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Chest workouts

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 Warm-Up For This Workout: Before you crack on with the workouts, it’s important that you take the time to prepare your body. Not only will a thorough warm-up help you perform at your best when you tackle the lifts, but it will also reduce some of the muscle soreness you’ll feel the next day. That’s not a small thing, because chest DOMS really is no fun at all. It’s not only the chest you’ll be working in the sessions below, so your warm-up needs to prepare your whole body. That means jumping on the treadmill for five minutes of slow jogging won’t do because it won’t properly warm up the muscles you’re about to use. Start with this short   warm-up routine for the gym , which involves seven dynamic stretches that hit the whole body, then move on to warm-up exercises specific to the workout you’re about to do. These could even be the same exercises you’re going to do in your workout, just done with a very lightweight or no weight at all. This will get your body used to the move...

Best Chest Exercises of All Time

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Best Chest Exercises  of All Time: If you really want to pump up your pecs and build the best chest in the gym, you need targeted exercises that exhaust your muscles in the best way possible. Because the  chest  muscles (specifically the pectoralis major, aka pecs) are so huge, and contribute to so many movements, you’ll need more than just a handful of exercises to build your chest from every angle. These 30 chest exercises will develop your pecs (and the surounding musculature), spark greater levels of  strength , and give you a more imposing physique. 1. Barbell Bench Press Grasp the bar just outside shoulder-width and arch your back so there’s space between your lower back and the bench. Pull the bar out of the rack and lower it to your sternum, tucking your elbows about 45 °  to your sides. When the bar touches your body, drive your feet hard into the floor and press the bar...