Thurmond was raised as a sharecropper's son in Clarke County, Georgia. He graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and religion from Paine College and later earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolinaâs School of Law.
A weight bench helps you do butterfly exercises. If you want to build muscles in your upper body, butterfly exercises can help. Designed specifically to target muscles in your chest, flyes engage several muscle groups in your arms and shoulders as well, getting you ready for tank-top weather. There are several ways to do fly exercises, including using special machines at the gym or using dumbbells on a bench or stability ball.
Position the dumbbells over your upper chest with your arms extended and rotate your shoulders so your elbows are pointing towards away from your sides. Bring the dumbbells down to the sides of your upper chest by horizontally abducting your shoulders by bending your elbows. When the dumbbells are near your upper chest, bring them up to the start by horizontally adducting your shoulders and by extending your elbows. Incline Cable Fly. The advantage of using cables while doing incline flys is the ability to maintain constant tension on your pectoralis major muscles.