How do you perform this exercise?
- Lie down on a decline bench with a dumbbell in one hand, resting it on your thigh.
- Using your thigh to help raise the dumbbell, lift it up to shoulder width with your palm facing your torso.
- Rotate your wrist so that the palm of your hand is facing forward.
- As you breathe in, lower the dumbbell slowly to the side until you feel a stretch in your chest.
- Exhale and use your chest muscles to bring the dumbbell back up to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch arms.
Which other muscles are involved?
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.
