercise on a flat bench an incline bench or with no bench.
And one of the biceps joints the long head starts just above that shallow cavity.
Lower the dumbbells to the sides of your ankle and repeat.
Heavy presses and dips have been the primary building blocks in constructing the most massive chests of all time including schwarzenegger reg park and ronnie coleman but the finishing touches in constructing these masterpieces were done with variations of the fly.
Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet placed flat on the ground.
It s always good to throw in a new or different exercise once in awhile to keep things interesting and to challenge your body to something new.
To start the one arm flye you should lie on a flat surface.
Keep your back leg straight.
The longer the lever in this case your arm the more load you re bearing.
This can be the floor or a workout bench.
However you have to be able to stabilize your elbow so there has to be some tone in your biceps and brachialis which generally means at least a little bend in.
Big brawny and powerful pecs spark admiration in the hearts of men and less than pure thoughts in the hearts of honky tonk angels.
The upper arm bone ends in a dome which slides around on a shallow cavity of the scapulae thus enabling us to move our arms in pretty much any way that we wish.
Is there more of a risk of shoulder injury with your arms straight.
Plant your feet on the floor if you are on the bench and bend them so you can place them flat on the floor if you are lying on the floor.
2 single arm dumbbell floor press how to.
They had a small degree of bend but i concentrated to get them as flat as possible.
Use your free hand to support yourself either on the bench or the floor.