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Muscles Used

Instructions

  • Hold your trunk tight and keep your back straight
  • Grip the bar where you feel comfortable, shoulder width or wider
  • (A narrow grip will target the triceps, a wide grip will target the chest)
  • Keep your wrists straight
  • Position the bar above your chest - Not your neck
  • Lower the bar so it almost touches your chest
  • Raise the bar so your arms almost fully extend

Muscles involved

  • Pectoralis Major
  • Anterior Deltoid
  • Triceps Brachii
— Phil @ 1:44 pm, May 31, 2006


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