How to Do dumbbell fly to presses

Learn how to do dumbbell fly to presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life.

Benefits

The dumbbell fly to press combination exercise works your pectoral muscles from different angles, giving the benefits of a traditional dumbbell press combined with the pec-stretching benefits of the fly.

Muscles worked

Chest

Starting position

Lie on a flat bench with your feet on the floor and dumbbells held in each hand above you, with your elbows slightly bent and your palms facing inward with an easy open-hand grip. Keep the dumbbells approximately shoulder-width apart; the dumbbells should never touch each other in the fly portion of this exercise. Keep your shoulders retracted and your chest up high.

Exercise

1. From the starting position with the dumbbells held up, open your chest and, keeping your arms held in the same position with elbows slightly bent, lower the dumbbells down into a fly. Go deep but not too deep—do not allow the dumbbells to go below the level of your back or you'll risk shoulder injury.

2. When you have reached the bottom of the fly motion, reverse and bring the dumbbells back up together to the starting position. Make your chest do the pushing; don't let your shoulders kick in. Remember not to bring the dumbbells in more than shoulder-width apart.

3. Do 12 to 15 fly repetitions, then switch to the dumbbell press. After you finish your last fly, turn the dumbbells so that your hands are facing down towards your feet and the dumbbells are angled slightly in with an easy, open-hand grip. Lower the dumbbells down and out to your sides of your chest until they are parallel to chest level.

4. When you have reached the bottom of the press movement, reverse direction, press up and bring the dumbbells all the way together, squeezing your chest as you reach the top.