Which exercises are most effective for your pecs? What to know.

Forget the grueling two-hour chest days. Leading exercise scientists reveal that you only need 4 to 8 high-intensity sets per ...

Some pieces of equipment are essential. You can't effectively hammer your legs and glutes without a leg press, squat rack, and barbell. But there are myriad ways to get big pecs with standing chest ...

Grasp the bar just outside shoulder-width and arch your back so there’s space between your lower back and the bench. Pull the bar out of the rack and lower it to your sternum, tucking your elbows ...

Having well-defined pectorals, or “pecs” for short, is essential to a balanced body. A great chest definitely turns heads, but more importantly, it’s essential to making an athlete stronger for ...

Second perhaps only to the biceps, the chest is one of the most googled body parts when it comes to searching for ways to add muscle mass and strength. A big chest doesn’t only contribute massively to ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...

Fitness Pro Superhuman Troy uses the Balloon Method to emphasize lower-pec activation and build a fuller, more sculpted chest ...

A legendary bodybuilding coach explains a small chest fly tweak that improves muscle activation and helps you build a bigger, ...

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 ...

There’s a reason why international chest day is at the beginning of the training week and not the end, and it’s because this muscle takes center stage in the quest for strength. After all, who doesn’t ...