How do you perform this exercise?
- Lie down on a decline bench with your head lower than your hips and your feet secured.
- Hold the barbell with a pronated grip (palms facing away from you) and your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- Extend your arms above your chest, keeping a slight bend in your elbows.
- Lower the barbell in an arc motion behind your head, feeling a stretch in your chest and shoulders.
- Pause for a moment, then return the barbell to the starting position by reversing the motion.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Triceps, Shoulders.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
