The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly.
Floor flys with cables.
Cables also keep tension on your chest throughout the entire exercise range of motion.
There are 6 reasons why you should never do a dumbbell chest fly ever again and i m going to show them all to you in this video.
Place two cable pulleys slightly above the shoulder height with handle attachments grip one handle in each hand and step forward so that the arms are outstretched to the sides.
Rows and presses are easily replicated by conventional dumbbells and barbells.
The functional trainer better known as the cable machine is a dual pulley machine that allows the athlete to perform various rows flys and presses.
But if you don t have access to a cable station there s an easy hack that allows you to take the move anywhere.
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With the elbows slightly bent slowly.
When doing a cable fly you pull from the sides but the height of the pulleys determines the specific direction or angle of your pull you can adjust the height of the pulleys to shift the area of emphasis on your pecs.
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Lie on the floor with two dumbbells above your shoulders arms 15 degrees shy of full extension with palms facing lower the weights in an arching motion.
Cable flys on the cable machine.
Some benefits of doing the movement on the ground is that you won t have to worry about any sort of shoulder tear because what s going to happen is even if you lose control the dumbbells are going to stop when they hit the floor.
In contrast the fly or cable fly is more difficult to do with dumbbells and.
Two of the most common chest exercises are the bench press and dumbbell fly.
Chest flys both have multiple benefits.
The cable fly is one of the best exercises for your chest.
In the battle between chest presses vs.
Grasp each dumbbell with a closed pronated grip palms facing forward thumbs wrapped around the handle pressing the dumbbells to a position shoulder width apart.
Signal the spotter for assistance in moving to the starting position.
I learned it from bodybuilding legend bill pearl.