Hammer Grip Incline DB Bench Press

How to do it

1. 01Lie back on an incline bench with a dumbbell on each hand on top of your thighs. The palms of your hand will be facing each other.
2. 02By using your thighs to help you get the dumbbells up, clean the dumbbells one arm at a time so that you can hold them at shoulder width.
3. 03Once at shoulder width, keep the palms of your hands with a neutral grip (palms facing each other). Keep your elbows flared out with the upper arms in line with the shoulders (perpendicular to the torso) and the elbows bent creating a 90-degree angle between the upper arm and the forearm. This will be your starting position.
4. 04Now bring down the weights slowly to your side as you breathe in. Keep full control of the dumbbells at all times.
5. 05As you breathe out, push the dumbbells up using your pectoral muscles. Lock your arms in the contracted position, hold for a second and then start coming down slowly. Tip: It should take at least twice as long to go down than to come up.
6. 06Repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
7. 07When you are done, place the dumbbells back in your thighs and then on the floor. This is the safest manner to dispose of the dumbbells.

Alternatives & substitutions

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