Your head, shoulders, and butt should make contact with the bench or floor for the whole movement. Draw your shoulders back and down, and lift the dumbbells overhead so they are touching in a narrow position and in line with your chest. Inhale as you lower the dumbbells down to the ...
The barbell bench press would be the ideal option to build your chest strength, but we need to come up with something using only heavy dumbbells. The barbell bench press is the most obvious choice for chest strength, but you need a barbell to do it!
This next chest workout can be done at home or in the gym, and all you need is a pair of dumbbells. Adding weight will also open the door to a wide range of other effective chest workouts such as the chest press and chest flies. If you are new at this, start with very light wei...
For Chest Flys, I recommend a medium weight of 8-12lbs. You want the weight to be heavy enough to feel challenged, but you do not want to compromise good form. Starting Position: Lay on the floor with knees bent or on a weight bench with your arms extended with a slight curve in t...
Pushups are still king of bodyweight chest workouts. The key to this home chest workout is that it takes you through a series of Pushup variations while demanding that you improve on your rep counts along the way. It consists of three weeks of testing and working set (non-testing) days...
Transform your upper body and tone up with this chest and arms workout for women. Chest and arms are the staple of so many workouts for men. Unfortunately, it seems like for every guy who loves to hit the bench, there’s a woman who undertrains her upper body. ...
While you might have heard that doing a ton of push-ups could make your chest bigger and fill out that bikini top, it's not exactly true; women don't tend to have the testosterone levels that are required for major muscle mass. (Plus, we're fans of learning to feel great about the...
Workouts that used to take two hours were over and done in under 60 minutes. Less time in the gym meant more time for rest and recovery, which really helped maximize my progress. With workouts taking less time, I had fewer excuses not to go to the gym and missed fewer training sessions...
Setup:Set an incline bench to 45-degrees and hold a set of dumbbells straight up over your shoulders, arms perpendicular to the ground. Turn your palms inward and bend your elbows slightly. Move:Open your arms to the sides in line with your shoulders, keeping your elbows slightly bent and...
Yes. Women can benefit the same from chest workouts as men. A strong chest can help women carry, push, swing, and throw, just the same as men. Some women are concerned about the aesthetics of a strong chest. The reality is that it is extremely difficult for women to develop large pecs...