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a concentric muscle action.

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Q: What type of muscle contraction happens in a bench press?
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What type of contraction happens when you bench press?

Concentric


What is a Eccentric muscle contraction?

That is the negative portion of a movement. Lowering the weight during a bench press


The main muscle group Targeted in bench press is?

Chest


What is the mayor muscle used in the chest press?

if you mean bench press, then that is deltoids, triceps, and pectorals (or chest)


How does the bench press help you specifically?

The bench press is a compound exercise that builds several muscle groups. Bench press works primarily to build the chest (pectoralis major) but also builds the anterior deltoids, serratus anterior, coracobrachialis, and the triceps.


What muscles are used when controlling the bar going down during a bench press?

The pectoralis major is the muscle that is used when controlling the bar going down during a bench press.


What antagonists muscle must relax to allow a maximal effort at the bench press?

biceps brachii


What is a raw bench press?

A bench press without the use of a bench press shirt.


What does bench pressing work?

The popular Bench Press method works, the Pectoral (Pecks) Muscles (Bottom and top), as well as the Shoulder and the third Triceps Muscle.


Bench press exercises what muscle?

The bench press primarily exercises the pectoralis major, but also the anterior deltoids, serratus anterior, coracobrachialis, scapulae fixers, trapezii, and the triceps.


In this bench press. Bar holder is there To keeep the bar weight?

This bench is not designed for the bench press there is no bar to ssuppot the weights for bench press.


What is the insertion of the primary muscle use in dumbbell inclined bench chest press?

pecs triceps anterior delts