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Looking to work the arms, legs, glutes, and core? This effective, 30-minute full-body workout from Denise and Katie Austin needs only dumbbells and a yoga mat.
The bench press or dumbbell bench-press is performed while lying face up on a bench, by pushing a weight away from the chest. This is a compound exercise that also involves the triceps and the front deltoids, also recruits the upper and lower back muscles, and traps.
The Push/pull/legs split consists of three different workout routines: First, the push muscles consisting of the chest, anterior and lateral deltoids, and triceps. Then, the exercises for pull muscles (latissimus, trapezius, rhomboids, biceps, and rear deltoids) are worked on the second day. The final workout consists of training the muscles of ...
Inch dumbbell: 172 lb (78 kg) (2002 Association of Oldetime Barbell & Strongmen, Dinner event) (joint world record) [57] → Henry is the first man in history to clean the legendary dumbbell. He also proceeded to push press it. Combined official records: Combined official Supertotal (official weightlifting total + official powerlifting total):
Another Greek, the physician Galen, described strength training exercises using the halteres (an early form of dumbbell) in the 2nd century. Ancient Greek sculptures also depict lifting feats. The weights were generally stones, but later gave way to dumbbells. The dumbbell was joined by the barbell in the later half of the 19th century.
DonnaJean Wilde, 59, officially broke the world record for most push-ups in a single hour by a woman by completing 1,575 push-ups in just 60 minutes, according to Guinness World Records.
Incline dumbbell press – 100 kg (220 lb) dumbbells per hand x 7 reps [176] performed after picking up the dumbbells from the floor one-handed, and positioning them himself (only person to perform this feat using 100 kg (220 lb) dumbbells) (unofficial world record) [citation needed]
Ted Arcidi first presses 307.5 kg (678 lb) [25] and then becomes the first man to bench press over 700 lb with a lift of 705.75 lb (320 kg), [26] performed without wrist wraps, but with one of the first prototype supportive bench press shirts, which was 50% polyester and 50% cotton and only one layer thick.