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You may feel the bench press in your triceps because they are one of the secondary muscles used to help stabilize and push the weight during the exercise.

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What muscles are used for narrow bench press?

Triceps and Pectorals


What is the mayor muscle used in the chest press?

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


What muscles are worked in the bench press exercise?

The bench press primarily works the chest muscles (pectoralis major and minor), as well as the triceps and shoulders.


What do bench press do?

It works out your triceps and mid chest the wider your grip the more your working out your chest and the narrower the more it works out triceps.


Does the incline bench press effectively target and work the shoulders?

Yes, the incline bench press effectively targets and works the shoulders along with the chest and triceps.


Which muscles does the dumbbell bench press target?

The dumbbell bench press primarily targets the chest muscles (pectoralis major and minor), as well as the triceps and shoulders.


What is a suitable alternative exercise for the slingshot bench press?

A suitable alternative exercise for the slingshot bench press is the dumbbell bench press. This exercise helps strengthen the chest, shoulders, and triceps while also improving stability and balance.


What are some good exercises for triceps?

Close grip bench is probably the best triceps exercise on the planet. This exercise allows you to go heavy and put maximum stress on the one muscle besides the pecs that can help increase your bench. You want to set up like a regular bench press, but position your hands no wider than shoulder width. On the descent, you want to keep your elbows in; do not let your elbows drift away from your body like you would with a regular bench press. At the bottom of the movement, you want the bar to come to the lower portion of your chest; at the top of the movement, the bar should be over your upper chest


What are you exercising when you are laying down bench pressing?

A bench press targets your chest although it additionally works your shoulders and triceps to a lesser degree.


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 is the antagonist in a bench press?

the agonist should be the deltiods and biceps, the agonist should be the triceps and the stabilizer is the wrist.


What do pushups work out?

It works out your triceps and mid chest the wider your grip the more your working out your chest and the narrower the more it works out triceps.