Barbell Bench Press: Chest Exercise
The barbell bench press strength training chest exercise can be done for beginner to advanced workouts.
Remember to keep your belly button drawn in throughout the exercise.
Muscles Worked
Primary Muscles: This works the entire chest muscles.
Secondary Muscles: Front of the shoulder and triceps.
What you need: A flat bench and a barbell.
Preparation :
- Lie down face up on a flat bench
- Knees bent at 90 degrees and feet on the floor, shoulder width apart and pointing straight ahead.
- Draw your belly button in.
- Hold a barbell with an overhand grip and hands a little wider than shoulder width.
- Press the weight up.
- Lower slowly with control to the chest and repeat.
- Variation: Incline press works the same muscles but doesn't work the triceps as intensely as the flat bench press.
Return from Barbell Bench Press to Strength Training Exercises
