Sit on the bench with your dumbbells resting on your upper legs.

Bench press is a classic exercise that is great for building the chest, triceps, and shoulders. As a personal trainer, I include it in nearly every client’s program, as well as my own. While I ...

The dumbbell bench press is one of the best exercises if you want bigger pecs. Unlike the barbell bench press, using a pair of dumbbells gives you a couple of advantages: greater range of motion and ...

THE BENCH PRESS is one of the all-time great strength training exercises. For most guys, bench pressing means one thing: getting underneath a barbell loaded with as many plates as possible and eking ...

The dumbbell Arnold press is an upper-body strength exercise, and it's a variation of the dumbbell shoulder press. Also known as the Arnold press or Arnold shoulder press, this exercise was created by ...

Probably the easiest way to get started is with a pair of dumbbells, one in each hand. This works your muscles in a different way than a single large barbell, so even if you’re used to the bar you ...

Should you do the dumbbell press on a flat bench or an incline bench? I prefer the positioning of an incline dumbbell press, but there are benefits to both and different targeted muscle activation. I ...

THERE ARE FEW physical attributes guys care about more than a strong chest. Bulging biceps and chiseled abs round out the remainder of the torso, sure—but as anyone who's seen a superhero movie can ...

The hand release pushup is the third event on the Army Combat Fit-ness Test. The hand release push up measures upper body strength and power. It is relevant to combat tasks like reinforcing obstacles, ...

(a) Sit on the floor in an upright posture. Engage your core and place your legs out straight at 45 degrees. (b) Take the dumbbells to rack position under your chin. Without compromising posture, ...

This combination of exercises is a way to work in some basic strength-training lifts with typical calisthenics and cardio events seen in military testing. You can do the full workout below or the ...