Chest

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1. Exercise31 August 2026Decline push-upThe push-up with your feet up on something. It is the way to make a push-up harder in a room with nothing to put on your back, and the thing it asks for first is not chest strength. It is holding a longer, heavier plank while you press.Reckoner · 1 min read
2. Exercise31 August 2026Cable crossoverTwo cables set high, a handle in each hand, and your arms swept down and across your body until your hands meet in front of you. A cable pulls along its own line, so the chest is still working at the point where your hands meet, which is exactly where a dumbbell fly has nothing left to hold up.Reckoner · 1 min read
3. Exercise2 August 2026Push-upThe press with no kit at all. It trains the chest, the triceps and the front of the shoulder, it doubles as a plank the whole time you are doing it, and it is the movement Reckoner falls back to when a room has nothing in it.Reckoner · 1 min read
4. Exercise2 August 2026Dumbbell bench pressThe same press with two independent weights, which is harder than it sounds. Each arm carries its own load, so a side that has been quietly coasting has nowhere to hide, and the bells can travel further than a bar ever could.Reckoner · 1 min read
5. Exercise2 August 2026Barbell bench pressThe heaviest press most lifters own. It trains the chest, the front of the shoulder and the triceps in one movement, and it is usually the first lift on a push day because everything after it is easier when it is done.Reckoner · 1 min read

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