Most of the well known and loved chest exercises that use a bench can be replicated by using the floor or a stability ball.
Dumbbell flyes floor.
As in regular floor flys the floor acts as your safety net and you can drop the weights freely.
The dumbbell chest fly can be done in various ways without a bench.
Doing so does reduce the range of motion but that is unavoidable and arguably safer without an exercise bench.
A set of dumbbells in a variety of weights is a great starting point for being able to perform a range of exercises and workouts in the comfort of.
This is normally done on a flat or inclined bench.
How to do it.
It s always good to throw in a new or different exercise once in awhile to keep things interesting and to challenge your body to something new.
This is the alternative technique for those who want to go really heavy when doing flys.
If you re doing straight arm floor flyes it s an exercise that i sometimes do if all the benches are being used and or i simply want to do something different.
If you do not have access to a bench you can still perform the chest fly with dumbbells using just the floor it will still hit the muscles effectively and t.
Form is everything try for 2s up and 2s down.
When lifting flex your abs for additional lower back support.
2 dumbbell eccentric floor fly.
Lie on the floor with two dumbbells above your shoulders arms 15 degrees shy of full extension with palms facing lower the weights in an arching motion.
The power flye is basically a cross between a flye and a dumbbell bench press.
The trick is that you overload the eccentric part of the movement while cheating on the way back.
With this floor version the triceps should touch the floor but not the dumbbells.
The elbows stay at roughly a 90 degree angle.
Dumbbell chest flyes are usually done on a bench or stability ball but there is absolutely nothing to say you can t do this popular chest exercise on the floor.
The dumbbell chest fly is an upper body exercise that can help to strengthen the chest and shoulders.
Dumbbell chest fly.
I learned it from bodybuilding legend bill pearl.
It is best to do dumbbell fly laying on the floor to safely limit your range of motion.
The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly.