Weight Lifting Exercises For Your Chest - Bench or Crossovers?

By Westy

Everyone who is looking to build their muscles and achieve a great look is wondering what the best exercise is to increase the size of the chest. When you take a look at all of the exercises that people are using in the local gym, you will notice that most of them are using the bench press. There is a very good reason for this. The bench press is a great way to work out the muscles of the chest and gain an increase in size. There are some other exercises that you can use to increase the muscles in this area as well.

The other exercises that you can do for your chest are:

Flyes With A Flat Bench

Flyes On A Flat Bench

Flyes At An Incline

Cable Crossovers

Dips

The two exercises that should be focused on first are the bench press and dips. This is because they are very all encompassing exercises. For those who are looking for a great workout and gain an increase in their size and muscle, these are the exercises that will do that for them.

Here's the best way to do bench press:

1. Lie on the bench with the bar above your line of site

2. You should always use a spotter if you are going to be lifting heavy weight.

3. As you lower the bar slowly, keep breathing in.

4. Breath out as you are pushing the weight away from you.

5. Keep going until your muscles fail.

This exercise is great for working out the total chest and shoulder area. You'll feel it in your triceps (especially if you use a narrow grip) and in your lats too. Take care to do a good workout using lower weights to warm up the area before lifting. You'll be able to tell the difference in your workout if you "prime" the muscles using a warmup that builds to the desired weight like this.

For example, if you lift a maximum weight of two hundred and twenty pounds, you should warm up with a weight of ninety pounds for fifteen repetitions. Increase the warm up to one hundred and forty pounds for eight repetitions, and then one hundred seventy pounds for four repetitions. Finally, increase to two hundred pounds for one repetition. This will make sure that your muscles are warmed up completely before you begin your bench presses. The bench presses will be done until your muscles fail, so keeping your muscles warmed before you workout is very important. - 17273

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