Primary muscles: Chest, abs
Secondary muscles: Triceps, shoulders, lower back
Equipment: Dumbbells
Chest Press With Legs Extended Instructions
1. Lie on your back, holding a dumbbell in each hand, and raise your legs to a 45-degree angle.
2. Push the dumbbells up toward the ceiling, with your palms facing your feet and your arms directly above your shoulders.
3. Bend your elbows, lower your arms and repeat the movement.
Proper Form And Breathing Pattern
Engage your core and keep your head, back and shoulders pressed against the floor. Breathe out as you squeeze your chest and push the dumbbells up, being careful not to fully extend your elbows. Inhale as you lower the dumbbells and return to the initial position.
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Exercise Benefits
The chest press legs extended is a full body move that engages both your upper body and your core. This exercise strengthens the chest, abs, shoulders, triceps, and lower back, and improves your posture, flexibility, and stability.
Chest Press With Legs Extended Demonstration
Sets And Reps
Practice doing the chest press and the straight leg raise and, once you’re comfortable with your form, advance to the chest press with legs extended. Add 2 or 3 sets of 10 to 16 repetitions to your upper body or full body routines.
Calories Burned
To calculate the number of calories burned doing the chest press with legs extended, enter your weight and the duration of the exercise:
Related Upper Body Exercises
Try these other upper body exercises to tone, tighten and sculpt your triceps, biceps, chest, upper back and shoulders:
Pike push up
Medicine ball overhead circles
Dumbbell side swings
Lawnmower pull
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