Resistance Band Chest Fly

Start

Finish

How to do it

With the band anchored behind you at chest height and a soft fixed elbow angle, sweep both hands together in a wide arc until they meet in front of the sternum.

Muscles worked

Primary: chest · Also works: front delts

Equipment

Resistance bands

Common mistakes

• Bending and straightening the elbows, which turns it into a press
• Letting the hands travel behind the shoulder line at the start
• Stopping the arc early instead of finishing with the hands touching

Variations

• Low-to-high band fly
• Single-arm band fly

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Cable Fly
• Dumbbell Chest Fly
• Isometric Chest Squeeze Press

Related exercises

• Barbell Bench Presschest
• Dumbbell Bench Presschest
• Push-Upchest
• Machine Chest Presschest
• Incline Dumbbell Presschest
• Cable Flychest