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There are so many of exercises you could do on chest day, but you probably don't want to spend your Day doing them all. You just want to know the best exercises to build a muscular chest, so I have done the work to compare them for you.

Here are the best chest exercises for muscle growth, plus Five complete chest workouts to put those movements into action. Along nutrition and supplementation, this can be your action plan for a bigger chest.

    Exercise 1: Barbell Bench Press


    It's popular to hate on the bench press these days, but it's one of the most popular lifts in the gym for a reason. For one, the standard barbell bench allows you to move the most weight. It's also an easier lift to control than pressing with heavy dumbbells. The exercise is also relatively easy to spot—so don't be afraid to ask for one.

    Barbell Bench Press Variations for Chest Growth:

    Exercise 2: Decline Press

    The common thinking on decline is that it's for lower chest only. it hits the entire chest and allows them to lift heavier and more comfortably than the flat bench.

    If your gym has a comfortable decline press machine, like a plate-loaded hammer strength machine, use it. Along with the traditional double-arm press, you can sit sideways and press across your body one arm at a time.

    Decline Bench Press Variations for Chest Growth:

    Exercise 3: Machine Chest Press

    Free-weight pressing moves on a flat bench are great, but machine press and cable press variations have some unique benefits. For one, it's easier to slow down the repetition, both in the concentric and eccentric phases. Stack-loaded machines are also great for quickly doing dropsets.

    Machine Chest Press Variations for Chest Growth:

    Exercise 4: Push Up

    An obvious point in favor of push-ups is that they require no equipment and can be the centerpiece of a home chest workout, But they're also highly versatile, easy to adjust for range of motion, and can help strategically target different parts of your chest with a few simple tweaks to elevation or hand placement.

    "Yeah, but they're just push-ups," you say. "They're definitely not enough to make you strong.it has been found that push-ups and bench presses are similar in both muscle activation and overall muscle gains. This doesn't mean push-ups should be all you do.

    Push-Up Variations for Chest Growth:

    Exercise 5: Chest Fly

    Looking for a way to isolate the pecs after your presses? It's time to fly. And when it comes to fly variations, you can't beat cables. They allow for continuous tension throughout the exercise's full range of motion.

    Cable cross-overs are most lifters' go-to, and with good reason, but also consider trying a lying version on an incline bench. They're more stable than a standing press, allowing you to push further into fatigue. 

    Fly Variations for Chest Growth:




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