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Horizontal Push · Intermediate

Wide-Grip Barbell Bench Press

Compound horizontal push exercise using barbell, bench.
Movement pattern
Horizontal Push
Difficulty
Intermediate
Equipment
Barbell, Bench
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Transverse

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How to do the Wide-Grip Barbell Bench Press

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Shoulder horizontal adductionprimary action

    Pectoralis major (prime mover, high emphasis); Pectoralis major (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Anterior deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Elbow extensionsecondary action

    Triceps brachii (prime mover, low emphasis); Biceps brachii (stabilizer, low emphasis)

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