Two simple chest exercises you can do at home

06.03.2010 | Author: guest | Posted in Exercise

Proper chest workouts come with immense benefits – improved posture, fat burning leading to weight loss, strength on the upper body and arms and attractive appearance. However, most people come up with different and creative reasons all the time not to exercise like inconvenience of the gym, expensive equipment and lack of time. Today I will introduce you to simple but effective home exercise and physical practice that you can do and achieve the same effects as you would practicing in a gym.

The joy of the workout at home plan is that the exercises are efficient and vary, they target different chest muscles. The only important thing to remember with these exercises is to keep the butt and thighs tight while doing them.The grasshopper push-ups can be done laying down then using the arms to push the body up slowly. When you attain the ‘up’ position, lower yourself gradually down and repeat this process at least five times per set. Do not rest in between the reps, you can instead take a 30 seconds to 90 seconds rest between sets. For better effects, you can do five to six sets per session.

The dumbbell fly is another effective but simple home exercise that targets the chest muscles. To do the dumbbell fly, you will need to lie on your back on the floor, spread your arms straight with the dumbbells without locking the elbows then lift the dumbbells until they almost meet in front of you. At this position, the arms must be straight and the elbows should not lock. Lower the dumbbells gradually till they reach the floor. The chest exercises at home are as simple as that. You will now repeat the procedure to make reps. Doing 10 to 20 reps per set is enough to build your muscles. You can do this frequently and regularly, do not rest between reps instead you can take a few seconds to one minute rest between sets.

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