While compound exercises focus on multiple muscles, accessory lifts (also known as accessory exercises and auxiliary exercises) target and strengthen individual or small muscle groups. Performed frequently they will help you to improve the numbers on your big lifts.

Accessory lifts should be performed as part of your regular strength training routine – warm up, primary exercise, accessory lifts and cool down – but, with hundreds of options, how do you know which ones to pick?

Mirafit are here to help with a list of accessory lifts for all the major compound exercises. This week we start with the Bench Press.

The Equipment

This workout can be performed with minimal equipment -

• a Weight Bench

• a Barbell and Weight Plates

• a pair of Dumbbells

The Exercises

• Press Ups

• Incline Bench Press

• Decline Bench Press

• Dumbbell Bench Press

• Dumbbell Flyes

• Front Delt Raise

Want more accessory lifts? Check out the rest of the series here -

• Accessory Lifts for Overhead Barbell Press

• Accessory Lifts for Squat

• Accessory Lifts for Deadlift

• Accessory Lifts for Barbell Row

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