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010-111 · Question #299

What is the correct hand placement when spotting the supine dumbbell fly?

The correct answer is B. Close to the dumbbells or wrists of your client without touching them. Proper spotter hand placement during a supine dumbbell fly is critical for safety, allowing rapid intervention if the client loses control of the weights. Placement near the wrists or dumbbells provides the most direct control over the load.

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Question

What is the correct hand placement when spotting the supine dumbbell fly?

Options

  • AClose to your client's biceps without touching them.
  • BClose to the dumbbells or wrists of your client without touching them.
  • CMaintaining contact behind your client's elbows on the descent of the dumbbells.
  • DHands held at your sides with your elbows flexed at a 45-degree angle.

How the community answered

(45 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    80% (36)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    11% (5)

Why each option

Proper spotter hand placement during a supine dumbbell fly is critical for safety, allowing rapid intervention if the client loses control of the weights. Placement near the wrists or dumbbells provides the most direct control over the load.

AClose to your client's biceps without touching them.

Spotting near the biceps places the spotter's hands too far from the actual weight, increasing reaction time and reducing control if the client drops a dumbbell.

BClose to the dumbbells or wrists of your client without touching them.Correct

Positioning hands close to the dumbbells or the client's wrists - without making contact - allows the spotter to quickly support or catch the weights at the source of the load if the client fatigues or loses grip. This placement minimizes reaction distance and maximizes the spotter's ability to safely control the weight during the movement.

CMaintaining contact behind your client's elbows on the descent of the dumbbells.

Maintaining contact behind the elbows during the descent is more appropriate for pressing movements, not the fly, where the load vector and joint stress differ.

DHands held at your sides with your elbows flexed at a 45-degree angle.

Holding hands at the sides with elbows flexed provides no meaningful spotting assistance and is not a recognized spotting technique for any exercise.

Concept tested: Spotter hand placement for dumbbell fly exercise

Source: https://www.nsca.com/education/articles/kinetic-select/spotting-resistance-training-exercises/

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#spotting technique#dumbbell fly#exercise safety#hand placement

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