The bench press has often been considered ‘the holy grail’ when it comes to building a bigger chest. However, not all of us have time to get to the gym during the week and the majority of us ...

For most guys, a chest workout involves alternating between three chest exercises: bench press completed in the flat, incline ...

"To develop muscle, you want to fatigue your pecs safely without any jerking or extreme movements," says Simon King, P.T., ...

GUYS TEND TO think of training their chest as zero-sum game. The broad consensus is that you need to bench press—more specifically, to barbell bench press—as much weight as possible, and let the gains ...

When it’s chest day, most gym bros will make a bee-line for the bench press, which often means you could be waiting at least an hour (if not longer) to get on it. But you don’t actually need ...

The bench press, star of chest day, has long stood as the de facto ... measure physical strength—and if your goal is simply to build muscle, you might not need chest presses at all.

Simply change up your grip. "Opting for a slightly wide-grip bench press helps increase chest engagement as the change in grip reduces range of motion so you use less of your triceps and shoulders ...

The first (and most prevalent) is pressing exercises, like the all-important bench press and push-up, since your chest is responsible ... you're using the movement to build size, strength, and ...

Don’t let that fear of chest exercises put you off, as many of the bodyweight or lighter weight moves you’re doing are already building the perfect foundation for bench. “Press ups and ...

If you’re looking for an overhead press variation to build upper-body strength ... The press strengthens the deltoids, upper pecs, triceps and upper trapezius, but your core muscles must ...