Fitness

Chest Day

This discussion will be about working out your chest aka pectorals. I have been trying to get some size on my body, so I will be talking about how to get mass and girth on your chest. There are many exercises and different ways to perform them to work out your chest, I am going to talk about the top 5 that I use. 

First I'll talk about the actual muscle it self. Your chest is two muscles, the pectoral major and minor, but just one big muscle mass really. When working out you focus on three different sections of it; your upper, lower, and middle sections.  All exercises will be 3 sets consisting of 10 reps, 8 reps, and 6 reps. The higher the reps the lower weight you can lift which will cut you up rather than give you size. The lower the reps the more weight you can lift which will give you size, so that is why you end on 6 reps for final and do not do more.  

I am going to start with middle section of your chest. Straight flat bench works that part of your chest the best, so I always make sure I do that work out every time it's chest day.  When working my upper chest, I do one of two workouts.  Incline dumbbell press and incline normal bench.  Both of them work your upper chest perfectly. Lower chest you can do the same thing as upper, but instead of being on an incline bench you will be on a decline one. Here are some pictures to show you what some of the exercises look like:

                  My two other workouts I like to do while on chest day are pec deck machineand chest dips .

 Stewart, Alex. "5 Mass-Building Chest Workouts." Bodybuilding.com. Bodybuilding.com, 16 Sept. 2009. Web. 5 Feb. 2012. <http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/beginner-chest-training-guide.htm>