Reverse-Grip Barbell Bench Press

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How to do it

Grip the bar underhand just wider than the shoulders, lower it to the lower-mid chest with the elbows tucked tight, and press back up over the upper chest.

Muscles worked

Primary: chest · Also works: upper chest, triceps, biceps

Equipment

Barbell, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Attempting it without a spotter, since the underhand grip is easy to lose
• Using a thumbless grip, which is how this lift drops on people
• Loading it as heavily as a normal bench before the wrists have adapted

Variations

• Reverse-grip Smith machine press
• Reverse-grip dumbbell press

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Incline Barbell Bench Press
• Incline Dumbbell Press
• Barbell Bench Press

Take care: ABROFIT automatically removes this movement for anyone who has flagged a wrist problem. If that's you, use one of the swaps above and speak to a physio before loading it.

Related exercises

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