Exercise with the Barbell Chest Press

This video from Men's Health shows you the proper way to get a fit chest by doing a barbell bench press. Safety first! Lie on a bench with your feet flat on the floor. Grab the bar with your hands slightly more than shoulder-width apart, holding the weight with your arms exte ...more

The incline barbell bench press is the king of all upper chest exercises. The incline bench press is the foundation for building overall thickness and size in your pecs. Watch this how to video you can add the incline barbell bench press to your chest workout and watch your pe ...more

The barbell bench press is the king of all chest exercises. The bench press is the foundation for building overall thickness and size in your pecs. With this how to video you can add the barbell bench press to your chest workout and include incline bench press and dips for a s ...more

Watch this instructional fitness video to do an iso-lateral incline press exercise. You can train one side or both sides of the chest at the same time. Exhale on the way up and inhale on the way down. This iso-lateral press exercise works the chest, the shoulders and the triceps.

The seated chest press can be done from any chair with a seat back. This exercise is great for shaping and strengthening the chest muscles. The chest is scientifically named the pectoralis. This muscle is used any time you push a chair up to the table, shut a car door, or push ...more

The one arm dumbbell chest press is perfect for strengthening the pectoralis (chest) muscles. Most chest exercises involve compound movements, or the use of more than one joint. Invariably, the triceps and anterior deltoid are often involved in chest exercises. Start by resti ...more

This exercise is great for shaping and strengthening the chest muscles. The chest is scientifically named the pectoralis. This muscle is used any time you push a chair up to the table, shut a car door, or push a shopping cart. There are two muscles that make up the pectoralis. ...more

Learn how to exercise by doing the dumbbell chest press with neutral grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: shoulders Secondary Muscle Group: chest, pec minor, serratus anterior, triceps Base Movement: chest press Equipment: bench, dumbbell Training Type: weight trainin ...more

Learn how to exercise by doing the alternating incline dumbbell chest press with overhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: chest Secondary Muscle Group: levator scapulae, pec minor, serratus anterior, shoulders, traps - lower, traps - upper, triceps Base Movement: ...more

Learn how to exercise by doing the cable lunge and chest press on dyna disk with overhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: glutes Secondary Muscle Group: abs and obliques, calves, chest, hamstrings, pec minor, quads, serratus anterior, triceps Base Movement: chest ...more

Learn how to exercise by doing the alternating dumbbell chest press with overhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: chest Secondary Muscle Group: pec minor, serratus anterior, triceps Base Movement: chest press Equipment: bench, dumbbell Training Type: weight train ...more

Learn how to exercise by doing the standing targeted 1 arm cable chest press with overhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: chest Secondary Muscle Group: abs and obliques, lats, levator scapulae, pec minor, rhomboids, serratus anterior, shoulders, traps - lower, t ...more

Watch this instructional fitness video to do a decline bench press using a medium-grip barbell. Keep your back straight and your body in a controlled position. Exhale as you lift the weights up and inhale on the way down. This decline bench press exercise works the chest muscl ...more

Learn exercises and stretches for your workout routine in this fitness video. Take action: use chest press position, do not bend the elbows, inhale on the way down, and keep feet planted. Tom Clifford, the instructor in this how-to video, has a degree in physical education, fi ...more

Learn how to do incline barbell presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Build a well-rounded and proportional chest—the incline variation of the classic barbell chest press targets the upper area of the pectoral muscles. Muscles Worked Chest (uppe ...more

If you've ever injured your shoulder before, then you know that it takes a lot of time and rehabilitation before you can move it around again, let alone lift weights. If you need a safe and effective chest press to complete, check out this video for how to do a hip dumbbell p ...more

Learn how to do twisting dumbbell incline chest presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Twisting dumbbell incline chest presses work the muscles of your chest and upper back. Muscles Worked Chest, Back (upper) Starting Position Choose two dumbbel ...more

The standing barbell press is one of the most often seen in movies and in TV shows. The classic chunkhead screaming out reps as he struggles, red-faced, to push that 100-pound dumbbell a few more inches into the air and into the finishing line. While there are obviously lots ...more

Brooke Burke and Autumn Calabrese walk the viewer through a super-effective, targeted butt workout, doable in your living room in only 5 minutes. The first exercise, a "Heel Press", is done from your hands and knees. Keeping your head in line with your spine and your belly but ...more

Learn how to do dumbbell fly to presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The dumbbell fly to press combination exercise works your pectoral muscles from different angles, giving the benefits of a traditional dumbbell press combined with the pec-stret ...more

Learn how to do seated arnold presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Good trainers love this strength-training exercise because it targets and isolates both the front and side heads of the deltoid muscles. Lowering the dumbbells gradually down in ...more

Learn how to do dumbbell clean and presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits This exercise converts a classic shoulder exercise, often done with a barbell or kettlebell, to take advantage of its leg-busting potential. Put squats between the elements o ...more

Find out how to tone your legs with help from Men's Health. In this video, learn the "barbell squat" exercise, which will work your lower body and core muscles. It's a great leg workout. Place a bar-bell at chest height in a squat rack. Grab the bar with an overhand grip slig ...more

Learn how to do lean barbell single side rows. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Side rows work the entire complex of muscles in your upper back. For this variation, you use a barbell rather than a dumbbell so that you can be certain you're controllin ...more

Learn how to do one arm neutral grip pull ups on a Gravitron machine. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits One-armed pull-ups are hard to do without jerking or dropping—in a word, safely. Here, you'll use a Gravitron machine to assist your lift, and to h ...more

Learn how to do standing cable chest flys. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Chest flys develop the pectoral muscles for a broad, strong chest. Muscles Worked Chest Starting Position Stand in front of the cable machine with a handle in each hand and ...more

Learn how to do half twist jump squats. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Developing your legs isn’t just about building bulk—it’s also about training the propulsive strength you need for sports, power workouts, and just having fun. This exercise buil ...more

Learn how to do power stability ball lower back extension with pelvic thrusts. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Your core strength depends in large part on your legs and lower back for support. This exercise works that entire complex by having you pi ...more

The incline dumbbell bench press is a great upper chest exercise. Use this exercise for building overall thickness and size in your pecs. With this how to video you can add the incline dumbell bench press exercise to your chest workout and watch your pecs grow.

This video shows how to do a standing chest press exercise on a cable crossover gym.

Watch this instructional fitness video to do a decline bench press weight lifting exercise. Keep your back straight and your body in a controlled position. Exhale as you lift the weights up and inhale on the way down. This decline bench press exercise works the chest muscles.

Watch this instructional fitness video to do a bench press exercise. Keep your back flat against the back pad. Exhale as you lift the weights up and inhale on the way down. This bench press exercise works the chest, shoulders and triceps.

If you're tired of getting sand kicked in your face at the beach because of your tiny chest muscles then the dumbell press exercise is for you. This professional tutorial demonstrates the simple workout that can build up your pectoral muscles in a healthy manner. The dumbell b ...more

This version of the chest press is ideal for those who may not have weights available. It is also great if you are simply looking to try something new. For this exercise, you will need two gallon-size water jugs. Fill the jugs with water as needed. First, grasp both water jug ...more

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to do a beginner chest workout. All the exercises revealed in this video are machine equipment, that can be found in any gym. For each exercise, do 3 repetitions in a pyramid form. The first set should be 15 repetitions, second set sho ...more

When an exercise has "military" in its name, then you know it's serious. You will need a barbell, a padded seat with a padded back, and additional weight plates. Warning: if you are experiencing any shoulder pain, avoid this exercise. Always consult a physician before attempti ...more

Manny Castro shows you how to use free weight exercises such as the bench press, incline bench press, incline dumbbell flies, flat dumbbell flies, behind the neck dumbbell press, military press, dumbbell laterals, dumbbell front raise, dumbbell front raise, dumbbell lunges, ba ...more

This is Fitness for Dummies. Learn how to do simple weight exercises. Strengthen your shoulder muscles with the shoulder press. This exercise also works your upper back and triceps. Work out at home with this video for strong, toned shoulders. Do a barbell shoulder press. Clic ...more

This video shows you how to do a decline bench press with dumbbells. This exercise works primarily the lower chest and secondly the triceps and shoulders. You lie on a decline bench with dumbbells extended in hands. Do a decline bench press with dumbbells. Click through to wat ...more

In this series of videos, you can get first hand instruction on strength training machines. For example, you can see clips of our expert using different press machines like the chest press and leg press machines. Learn how to work out your glutious maximus using a glute isolat ...more

Learn how to do dumbbell squat thrust with speed alternate neutral presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Combine two power moves for an intense leg and shoulder muscle workout. Start with a squat thrust, popping out of a squat to a plank position; ...more

Learn how to use a medicine ball to do power snatch to toss ups for height. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Use a medicine ball to train the explosive power of your legs, shoulders, and core in a single exercise. Come low in a deep squat, and then b ...more

Learn how to do medicine ball power press toss ups for height. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits There's a reason NBA players have such big shoulders. For this exercise, you'll use a medicine ball to throw high vertical tosses as you power out of a sq ...more

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to get perky pecs and get rid of "side boobs". This video lists several exercises for viewers to do. Users will need a pair of dumbbells for some of these exercises. The exercises in this are: chest fly, dumbbell press and a variation ...more

Learn how to do Super Chests. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Starting Position Attach a tube to a fixed at your head height. Stand with the tube behind you and take one handle in each hand. Stand with feet staggered and bring the tube to chest level, elbows ...more

Learn how to do dumbbell chest press incline reduction (incline to decline). Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits These monster sets of chest presses will work your pecs from top to bottom, and then bottom to top. Use the adjustable incline bench for a ci ...more

Check out this leg workout exercise, called the "hang-clean to front-squat to push-press". This exercise from Men's Health is a combination of three great compound exercises, so you can imagine, most muscles in your body will be working on this one -- an all-over body workout. ...more

Learn how to do power press single leg presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits For these leg presses, you'll choose an amount of weight that presents a challenge, but not so much that you can't add some speed and thrust to your movement. You'll be ...more

Learn how to do devil's tricpes press downs. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits For this variation on the standard triceps dip, you'll move in a diagonal movement to stretch and work the full range for your triceps muscles. Muscles Worked Triceps Sta ...more

Learn how to do a cable triceps press down drop set. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits If you've done the cable tricep bar press-down before, you know that it's a staple exercise of many workout programs that isolates and builds the muscles of the tri ...more

Learn how to do speed single cable reverse flys. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits For this exercise, you'll focus on speed as you work cable reverse flys with a single arm in quick succession. Try not to let go at any point in the set—keep the weight ...more

Squats are probably the most useful exercise you can do at the gym—no other single exercise encourages more muscle growth. With a range of motion that incorporates many different muscle groups in the legs, core and upper body, squats strengthen not only those muscles, but also ...more

Learn how to do face down dumbbell rotate and press on an incline bench. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Building your shoulders without strengthening your rotators is an invitation to injury. This exercise helps you warm up and strengthen the entire ...more

Learn how to do seated dumbbell shoulder presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The standing dumbbell shoulder press works the core of the shoulder's deltoid muscle complex. Only do this exercise if your shoulders are free of pain or injury. Musc ...more

Learn how to do a standing barbell curl drop set while leaning against a wall. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The classic standing barbell curl is a staple of any biceps-building exercise regimen. By leaning against a wall in this variation on the ...more

Learn how to do a single dumbbell windmill and Arnold press. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Here's an exercise that's all about position. The challenge is to maintain a vertical arm on one side as you reach straight downward with the other. Add a d ...more

The only way to gain strength in your arms is to work them out. And this "dumbbell tricep extension" from Men's Health is just what you need. This exercise is aimed at isolating the triceps muscle of the upper arm. Sit on a bench holding a heavy dumb-bell in your left hand. E ...more

Learn how to do wide reverse grip pull downs. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits For this variation of the classic lat pull-down, you’ll use a reverse grip and hold at the moment of full flexion—with nothing to support you but your core. Remember, back ...more

Learn how to do cable bar pull down triceps. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The cable triceps bar pull-down is similar to its more popular cousin, the cable triceps bar press-down. The difference? You hold the bar with your palms up, turning a pres ...more