Having well-defined pectorals, or “pecs” for short, is essential to a balanced body. A great chest definitely turns heads, but more importantly, it’s essential to making an athlete stronger for competitions and for helping perform many everyday tasks. When talking about your chest, it’s important to remember that the pecs consist of three separate sections: Upper. Mid. Lower. Interestingly, the
Exercise Instructions 1. While seated on the edge of a flat bench, grasp two dumbbells in an overhand grip. 2. Rest the dumbbells in an upright position on the edge of your knees. Carefully lie on the flat bench bringing the dumbbells to the sides of your torso at chest level. Make sure to bring the dumbbells up simultaneously. Feet
Exercise Instructions 1. In a seated position with your feet firmly planted on the floor, grasp two dumbbells with both hands. 2. Curl the weight up to the shoulder area. Hold the dumbbells at shoulder level. Keep your back straight and your head up. 3. Make sure you rotate your palms so they are facing forward. 4. In a controlled
Conventional bodybuilding wisdom tells us that we can’t build muscle and lose fat at the same time and any such overly ambitious effort will only lead to frustration and even loss of precious muscle mass, and it’s much smarter to separate these goals into two separate phases of the training process. Yet a deeper inspection into the subject reveals that
Speed up your lagging upper-chest development with these 7 exercises and techniques! If your chest workout is always ordered something like this—flat bench press, incline press, decline press, fly—you've got all the makings of a complete chest workout. That's not to say, however, that you're going to have complete chest development. If you're always doing a middle-chest movement first, when
BARBELL PRESS VS DUMBBELL PRESS Heavy pressing exercises such as the barbell and dumbbell bench press should be at the core of your chest routine. These are essential mass and strength building exercises for this chest. There are several other effective exercises for hitting the chest: dumbbell, cable or machine flyes for example… all of which are great exercises for
