Exercises for pectoral muscles: exercises

Many men are dissatisfied with their Breasts. They seek to develop them, performing all sorts of exercises for pectoral muscles. Often, however, the results of long training are very small. What is the secret? How to achieve great results and turn your chest to the subject of personal pride? 

This article is intended for those who recently started work on his body, although there are interesting information, little tricks and for those who have been working with “iron”. 

All the exercises for pectoral muscles can be divided into insulating and basic. The first group should be included in the main set, a couple of years after the beginning of systematic training. Isolation exercises “grind” and improve the chest muscles, give them a certain shape. 

In order to first increase the chest muscles, exercise is better to choose the basic. These include the following:

- push-UPS on the uneven bars,
- presses the bar from different positions;
- presses dumbbells of various provisions;
- “tops”;
- pull-UPS.

If you will perform exercises for the chest muscles at home using a barbell or dumbbells with more weight, make sure that you have had a partner - without the work in this mode can trigger injury.

Bench press performed with a barbell or with dumbbells, better to do it on the bench which can be put at different angles. By varying the width of the grip, it is possible to work out all parts of the thorax. With a wide grip neck barbell work hard to the extreme parts of the chest muscles. At a medium grip (shoulder level) works the middle part of the chest. Narrow grip forces the triceps to work and a little use the inner part of your chest muscles.

Tips for working on the pectoral muscles

1. If the chest muscles become stronger than back muscles, they will “pull” the case itself, making the figure stooped. You should not forget to be sure to work on the chest and over the back.
2. Stretching after base load is required! Otherwise it will form a short chest muscles that are not too beautiful.
3. You should perform exercises for the chest muscles no more than twice a week. The chest muscles must have recovery period, during which they will grow rapidly. If you do basic exercises too often, the muscle strength will increase significantly, and the volume may even decrease. 
4. Don't try to do everything at once you know the exercises for pectoral muscles. This load will not add them to the volume, and only increase the endurance and strength of that muscle group. It is enough to perform together at the 4-8 approaches. It is better that it was 1-3 exercises performed at 2-3 sets. To increase the muscle volume, number of repetitions in one approach should not exceed 10 times. If you can easily cope with this exercise and can perform more reps, increase the weight of the weights. Perfect amount –  6-8 repetitions. In this mode, will quickly grow and will significantly increase the strength of the muscles.