Chest Workouts & Exercises for your Upper body

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Hate Push-Ups? Try These 6 Alternative Moves

By Jenessa Connor, CPT; April 18, 2022

The push-up is one of those classic exercises that seem to appear in almost every workout — and with good reason. It’s a highly functional movement that...

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P90X Chest and Back: How It Can Make You Stronger

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; November 12, 2018

Why do the P90X Chest and Back workout? Like Key and Peele, peanut butter and chocolate, rap stars and giant egos, chest and back are...

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How to Do the Decline Bench Press for a Lower Chest Pump (Video)

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; April 26, 2018

The decline press is sort of like the redheaded stepchild of the bench press family. While the flat bench press — one of three tests of fortitude...

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Blast Your Pecs (Not Your Joints!) With the Cable Chest Fly

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; April 25, 2018

Spend enough time around workout machines, and you’ll find they each have their own personality; the VersaClimber is a drill sergeant, the assisted pull-up is...

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How to Do a Decline Push-Up (Video)

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; April 25, 2018

Among upper-body exercises, the bench press gets all the love. Sonnets have been written extolling its virtues. If you want, you can buy a T-shirt proclaiming that...

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How to Do a Dumbbell Pullover

By K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S.; April 18, 2018

The dumbbell pullover is a bit of a weight-room unicorn. Unlike nearly every other strength training exercise out there, it simultaneously works two opposing muscle...

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How to Do an Incline Push-Up (Video)

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; March 23, 2018

The push-up may be as close to a perfect exercise as it gets. You don’t need equipment, you can do them anywhere, and when done...

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How to Do an Incline Dumbbell Press (Video)

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; March 22, 2018

The bench press has long been considered the ultimate builder of upper-body strength. But there’s a case to be made for its underappreciated cousin, the incline dumbbell...

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9 Exercises for Your Best Upper-Body Workout

By K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S.; February 3, 2020

If crafting the perfect upper body were simple, we’d all be walking around with rockstar guns, and performing everyday feats of strength (like getting that...

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5 Chest Stretches for Tight and Sore Pectorals

By Stepfanie Romine; February 8, 2018

When I inquire with my yoga students about any tightness and/or pain they may be experiencing in their muscles, they often request chest stretches (a.k.a....

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11 Chest and Triceps Exercises to Add to Your Next Workout

By Jenessa Connor, CPT; January 19, 2018

Blame it on Popeye, Arnold, or the Rock, but if you ask someone to pose like a strongman, they’ll inevitably puff up their chest and...

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9 of the Best Dumbbell Chest Exercises

By Beachbody; October 19, 2017

You don’t need fancy equipment or machines to bulk up your chest and get defined pecs. Armed with just a set of dumbbells, you can...

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11 of the Best Chest Exercises You Can Do at Home

By Lauren Bedosky; October 3, 2017

For most guys, a massive, chiseled chest ranks at the top of their must-haves, right up there next to shredded abs. But don’t think you need a...

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11 of the Best Chest Exercises for Mass

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; February 2, 2018

Let’s admit something: everyone wants to look like a fitness model. It may not be your number one priority; you may not be able to...

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7 Exercises People Usually Do Wrong

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; June 16, 2020

Beyond sheer power and brute strength, gifted athletes are masters of body mechanics: weight distribution, fluidity, efficiency. But when you look around the average gym,...

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How to Get Better at Push-Ups

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; March 8, 2022

Many people struggle to do push-ups, but with some hard work and these exercises, you can get better at push-ups and improve your strength.

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How to Lift Sagging Breasts With Exercise

By Kara Wahlgren; August 29, 2017

Age brings with it a lot of good things. Experience. Wisdom. The ability to understand Seinfeld references that predate the need to Google them. If...

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How to Do the T Push-Up

By Trevor Thieme, C.S.C.S.; November 30, 2016

Chances are that if you belong to a gym and lift weights, the push-up isn’t part of your routine. It’s a bodyweight move, after all,...