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

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 ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger looked terrific in the 70s; this is an indisputable fact. Even now, 50 years later, we keep going back and analysing how he trained so that we can better understand how to build ...

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 ...

If you want huge pecs you'll need to challenge all of your chest muscles. But, you can't target all of your chest muscles if you don't know what they are, can you? To set you on the path to 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 ...

People have mixed feelings about push-ups. Those who haven't quite got the core and arm strength think they are impossibly hard to master. Those who can do them believe they don't provide enough ...

If the allure of ‘International Chest Day’ is too hard to resist, but your schedule just isn’t playing ball with the idea of 90 solid minutes of pumping up your pecs, we have the perfect solution. Our ...

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 ...

Cardio, HIIT and full-body workouts all have their place in a well thought-out training plan, but sometimes you have to hit the weights room, especially if you're focusing on your chest and triceps.