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Decline Dumbbell Bench Press

How to do the Decline Dumbbell Bench Press with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Chest

Secondary

Shoulders, Triceps

Equipment

Dumbbell

Step by step

How to do the Decline Dumbbell Bench Press

  1. 1

    Secure your legs at the end of the decline bench and lie down with a dumbbell on each hand on top of your thighs. The palms of your hand will be facing each other.

  2. 2

    Once you are laying down, move the dumbbells in front of you at shoulder width.

  3. 3

    Once at shoulder width, rotate your wrists forward so that the palms of your hands are facing away from you. This will be your starting position.

  4. 4

    Bring down the weights slowly to your side as you breathe out. Keep full control of the dumbbells at all times. Tip: Throughout the motion, the forearms should always be perpendicular to the floor.

  5. 5

    As you breathe out, push the dumbbells up using your pectoral muscles. Lock your arms in the contracted position, squeeze your chest, hold for a second and then start coming down slowly. Tip: It should take at least twice as long to go down than to come up..

  6. 6

    Repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions of your training program.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Decline Dumbbell Bench Press set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your chest volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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