Dumbell bench press - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

ba baracuss · 14-02-2008, 08:09 PM

I find I am doing this with palms facing each other, while the percieved technique is with palms facing the feet.

I'm still lifting like a press as opposed to a flye.

Is this a bad technique? I can feel it working the muscle...

drago78 · 24-02-2008, 08:02 AM

Yup. its a good technique. The grip you describe ( sometimes called a hammer grip) may bring some of the other muscles, apart from the pecs, in to play rather than the classic technique. But like you say you can feel it working the muscle you were targeting, no worries! .

Cricket_Fire · 26-02-2008, 06:15 PM

ime, this way:
-hits chest less
-hits tris more
-is safer on shoulders

R3261 · 29-02-2008, 03:56 PM

have you tried the proposed way?

Porky Pie · 29-02-2008, 04:20 PM

The difference is irrelevant. Do whatever feels the most comfortable.

ba baracuss · 02-03-2008, 12:07 PM

Thanks gents.

I've been doing it the conventional way lately and it's been OK. Will probably vary it from time to time to mix things up.

wogihao · 02-03-2008, 01:31 PM

I always did them like you said, and yea its much more a shoulder/arm exersise like that but its much more confortable.

I do them both ways now.

cellaratt · 02-03-2008, 01:38 PM

Try pressing in the conventional method and rotate in motion to end the press on the method described as Hammer Grip.

14-02-2008, 08:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
ba baracuss Follow Follow Follow Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 285	Dumbell bench press I find I am doing this with palms facing each other, while the percieved technique is with palms facing the feet. I'm still lifting like a press as opposed to a flye. Is this a bad technique? I can feel it working the muscle...

24-02-2008, 08:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
drago78 Newbie Trainer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 98	Re: Dumbell bench press Yup. its a good technique. The grip you describe ( sometimes called a hammer grip) may bring some of the other muscles, apart from the pecs, in to play rather than the classic technique. But like you say you can feel it working the muscle you were targeting, no worries! .

26-02-2008, 06:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Cricket_Fire Newbie Trainer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 13	Re: Dumbell bench press ime, this way: -hits chest less -hits tris more -is safer on shoulders

29-02-2008, 03:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
R3261 Newbie Trainer Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 43	Re: Dumbell bench press have you tried the proposed way?

29-02-2008, 04:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
Porky Pie Communist Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Wherever I lay my sword Posts: 452	Re: Dumbell bench press The difference is irrelevant. Do whatever feels the most comfortable.

02-03-2008, 12:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
ba baracuss Follow Follow Follow Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 285	Re: Dumbell bench press Thanks gents. I've been doing it the conventional way lately and it's been OK. Will probably vary it from time to time to mix things up.

02-03-2008, 01:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
wogihao Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,368	Re: Dumbell bench press I always did them like you said, and yea its much more a shoulder/arm exersise like that but its much more confortable. I do them both ways now.

02-03-2008, 01:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
cellaratt I'm Back... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: VT, USA Posts: 901	Re: Dumbell bench press Try pressing in the conventional method and rotate in motion to end the press on the method described as Hammer Grip. __________________ The little men who live behind my eyes and scream directly at my brain told me to tell you hello. The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance. On the journey of life I choose the psychopath If your not part of the solution than your part of the problem. I'm like a Super Hero with no powers or motivation. Last edited by cellaratt; 02-03-2008 at 01:42 PM.

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