How to Build Up Your Chest

The chest is a major muscle group known anatomically as the "pectoralis" muscles. These muscles come into play when your arms come across your body or your shoulders are moved forward. Building these muscles can be beneficial if you play sports where there is close contact with other players or you have to making powerful forward movements with your arms. You can build your chest up by performing various exercises that target your muscles from different angles.

Things You'll Need

• Bench
• Barbell
• Dumbbells
• Adjustable bench
• Decline bench

References

• Barbell bench press
• Incline dumbbell presses
• Decline presses