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Illustration of the Incline Dumbbell Fly: Lead with the pinkies, stop the descent when the shoulders want to roll forward.
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Incline Dumbbell Fly

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

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

How to do it

  1. 1
    Set up

    Bench at 30 degrees, bells start touching above the collarbones.

  2. 2
    The cue that matters

    Lead with the pinkies, stop the descent when the shoulders want to roll forward.

  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