Dumbbells and barbells are often the gold standard when it comes to working our chest muscles, but you don’t need heavy iron (or the gym in fact) to add dimension to your chest. With the right exercises, you can pump up your pecs straight from home, gaining size and strength.
This workout focuses around variations of the humble push up which is arguably the best bodyweight exercise for your chest, as different hand placements will hit it from different angles. Science also supports its muscle-building abilities. A study in the Journal of Exercise Science found that the push up can produce similar hypertrophy and strength gains to the bench press when performed at similar intensitys (40% one rep max).
