The Benefits - To develop the middle and upper chest muscles. By working with dumbbells instead of barbell, you can work the chest muscles through a greater range of motion. In this exercise, you need to focus more on the control and balance of the weights.

Execution - Lie back on the incline bench with two dumbbells and hold them at shoulder height, palms facing forward. Lift them simultaneously straight up overhead. Lower the weights down to your upper pecs until you can feel a strong strech in your upper chest muscles. Press the weights back up and squeeze yor pec muscles at the end.

Tips - Begin the exercise with palms facing each other and twist your wrist as you lift so that the palms face forward at the top. Then twist them back to the starting position as you lower the weights. To get even more stress in your middle section of your pecs, try to make a little arc while you lift the weights up and squeeze your pec muscles at the top!