Know Your Muscle Building Exercises - The Chest
by Rick
Mitchell
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Every bodybuilder and weight trainer will have his or her favorite
exercises for each body part. That's how it should be - as you progress
through the various stages of learning you'll understand what works best
for you. It is useful, however, to take stock of your progress every so
often and carry out an analysis of where you are and what changes, if any,
are needed to move onwards and upwards.
Part of this analysis
should include an assessment of the core exercises that make up your
bodybuilding training program. In this article we'll look at the chest
exercises that have proven their worth to serious bodybuilders for many
years. Where appropriate a series of exercises suitable for achieving
pre-exhaustion will be presented. All exercises should be performed to
failure with one set of six to eight reps.
1. Dumbbell flyes - this
exercise provides a useful means of isolating the pectorals and preserving
the triceps for the subsequent exercise. The exercise should be performed
as follows:
- Hold dumbbells directly overhead.
- Lower them
to sides with elbows slightly bent, pulled back and to the side. Lower no
further than level with the torso.
- Use the pectorals to pull the
weights back up to the starting position.
2. Incline bench press -
you can move straight on to this exercise if you have reached an
appropriate level of experience. If you perform this exercise as the
second part of a pre-exhaust routine you may have to use lighter weights
than normally.
- Take a shoulder width grip.
- Lower the bar
to the chest with the elbows pointed to the side.
- Return to the
starting position.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard Mitchell is the creator of the bodybuildingadvisor.com
website that provides guidance and information to athletes at all levels
of bodybuilding experience. Go to Bodybuilding
Advice to learn more about the issues covered in this
article.
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