Around The Worlds

ChestDumbbellIntermediateCompound
Around The Worlds — start position
Start
Around The Worlds — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryChest
SecondaryShoulders

How to do it

  1. 01

    Lay down on a flat bench holding a dumbbell in each hand with the palms of the hands facing towards the ceiling. Tip: Your arms should be parallel to the floor and next to your thighs. To avoid injury, make sure that you keep your elbows slightly bent. This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    Now move the dumbbells by creating a semi-circle as you displace them from the initial position to over the head. All of the movement should happen with the arms parallel to the floor at all times. Breathe in as you perform this portion of the movement.

  3. 03

    Reverse the movement to return the weight to the starting position as you exhale.

In the app

Around The Worlds appears when you own dumbbells and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have dumbbells

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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With bodyweight
With dumbbell
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