How to do the Reverse Butterfly?

The reverse butterfly exercise is also called the reverse pec deck and is performed on a guided weight machine.

How do you do the exercise?

To begin with, your seat should be adjusted so that your shoulders are at the same height as the wrists of the exercise machine.

Sit on the backrest and press your chest against the seat of the machine. 

Your feet are flat and your legs are on either side of the bench. 

Place each of your hands on the wrists provided for this purpose. The arms should be almost straight and you should catch the wrists in a pronated grip. Spread your arms as far back as possible, then return to your starting position.

The back must always remain straight and the movement of quality. When you perform the exercise, your pectoral muscles must come out to the maximum. the exercise can be slower to play with the power-on time. Control the tempo of the exercise.

Tips

  1. The loads should be appropriate and not too heavy. Keep a slight bend in the elbow.
  2. This workout will challenge your deltoids and shoulders. It will isolate the posterior deltoid and the back shoulder portion.

Variant

  • A variation of this exercise is the bird exercise with the chest bent.

This exercise is available in the following program:

Weight gain program

Additional articles :

3 exercises to build up your trapezius muscles

Overview

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