If chest day is your favorite among your workout split, you'll want to heed the advice of Mike Israetel. He ranked the best chest exercises in a recent YouTube video. Israetel holds his Ph.D. in ...

Building a strong, defined chest doesn’t require heavy weights or fancy machines—you can achieve an incredible pump with just your bodyweight. These no-equipment chest workouts are designed to ...

You don’t necessarily need a bulky set of dumbbells to get the chest muscle activation you seek. Resistance band chest exercises are the surprising, sneaky way to inject some fire into basic chest ...

Chest day is sacred. But if you're just benching and hoping for the best, you're leaving serious gains on the table. Your chest is a complex group that responds differently depending on the angle, ...

Ricky Dietrich says the incline cable pullover has been a game changer ...

Prolonged desk work can lead to musculoskeletal problems ranging from continual pain to injuries. This month, we launched a six-part series showing you how to stretch and strengthen your body to ...

This three-exercise chest complex takes your pecs to failure without heavy bench pressing ...

WHEN YOU DO a heavyweight bench press—arguably the premier upper body-building exercise for lifters of all stripes—there are two muscles working in tandem to power the bar up to the top of each rep: ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. The major muscle in ...

The bench is one of the most crucial pieces of equipment for weight training. While it can be used for the back (chest supported row), biceps (incline curls), and even legs (Bulgarian split squat), ...