Exercise French press with dumbbells

French bench press with dumbbells - very concentrated exercise that affects external And average head of the triceps brachii muscle.

Various options for projectile grips are possible:

1. overhand grip
2. with an underhand grip.

The exercise can be done:

1. two hands at the same time,
2. alternately,
3. one by one.

Instead of dumbbells, you can do the French press:

1. with weights,
2. rubber and spring expanders,
3. block devices,
4. similar in impact training complexes.

There is a huge variety of variations of the French press:

1. Seated French press
2. French bench press
3. French bench press on a horizontal bench,
4. French bench press on an incline bench with your head up,
5. French bench press on an incline bench with your head down.

An important technical point French press is that throughout the entire movement you must maintain the position shoulder And elbow V motionless condition. Only the forearm, hand and the projectile held in the hand should move. The elbow and shoulder should be motionless - then the effect of the exercise will be the best!

Inhale slowly when flexing the shoulder joint, exhale sharply when extending. The flexion stage should be several times longer than the extension phase. Completely exclude all possible cheating options. Having mastered the correct technique and correctly completed just a few approaches, you will feel simply burning at the elbows! Therefore, be extremely careful - the French press is a very traumatic and dangerous exercise. You can easily “earn” stretching or tear ligaments. As a result, you should not use heavy weights - once. And, secondly, never start the French press without a thorough warm-up and warm-up.

1. Scheme “Exercise French bench press with dumbbells.”
2. Scheme "French press press".
3. Seated French Press Scheme.

Scheme “Exercise French bench press with dumbbells.”

Scheme "French press press".

Seated French Press Scheme.