Many guys are just looking for chest exercises to get rid of man boobs, while others are looking for a killer chest workout to bulk up and look huge.  If you can’t make it to the gym you can do a chest workout at home but I enjoy lifting heavy weights in the gym for a great pump.  I will share my chest workout routine with you here so you can have something to base you chest routine on.  A bench press workout is not always the best way to build great looking pecs.  I went a whole year without ever touching the barbell on the bench press, instead I used dumbbells for chest presses and had great increases in strength as well a better looking chest.  If you want to know how to increase bench press I recommend you use dumbbells until you are lifting the same amount of weight or more than what you could with the straight bar.  The best chest workout routine will always have a combination of upper chest workouts with inner and lower chest workouts.  You shouldn’t start with the same lift every time you do a pec workout.  You need to start one with upper chest exercises and then the next time you do chest switch it up and start with lower chest exercises.   Whether you are just trying to lose man boobs or you really want to increase bench press, chest exercises are the key to looking good.

If you are at a plateau with the amount of weight that you can bench press then follow some of these simple guidelines to get out of your rut and to increase your bench press.  Most guys want to look strong and impress other people at the gym by putting up big weight, but heavy weight won’t necessarily get you the big chest you may want.  You need to decide if you want to simply lift a ton of weight or if you want to have a great looking chest.  I personally prefer a little of both but lean more towards having a great looking chest.  The chest workouts discussed here will improve both areas of strength and looks.

Don’t understimate push-ups!  Doing pushups alone will not get you the big strong chest you may want but throwing in some pushup workouts will help increase bench press.  Let’s take the 7 minute push up routine.  This routine is very simple you do 30 pushups each minute for 7 minutes for a total of 210 pushups.  You have the whole minute to do the 30 pushups so you can do them in sets of 5 if you want.  This high rep workout will shock your chest and you will see dramatic increases in the strength of your chest within 2 weeks of doing this workout twice a week.

Have you ever gone a whole month without using the bar to do bench press?  If you haven’t then it’s time to grab some dumbbells and work your chest like a real man.  Don’t be afraid to use dumbbells because you can’t lift as much weight and you might look weaker at the gym.  You need to be able to do just as much or more weight with dumbbells as you can with the straight bar.  So if you can rep out 205lbs 12 times with the bar you better be able to rep out 12 with a 100 lb. dumbbell in each hand.  If you can’t then I would suggest you do only chest workouts with dumbbells until you can.  Dumbbells are more effective for working your chest because the range of motion is greater which allows for a better contraction of the pectoralis major in the movement.