[Fitness] 4 Best Chest Exercises for Women

Most women aren't looking to make their pectoral muscles pop. But there are still plenty of reasons to work your chest. After all, the best ways for targeting your pectorals also help shape and firm your shoulders and triceps.

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Just a quick briefing about Pectoral Muscles - These muscles assist with movements such as lifting and moving the arm. Although the chest muscles have no effect on breast tissue, firming pectorals with exercise can improve strength and may create the appearance of a perkier, more lifted bust line.

These 5 exercises target your upper, middle or lower chest muscles and therefore result in a firmer bust.

Push-ups

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Lie on your stomach, place hands flat on the ground next to your arm pits and push yourself up so your elbows are slightly bent. Now bend legs at the knees. Bring your feet up and cross at the ankle. Make sure you keep your stomach tensed, slowly lower your chest to the ground in three or four counts, then push yourself back up again. Repeat as many times as you can.

Bench Press

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The bench press works the muscles of the chest, in addition to the shoulders and biceps. You can do a bench press using a weight bar or free weights, and you can do it lying on the floor if you do not have a weight bench. Lie on your back with your feet firmly planted on the floor. Grasp the weight bar or free weights with your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width, and bring them to chest level. Slowly extend your arms straight up toward the ceiling, lower and repeat for at least 30 reps.

Tricep Dips

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Sit on a chair or bench and place hands by your sides facing forward and your legs stretched out. Keep hands where they are and lift yourself off the bench. Slowly lower yourself to the floor in three or four counts by bending elbows. Use the same number of counts to return to starting position.

Dumbbell flies

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Lie in the same position as you would for a bench press. Instead this time, place both hands above your chest with arms straight, elbows slightly bent and knuckles facing out to the side. Open arms out wide and lower until elbows are in line with your shoulders taking three or four counts. Bring back to starting position using the same amount of counts.

These exercises will really bring the sweat out of you but I'm sure you'll love the result after you do these exercises regularly. Don't forget to leave your comments below!

Fitness Lover,
Jenny