Press the Sand-Pad in front of your chest

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Sand-Pad Übung Flypress Activate your chest muscles by pressing the Sand-Pad together

Short Description
  1. Upright stand. Hold the Sand-Pad in front of your chest.
  2. Press the Sand-Pad in front of your chest for about 5 sec.
  3. Reduce the pressure and start over.
Long Description
  1. Hold the Sand-Pad in an upright position and with bended arms in front of your chest. The upper arms are close to the body. The forearm is in a parallel position to the floor while you are looking straight ahead.
  2. Press the Sand-Pad  together from both sides as hard as you can. Try to maintain the pressure for about 5-10 seconds. Make sure that you control your muscle shivering.
  3. Reduce the pressure slowly and relax your muscles before you start over. Your elbows always stay in one position close to the body.
Tips
The harder and longer you press, the more your chest muscles are activated and trained.
Additional exercise instructions

The Sand-Pad exercise Flypress static is an isometric exercise to strengthen the chest muscles. While pressing the Sand-Pad, the chest muscles are under high tension.

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