Butterfly exercises strength equipment

Butterfly

— it's a "butterfly". An isolating exercise (on individual muscles), based on bringing the arms in front of the chest in a horizontal plane (sitting) with a load. Promotes the development of large and small pectoral muscles, also affects the anterior deltoid and serratus muscles.

Separately, we note that the terms "butterfly" and "reduction of hands" are not identical — the butterfly is only one of the varieties of mixing exercises. In addition, there is also a reduction of hands on a crossover (using a cable simulator). When it is performed in the initial position, the hands are on the sides of the body, at shoulder level or higher, and the athlete brings them down in front of him, holding the handles of the simulator in his hands. Another option for working with cables is lying on a bench, using the lower blocks. In both cases, the main study goes to the large pectoral muscles. However, some manufacturers use the term "butterfly" to refer to all kinds of hand taps — including crossover taps (and sometimes just them). So when choosing a simulator with such capabilities, you need to pay attention to its equipment: characteristic stops are used for butterfly, and crossover mixing is usually provided in block frames (see "Type").