If you want to build a rock-solid core and strengthen your chest, there’s no better person to learn from than a U.S. Army strength coach. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Jason Barber, PA-C, CSCS, TSAC-F, has ...

Working your upper body, and particularly your chest muscles, at the gym can become a slog, churning out countless press-ups before moving on to the next muscle group. But our chest muscles are ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You don’t necessarily need a bulky set of dumbbells to get the chest muscle activation you seek.

Using dumbbells instead of a barbell allows for greater range of motion, which puts more emphasis on working chest muscles. Lie back on a bench holding a dumbbell in each hand just to the sides of ...

Standing strength exercises after 50 that build muscle without weights, from CSCS Jarrod Nobbe. Get the 5-move routine and ...

A dumbbell bench press is an upper-body exercise that builds strength in your chest and arms, and stability in your shoulders. Dumbbells can challenge your shoulder stability even more than a barbell, ...

Flyes are exercises to strengthen the muscles of your upper body. The hand and arm move through an arc against resistance with the elbow at a fixed angle. Flyes are strength training exercises, and ...

What muscles do push ups work? The classic strength-training exercise recruits lots of different muscles for movement and stabilization, but it mainly targets your chest, shoulders and upper arms.

Your pectoralis major is a large and powerful chest muscle that’s shaped like a fan. It starts from two sections: your breastbone (sternum) and your collarbone (clavicle). The two sections come ...