Exercises to do in the gym: Bench press (I)

Hi everyone!

     In this section we will publish different exercises to work and improve strength in basketball. 

     In basketball it's very important to work the strength of the upper and lower limbs. 

     Today we are going to explain  in the next document a exercise of upper limb: The Dumbble Bench Press.

 

     Muscles:

Target:

   - Pectoralis Major, Sternal

Synergists:

   - Pectoralis major, clavicular.

   - Deltoid anterior

   - Triceps Brachii

Dynamic stabilizers

   - Biceps brachii, short head

      Here, we leave a interesting video. In this video a man is doing the dumbbell presses on swiss ball insted of bench.

References:

ExRx (2015) Exercise (2015)Prescription recovered 07/05/2015 by  http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/PectoralSternal/DBBenchPress.html