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Dumbbell Bench Press

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Type: Strength
Main Muscle Worked: Chest
Other Muscles: Shoulders, Triceps
Equipment: Dumbbell
Mechanics Type: Compound
Level: Beginner
Sport: No
Force: Push
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Dumbbell Bench Press

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10/10

Feb 10, 2012 4:10 PM: Great Excercise, very realistic and good for athletic gains. I recommend this for anyone looking for developing a beast-like chest.



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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Jan 13, 2012 9:38 AM: its better to rotate your hands as you push up and at top your DB should look like this || then squeeze your chest then as you lower DBs turn it back .. best tip believe me :)



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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10/10

Apr 15, 2011 8:19 PM: great workout, be sure to do some incline dumbbell bench too, both are awesome for size and do some flys using normal bench and incline bench to get the width to your chest.



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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9/10

Jan 29, 2011 4:37 PM: great, but i rather use a barbell.



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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Aug 22, 2010 11:37 AM: Either start with the dumbells up or ask for help for the first help. Otherwise, you waste too much energy on the first rep...



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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10/10

Apr 19, 2010 12:10 AM: WHAT A BAD VDO, WHY DONT U SHOW THE FULL RANGE OF MOTIOM



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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10/10

Feb 18, 2010 2:58 PM: I like to get full extension and feel the stretch in my pecs.



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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Jan 31, 2010 11:16 PM: Love this exercise! Get good at this, watch your bench go up! squeeze your pecs on the way up



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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8/10

Jan 20, 2010 11:50 PM: Try to inhale and exhale as long as you are doing one respective action of lowering down or lifting up the weight.



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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10/10

Jan 4, 2010 8:47 PM: Flooding?



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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9/10

Jan 4, 2010 9:51 AM: as soon as you lean back throw up the dumbells so you dont waist energy keeping it at the bottom



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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8/10

Jan 2, 2010 12:20 AM: Great for shocking your body instead of doing benchpress all the time.



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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8/10

Dec 4, 2009 11:43 AM: Rotate these in every other week with barbell flat and you will develop in both areas. They are great for a variation in ROM.



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Dumbbell Bench Press

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9/10

Dec 2, 2009 11:21 AM: Don't clank the weights too hard at the top of the movement



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