The core of your body is your chest. A lot of your bodies muscles are located in your chest, so keeping them fit is important. Major muscle that are located in the chest are pectoralis minor and pectoralis major. There are many diverse ways you can workout your chest. Because there are many muscles contained in the chest, many calories are burned when it’s worked out. To get a full upper body workout, exercise the chest because it uses the arms and shoulders. Make sure you warm up before you do any exercises. To help build the chest there are some helpful tips below.

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1.{Dumbbells for bench presses: You should lie down on an exercise bench while holding the dumbbells in your hands. | Get the dumbbells and lie down on a bench with them in your hands. | Bench presses with dumbbells: while holding the dumbbells in hand, lie down on a exercise bench. | The Dumbbell bench press: Find an exercise bench and while holding dumbbells in your hand, lie down. | Bench pressing with dumbbells: On an exercise bench, make sure you lie down while holding the dumbbells. Make sure your elbows are bent at 90 degrees, with the dumbbells directly over the chest. Your feet should be evenly placed on the floor. While pushing the dumbbells upward then back to the first position, the elbows should not lock up. Do about eight to twelve a set. Increase the number of sets and weights as you grow stronger.

2. Chest flies: With dumbbells, it’s recommended to couple it with bench flies to give your chest a complete workout. To do this exercise, you should lie flat on the back on exercise bench. The dumbbells should be held firmly over your chest. Slightly bend the elbows, with the palms of your hands inward. Then in a wide arc, lower the weights by the sides. Bring the weights back up again only when you reach shoulder length. You should do about eight to twelve times per set. As your strength increases, so should the number of weights and repeats.

3. Pushups is a chest exercise that is one of the most effective. Pushups: Is believed to be one of the most useful chest exercises. An added plus to pushups, is it works the abs, back and thigh muscles along with the chest. This is because of the fact that when you are doing pushups you hold the abs inwards and don’t allow them to sag at the same time you don’t allow your back to arc. On your hands and knees, position your hands directly below the shoulders so as to support your weight. Bend your arms from elbow position and let your chest go down just about it is above the floor. Use the floor as leverage and push yourself up. Repeat the exercise eight to twelve times, while raising the amount of sets each time.