Calves, forearms, obliques: These are all muscles that can be hard to build up, but the level of difficulty usually differs from person to person. Not just smaller muscles, but sometimes even certain ...

The Best and Worst Chest Exercises, According to a Trainer originally appeared on Men's Fitness. Chest day is sacred. But if you’re just benching and hoping for the best, you’re leaving serious gains ...

Chest workouts can look (and feel) so similar that constituent exercises are often just called ‘chest exercises’, without any differentiation about specific muscle groups that each exercise hits. This ...

To get the answer to this question, first, it is important to know a little more about dips. Dips are generally performed using a bar. It is a pair of a semicircular elevated bar and one has to stand ...

Weighted dips are a lesson for life’s toughest moments. When a weight is added to you, lower yourself to rise back up ...

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"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.

You’re bench pressing, doing endless push-ups and yet your chest is still looking like a deflated balloon. We get it – there’s nothing more frustrating than when a specific muscle group is stubborn to ...

While lifting heavy is the go-to for building upper-body strength and size, bodyweight training can be just as effective, especially when you're using gravity as resistance. Although there are tons of ...

It doesn’t matter whether you want to build a big chest or have sizable triceps; bench presses are the best workout for both. However, many don’t know how to elevate their bench press game through ...