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Decline dumbbell press
Chest · Dumbbells
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps4 to 8
RIR1 to 3
A heavy multi-joint lift with free weights. Keep a rep or two in reserve on most sets so technique holds.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Chest.
Secondary: Triceps, Front delts, Rotator cuff.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Nedoverbenk hantelpress
- Svenska Nedåtlutande hantelpress
- Dansk Decline håndvægtpres
- Deutsch Negativbankdrücken (Kurzhanteln)
- Español Press declinado con mancuernas
- Italiano Panca declinata (manubri)
- Português Supino declinado (halteres)
- Русский Жим гантелей вниз головой
- Français Développé décliné (haltères)
Related chest exercises
- Bench press (barbell)
- Incline bench press (barbell)
- Decline bench press (barbell)
- Close-grip bench press (barbell)
- Landmine press
- Cable crossover
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