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Ready to hit your upper body and core?
The dumbbell chest press is the move for you.
Thats why I decided to do 50 dumbbell chest presses every day for two weeks.
But first, more about this move.
Because its a compound move, its a great exercise to start off with during an upper body session.
Your core muscles will also benefit as they fire up to keep you stable.
So its a pretty impressive exercise.
But more on that below.
With a set of thebest dumbbellsready, heres what happened when I took on my dumbbell chest press challenge.
Using barbells, the dominant side of the body can sometimes take over.
But it can also be done on the floor.
Hereshow to do the bench press:
And heres how the challenge went!
However, my technique maynothave been perfect, particularly towards the back end of my 50 reps.
It might be a case of either tucking your elbows in or lowering the weight slightly, says Will.
The following day I used lighter dumbbells to help swerve the pain.
Will says its important to ensure your push exercises are balanced with pull moves.
I mixed it up
Doing 50 dumbbell chest presses every day for two weeks gets tedious.
To make things more interesting, I mixed things up a little.
First up, I added a slight incline to the bench.
I also varied the tempo, as suggested by Will.
Slowing down the exercise means your muscles have to work harder which then stimulates more growth.
Although its a great exercise, its challenging, and I struggled with increasing weight over the two weeks.
I might need a few leg days to let my chest recover…
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