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Dumbbell Fly

The chest isolation — arms sweep from wide open to over the chest in a hugging arc, elbows softly fixed.

  • Category: Main circuit
  • Type: Free-weight chest fly (dumbbells)
  • Targets: Chest, front delts
  • Prescription: 3 × 1015, light and controlled

Setup

Lie on the flat bench with light dumbbells pressed over the chest, palms facing each other, a slight fixed bend in the elbows.

Execution

  1. Open the arms in a wide arc until you feel a full chest stretch — hands about level with the chest, never below the shoulders' comfort.
  2. Keep the elbow angle unchanged the entire way.
  3. Sweep back up as if hugging a barrel, squeezing the chest together.

Cues

  • It's an arc, not a press — the elbows never bend and extend.
  • Go light; the stretch does the work, not the load.
  • Stop the descent the moment the chest stretch peaks.

Common Mistakes

  • Bending the elbows on the way down and pressing back up.
  • Dropping too deep and straining the shoulders.
  • Using bench-press weights.

Progression

Slow the lowering phase and pause in the stretch; the Pec Deck offers the same motion with the path guided.