Many people can be found down the gym, lifting weights to exercise the chest muscles. These muscles are particularly important if you are trying toget rid of man boobs. The chest consists of two main muscles. Lying against the chest wall is the small pectoralis minor muscle and on top of this is the much bigger and stronger pectoralis major muscle. It is this bigger muscle which gives the chest its size and shape.

Many people consider a big muscular chest a sign of masculinity and is one of the main muscle groups in the body. These muscles provide a lot of strength and are important in providing upper body strength for most sporting disciplines.

Exercises that work the chest muscles are great because they also work other muscle groups in the body like the triceps and the shoulders. Working the chest muscles, therefore, will not only give you a bigger chest but will also improve the overall shape of the upper body.

Stretching exercises to warm up are vital before doing any of these exercises. Light aerobic work such as rowing on a machine is a good choice. This is a particularly good exercise because it will stretch the muscles of the upper body and also increase the heart rate and increase the flow of blood to the muscles, getting them ready for a workout.

One of the most simple yet effective chest exercise workouts is the push up. To start with, lis face down on the floor and place your hands about shoulder width apart. Then, keeping your toes on the ground and body straight, slowly lift yourself up. When you reach the top you can then, again slowly, lower yourself down and then repeat the whole process over again.

At first, for some people, this exercise might be a little difficult and so you can keep your knees in contact with the floor rather than the knees. One of the important aspects of this exercise is to lower yourself down slowly so that you continue to exercise those important muscle groups. As you improve, one way to ,make this exercise more difficult is to move your hands slightly wider than shoulder width.

One of my favorite chest exercises is the bench press, which you will see many people perform down the gym. It is important you have a training partner to help you with this exercise for safety reasons. Lying flat on your back on a bench hold the barbell out at arms length. Then, slowly lower it until it just touches the chest and then proceed, again slowly, to lift it back up to the arms outstretched position.

It is vital to not perform any jerky movements or bounce the weights off the chest wall. Doing around three sets of about eight repetitions once to twice a week will soon develop your chest muscles and you will quickly notice a difference.

These are two great exercises to start out with whether you are looking to build up the chest or just to lose man boobs.

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