The elbows stay at roughly a 90 degree angle.
Floor dumbell fly.
If you want to go back to the bench after doing the floor variation but you re still not 100 comfortable with lying flat then you re going to do an incline dumbbell fly.
Dumbbell chest flyes are usually done on a bench or stability ball but there is absolutely nothing to say you can t do this popular chest exercise on the floor.
The traditional way to perform a dumbbell chest fly is to do the move while lying on your back.
Like other things in life the hardest part can be getting it up.
Lie on the floor with two dumbbells above your shoulders arms 15 degrees shy of full extension with palms facing lower the weights in an arching motion.
Form is everything try for 2s up and 2s down.
The reason you re going to do an incline dumbbell fly rather than doing the flat version is because the majority of you when doing this movement because you re on.
It is best to do dumbbell fly laying on the floor to safely limit your range of motion.
Dumbbell floor presses work best in moderate to high rep ranges more for logistical reasons that anything.
If you do not have access to a bench you can still perform the chest fly with dumbbells using just the floor it will still hit the muscles effectively and t.
Doing so does reduce the range of motion but that is unavoidable and arguably safer without an exercise bench.
The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly.
The power flye is basically a cross between a flye and a dumbbell bench press.
4 sets of 15 reps 30 seconds rest between sets exercise ball chest flys.
When lifting flex your abs for additional lower back support.
4 sets of 12 reps 30 seconds rest between sets this exercise routine can be performed using minimal equipment and only takes around 30 to 40 minutes to complete depending upon rest time.
This makes the chest do more work without compromising shoulder health.
Bend your knees and put your feet flat on the ground this puts your lower back in a safe position.
How to do it.
I learned it from bodybuilding legend bill pearl.
This is normally done on a flat or inclined bench.
With this floor version the triceps should touch the floor but not the dumbbells.