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Press with dumbbells
Intermediate10 repsNo jumping
How to do it
- Start lying on a bench or Step, upside down, with your feet firmly supported by the ground.
- Hold a dumbbell in each hand with the arms extended directly on your chest and the palms of the hands looking at your feet.
- This is your initial position.
- Then, slowly lower the dumbbells towards the chest, keeping the elbows near your body to avoid unnecessary tensions on the shoulders.
- The elbows must reach shoulders.
- Make sure the dumbbells are always controlled and do not touch your chest.
- Finally, pushes the dumbbells up to the initial position, contracting the chest muscles in the ascending movement.
Exercise demonstration from Calisteniapp, used under licence.