Hammer Strength Bench Press Alternative

Hammer strength incline chest press for 3 sets 8 12.

Hammer strength bench press alternative.

If your gym has a hammer strength machine you ve got one of the best alternative exercises for bench pressing in the world. Seated hammer strength 12 15 and flat bench hammer strength 15 20 rep range. U should do the same. Keep your arms straight but refrain from locking them out.

A good hammer strength chest press alternative to work your chest is the dumbbell press. How to do it. The chest press hammer machine is used to do the pressing movement with an aim of isolating the muscles of the chest from other muscled and working on them. Bench press alternative exercises that missed the cut decline dumbbell bench press dumbbell flyes pec dec hammer strength bench press incline bench dumbbell flyes.

The hammer strength chest press is different from the barbell bench press because it strengthens the chest muscles. With ingenuity and input from the cincinnati bengals and elite athletes he developed strength training machines that simplified the biomechanics of lifting weights while matching machine movement to human motion. It basically imitates a bench press but since you re not using a bar it helps avoid imbalances and if you fail you won t be crushed by the barbell you can just drop the weights. Hammer strength machines replicate the natural motion of your body.

I do 3 sets for all as opposed to 2 sets for the last 2 exercises just because i feel that dumbbells are better than machines so i add the extra sets to compensate just my opinon no hammer strength replace with dumbbells. Crossbody single arm chest press. Dips primarily target your chest but also recruit the muscles of your shoulders and triceps. Strength training changed when gary jones founded hammer strength in 1989.

But they can also be used to isolate your pecs in a way that bench pressing can t accomplish. It s an all around great bench press alternative for building upper body strength and size.