Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Great Pecs

By Westy

There are many exercises to build chest muscle. You want great pecs that bring out you whole chest. Chest building will get rid of any man boobs. A chiseled chest is what body builders aim for. Lets explore some basic weight training methods to build chest muscle.

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The seated chest press is a good place to begin your chest muscle workout. Start by sitting on the bench and grabbing the handles in front of you. Extend your arms forward while you are seated. Keep the elbows straight while you are doing the exercise and squeeze your pecs.. The weight will pull your arms back in toward your chest. The pecs will be torn providing them with the opportunity to be repaired and grow larger.

Cable Crossovers build chest muscle easily. On the machine grab the handles of the upper cable station. Make sure your elbows are slightly bent and you have one foot forward for balance. Bring the handles toward your waist. Squeeze the chest and bend forward and allow the weight to pull you back.

The bench press is a favorite chest muscle building exercise and you can target the muscles that you want by choosing the grip. You can use a wide grip or a close grip.

Decline bench presses also build chest muscle. If you move your grip closer it will stress your pecs. Dumbbell Flyes and be done on a flat bend and incline bench and a decline bench. Really squeeze your pecs together to get the best results. This exercise really isolates the pecs.

Dips can build chest muscle. Dips target your lower pecs. A couple diffeent variations are to do them with your elbows in or your elbows out. This will work your inner pecs too.

Stretching is an important part of your workout so don't forget to stretch your muscles before you workout. Injuries will occur if you do not pay attention to your stretching and properly warm up your muscles. To stretch properly, stand in your doorway with your hands on either side of the door frame. Let your body fall forward and hold the movement. There are a wide variety of stretching exercises that you can do before you begin your work on your pectoral muscles. The rest of your body should be stretched as well.

While you are working out, you should make sure that you are breathing. It is important that you do not hold your breath during the workout at any point. Exhale your breath during the lift or hard part of the exercise and inhale on the easy or the rest part of the exercise. You should choose the exercises that you enjoy doing to make sure that you stick with your exercise routine. Pretty soon you will have rock hard pectoral muscles and that chiseled chest that you want. - 16928

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