STOP Doing Dumbbell Press Like This
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2022
- The dumbbell bench press is arguably the best exercise for building your chest!
But to better target the chest and avoid shoulder injury, you want to avoid making this mistake. Many people use a very wide arm path and press the weight up and down. This can not only increase risk of shoulder discomfort and potential injury, but it also just doesn’t stimulate the chest very well. Instead, to maximize chest activation, you want your arm path to line up in the same direction that most of the chest fibers run. To do this, tuck your elbows to about a 45-60-degree angle away from your body and allow your grip to turn in slightly with your elbows.
Just keep in mind that when you apply this form, the dumbbells will no longer move straight up and down but rather forwards on the way down towards your mid-chest and backwards on the way up towards your shoulders. Don’t be afraid to lighten the weight to ensure you are using the correct form.
Try this out on your next workout and you’ll feel a difference right away!
Spot on, I learned this by trying different angles, grips, and paths. These tips are perfect and will save your shoulders and work your chest to the max.
Don't agree with that backward and forward motion
@@mahendrarathore360Why lol. Iz the most comfortable path and this video cured my shoulder pains
Do you use the 150 lb DBs too?
Does it still work the shoulders?
I was wondering WHY am i not feeling anything in my chest ... i was doing it 90% wrong. Jeremy...you are the man!
Exactly man I used 7kg then10kg each hand but was not satisfied at all,
Probably did it wrong
@@Conqueror_2003are you skinny?
You probably just have bad posture you could try everything and it still won't work until you correct your posture try dumbbell chest fly's to work the chest instead
@@dannythehoundxxdarknessxx4530 slim I'd say. 6ft 180
@@dannythehoundxxdarknessxx4530 above that but below muscular.
I am strong,runner,fighter type physique but not a weight lifter or body builder.
Joined gym last month.
Are you chubby?
You know youre doing it right when you can feel the stretch in your chest
Sort of - the mind muscle connection is not that important, not compared to doing the actual movement and overloading jt. Also incline dumbbell press is better than flat.
I did this mistakes and now i know what's wrong. Thanks !!
Made this mistake
@@Cenot4ph thank you for your help !!
whats your mistake? I still cant feel
I pushed the dumbbell 90° from the shoulder and the next day, my shoulder felt hurt instead of my chest. So yeah, I need to rest from any shoulder workout for a week
@@fluppdxs6565 i do it with 45⁰ but still i cant feel it. Im not sure what mistake im doing
Absolutely! I used to use that wide out to the side grip, but been using the 45ish degree angle for a while now finding that I feel it more in the chest and all of the shoulder pressure and discomfort is gone! Super useful tip!
Thanks! This helped a lot.
Subbed for this. Made a huge difference, made some significant progress in my chest despite having to go down in weight first and just getting back to where I was now
I was doing this wrong, thanks for correcting. Wasn't feeling it in my chest earlier
It like a pushup but on a bench
No you fool
Exactly
@jamesrogers4690 do I do the same thing if its incline or decline ?
I've only ever done flat bench but it probably won't make much difference. As long as it feels natural.
Wouldn't recommended decline though
My shoulders have been painful when doing this, I think this will help me correct my form.
Great advice. I got better gains concentrating on dB press rather than barbell. For aging injury I now swap between the two, as well as flat v incline.
Your top five in UA-cam fitness gurus bro, respect
Figured this out a few years back before that I always wondered why chest press machines that had angled handles gave me a better contraction. Only reason people press dumbbells straight on is because they did barbell bench pressing first as beginners.
Loved the explanation!
This is the one I really struggle with really finding it hard to correct my form, I’ll give this a go thanks 👍🏻
Tried this instantly and felt my chest purely and my shoulders slightly whereas before I would barely if not at all feel my chest and heavy activation in my shoulders
Yes sirrrr, I have been preaching this for so long. You can lift more as well.
Not me. I’m the complete opposite I can lift way more the other way. For example: 100lb dumbbells x 8 the wrong way & if I alter the angle to chest only I can only do 90x8.
Wow. Well done. Excellent tip
Just started incorporating the twist on the way down and MAN does it fire up my chest way better
Solid advice
Thanks man, Will definitely try it.
Thanks for this one's help
I’ve been doing it wrong… thanks a lot 👍
Thank you sir ❤
more please!!!!!
I recently tried that and it helped me a lot .. my shoulders didn’t pain and the next day I felt my chest burning 🔥
This gave me a crazy difference in gains and fast too
Great tip.
Love how the final video was back to doing it wrong. 🤦🏼♂️
Jeremy is the goat and these vids are my personal trainer
Great teaching, I don’t really feel my chest even push to max, indeed is my posture wrong
Thanks so much!
Do I have to do the same thing when it's incline or decline tho
THANK YOU
You are great bro
Bro....months of feeling NOTHING in chest, fixed instantly. My chest hurts so bad 👍🏻
Awesome 👌 info
Well, this explains why my arms got tired before I could even feel my chest working lmao
This actually works
Would take few more days until i get used to it
I tried the wide arm path and now I can give my shoulders a run for their money in the pain department!
Thank you
Helpful 🤙
No wonder I feel more tired on my shoulder and bisep.. Thanks for the tip
Excellent
I did this exact alteration with my push up bar. Same plane of movement i guess.
Good to know I’ve been doing them like that all along
it’s like a push up, just upside down
Thanks
also if you have elbow pain try to fix your grip so your wrist is neutral (aligned with the rest of the forearm, not bent at any extreme angle). that's what helped me
just strat4d today bench pressing 'cos of shoulder discomfort in the chest machine, maybe 'cos I open too much my arms. using the 45º angle saved my day ;)
Chest was sore when i did this form
Means i did it right. Thanks for this tip ❤🔥
Sean told us specifically NOT to do it diagonally
There's a million different people saying million different things about nutrition and Fitness in general UA-cam is a terrible place to find incisive information out in a short time frame you really have to dedicate yourself to doing the research and finding what the large consensuses for each thing that you're trying to learn individually
Sean specifies that you shouldn't be pressing it forward diagonally, rather than avoiding diagonal pressing motion completely.
How do I make my chest glow red like yours?
Depends on the individual
Not wrong. Major difference and no pain
Omg...is this why i never feel anything except my arms are very tired but my chest never truly feel anything?
I was doing this and a trainer comes and 'corrects' my form... these bastards just can't mind their own business
Same
@@iso2123welp as a a beginner.. What am i supposed to do
@@iso2123noo just tell him to stay away from him
@@iso2123douchbag
This happened to me two days back... I joined a new gym after a long break of more than a year, that stupid ass no brain trainer thought I was a beginner and kept emphasising on this 90 degrees bullshit....
Natural grip Wil help keep elbows tucked a incorporate more fibers
I messed my shoulder up…and now im here
Correct now do it on a slight decline bench.
Dont know what to believe now days
Try this and see if you feel the activation. You should and you may need to go down a dumbbell weight. Happened to me and I really felt it even though I was suspicious
@@TheHBW44nahh i would say the reduced weight would hamper growth even though though u get the stimulation
believe your own body. try different things and think about what muscles you can feel when you do something. body awareness goes a long way
@@ezodragon yeah and putting away the headphones while working out aswell you need your mind and your muscle to be working together most people focus on the music and try to forget that they're working out and just go on autopilot as best as they can
@@luffy8550 Naw
Check the form of guys with a big bench
Most bigger guys do this
Thank you great advice
Thanks been doing it wrong for months😂
Thanks man!
thx
Sir, can I train upper chest with dumbbell press using this method too?
Exlent
I did the first variation this morning and I didn't know what I was working. Not as much chest. Will try this next time. 👍
Does it apply to incline and decline bumbell sets as well?
Does incline work the same like this?
Can't lift heavy by doing this for sure... By doing this u will hurt more of your shoulder n tricep
That’s funny. I naturally do this because it’s the most comfortable for me and I can lift the most weight this way. Same with db shoulder press. Elbows not completely aligned with the body but angled forward a bit.
What about arching your back and pushing through your heels? Should we only do this for barbell bench press? I'm genuinely curious.
What's better? Keeping the angle on the dumbbells through the entire motion, or twisting the dumbbels back on the way up? Because I see people explaining it in two different ways
Bro i've been doing this without knowing this , i learned this by experience i guess
i try dumbbell press chest exercise in the first place but i don't feel my chest hurt
For some reason that way kills my shoulder at about the ac joint... I basically HAVE to flare my elbows.. I hate it...
I just do it like I'm doing wide grip pushups
The last one only I am doing is it correct ?
Im feeling more pain in my shoulder doing what you showed. I feel way more fatigue in my arms than usual too. This way activates the bicep and tricep more in my opinion. The straight up one targets my chest muscles way more. I can’t even feel my chest on the sideways one. (Im in the gym now)
Thank you so much..
i did the same mistake almost 8-9 months ago. i used to press with arms straight and felt a pull on my upper biceps. now it pains everytime i do some pushing exercise. idk how to heal from this
Try to not doing push for 2 weeks
Made this same mistake
do deadhangs for at least 2 minutes total a day. Then keep doing it for the rest of your life - you will have really healthy shoulders
Basically the form of a push up
How do you know what weight to use for dumbbell press?
You start light and go up if the set is too easy. Same applies for any exercise
So the same way you do a proper push-up. Do the pushups before and after and the pump is awesome.
That looks familiar oh wait it looks like a push up but it engages less muscles since you not planking your body
Absolutely right 👍, I see a lot of guys at the gym doing this wrong and pointing their elbows at 90 degrees 🤦♂️.
Is there anything wrong with going too narrow? My body tends to want to do that
Bro trust me the left shoulder just says 🖕
What could I be doing wrong to feel it in my triceps
Then what's about brurbell press?
Sean Nalewanjyl said to push them up straight forward
His path was also a little diagonal
Then he's wrong
The most of the chest fibers run is 75-85 degree
SHOULD I PROTACT AND RETRACT MY SCAPULA?
Can you do it on the floor
Is this also the same case when doing incline dumbell press
Yes
Should i feel my chest when pushing the weight up or when its coming down and stretching my chest
Same cause I don’t feel nun
I am feeling too much triceps
Yooo are you Aron’s brother?
I was doing this and someone started telling me how my form is wrong
lokesh kanagaraj in parallel country😹
Hey I still feel a lot of my shoulders beginning work more than my chest could you make other video
U also have to imagine your chest is doing all the work
@@wheal2825yup. Try and do a few slow push ups before hand and some stretching to activate uoir chest muscles. In between sets, also flex and physically feel your chest. It helps me and the mind to muscle link. It takes a lot of time and concentration (mentally) to improve, but it's worth it.
I wonder why do i always feel tired out om my left wrist while doing dumbell press...
I already lower the weight from 14kg to 8kg dumbell, but before my chest or shoulder is tired, my left wrist is tired out as if they are about to collapse....