Chest Exercises
Build a stronger chest with these exercises.
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Alternating Floor Press
Lie on the floor with two kettlebells next to your shoulders.
Around The Worlds
Lay down on a flat bench holding a dumbbell in each hand with the palms of the hands facing towards the ceiling. Tip: Your arms should be parallel to the floor and next to your thighs. To avoid injury, make sure that you keep your elbows slightly bent. This will be your starting position.
Barbell Bench Press
Lie back on a flat bench. Using a medium width grip (a grip that creates a 90-degree angle in the middle of the movement between the forearms and the upper arms), lift the bar from the rack and hold it straight over you with your arms locked. This will be your starting position.
Barbell Guillotine Bench Press
Using a medium width grip (a grip that creates a 90-degree angle in the middle of the movement between the forearms and the upper arms), lift the bar from the rack and hold it straight over your neck with your arms locked. This will be your starting position.
Battle Ropes
For this exercise you will need a heavy rope anchored at its center 15-20 feet away. Standing in front of the rope, take an end in each hand with your arms extended at your side. This will be your starting position.
Behind Head Chest Stretch
An advanced, partner-assisted PNF (Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation) stretch for the chest and shoulder complex. It involves an isometric contraction followed by a passive stretch to increase flexibility in the anterior shoulder and pectoral muscles. Requires good baseline shoulder mobility and a communicative partner.
Bench Dips
For this exercise you will need to place a bench behind your back. With the bench perpendicular to your body, and while looking away from it, hold on to the bench on its edge with the hands fully extended, separated at shoulder width. The legs will be extended forward, bent at the waist and perpendicular to your torso. This will be your starting position.
Bench Press - With Bands
Using a flat bench secure a band under the leg of the bench that is nearest to your head.
Bent-Arm Barbell Pullover
Lie on a flat bench with a barbell using a shoulder grip width.
Bent-Arm Dumbbell Pullover
Place a dumbbell standing up on a flat bench.
Bodyweight Flyes
Position two equally loaded EZ bars on the ground next to each other. Ensure they are able to roll.
Cable Iron Cross
Begin by moving the pulleys to the high position, select the resistance to be used, and take a handle in each hand.
Catch and Overhead Throw
Begin standing while facing a wall or a partner.
Chain Press
Begin by connecting the chains to the cable handle attachments. Position yourself on the flat bench in the same position as for a dumbbell press. Your wrists should be pronated and arms perpendicular to the floor. This will be your starting position.
Chair Upper Body Stretch
Sit on the edge of a chair, gripping the back of it.
Chest And Front Of Shoulder Stretch
Start off by standing with your legs together, holding a bodybar or a broomstick.
Chest Push from 3 point stance
Begin in a three point stance, squatted down with your back flat and one hand on the ground. Place the medicine ball directly in front of you.
Chest Push (multiple response)
Begin in a kneeling position facing a wall or utilize a partner. Hold the ball with both hands tight into the chest.
Chest Push (single response)
Begin in a kneeling position holding the medicine ball with both hands tightly into the chest.
Chest Push with Run Release
Begin in an athletic stance with the knees bent, hips back, and back flat. Hold the medicine ball near your legs. This will be your starting position.
Chest Stretch on Stability Ball
The Chest Stretch on a Stability Ball is a flexibility exercise that targets the pectoral muscles and anterior shoulder. It uses the unstable surface of the ball to allow a deeper, more controlled stretch, helping to improve posture and upper body mobility.
Clock Push-Up
Move into a prone position on the floor, supporting your weight on your hands and toes.
Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press
Lie back on a flat bench. Using a close grip (around shoulder width), lift the bar from the rack and hold it straight over you with your arms locked. This will be your starting position.
Close-Grip Dumbbell Press
Place a dumbbell standing up on a flat bench.
Close-Grip EZ-Bar Press
Lie on a flat bench with an EZ bar loaded to an appropriate weight.
Close-Grip Push-Up off of a Dumbbell
The Close-Grip Push-Up off a Dumbbell is a compound upper-body exercise that increases triceps and chest activation by limiting the range of motion and adding an element of instability. It effectively builds pushing strength and core stability.
Cross Over - With Bands
The Banded Chest Crossover is a resistance band exercise that targets the chest muscles through a horizontal adduction movement. It mimics the cable crossover machine, providing constant tension to build chest strength and definition.
Decline Barbell Bench Press
Secure your legs at the end of the decline bench and slowly lay down on the bench.
Decline Close-Grip Bench To Skull Crusher
Secure your legs at the end of the decline bench and slowly lay down on the bench.
Decline Dumbbell Bench Press
Secure your legs at the end of the decline bench and lie down with a dumbbell on each hand on top of your thighs. The palms of your hand will be facing each other.
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