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Illustration of the Flat Dumbbell Fly: Open until the pecs stretch, then hug back up - never press.
isolation · Isolation

Flat Dumbbell Fly

Flat Dumbbell Fly is an isolation isolation movement for chest, using Dumbbells and Flat Bench. It also works front delts. 3 sets of 10-15, 1 min rest.

Primary muscle
Chest
Equipment
Dumbbells and Flat Bench
Difficulty
Intermediate
Sets and reps
3 × 10-15
Rest
60s
Force
push

How to do it

  1. 1
    Set up

    Flat bench, bells over the chest, elbows locked at a fixed soft angle.

  2. 2
    The cue that matters

    Open until the pecs stretch, then hug back up - never press.

  3. 3
    Work it

    3 sets of 10-15, resting about 1 minute between them.

Muscles worked

Chest does most of the work. Front delts take the rest.

Chest exercisesfront delts