Exercises for the chest

Chest is the major part of the body.   A lot of your bodies muscles are located in your chest, so keeping them fit is important. The chest has two main muscles: pectoralis minor and pectoralis major.
Special exercises are designed for the chest. As the chest contains most of the muscles, working out for chest helps to burn a number of calories. The shoulders and arms are also worked as you do chest exercises, providing upper body workout. Before carrying chest exercise make sure that you warm up well enough. Below are some chest exercises for effective building of chest.

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1.Dumbbells for bench presses: You should lie down on an exercise bench while holding the dumbbells in your hands. With the elbows at a ninety degree angle, place the dumbbells firmly over the chest. Your feet should be evenly placed on the floor. Pump the dumbbells up and down but don’t let the elbows lock up. You should about eight to twelve repeats per set. The stronger you become, the more weights and sets you should do.  

2.Dumbbells with Chest flies: This exercise is best recommended with bench flies as it gives you a complete workout for the chest, although you can feel it only on outer chest area. The first thing to do is go to an exercise bench and lie down. Now hold the dumbbells in your hands firmly over the chest. Keep the palms facing inward with your elbow bent slightly. Next, outwardly lower the weight in a wide arc. Bring the weights back up again only when you reach shoulder length. Repeat eight to twelve times per set. Increase the number of repeats and weights as you grow stronger.

3. Pushups is a chest exercise that is one of the most effective. Pushups: Is believed to be one of the most useful chest exercises. An added plus to pushups, is it works the abs, back and thigh muscles along with the chest. When doing pushups, try not let your abs droop and your also trying to keep your back straight at the same  time. On your hands and knees, position your hands directly below the shoulders so as to support your weight. While lowering your chest to just above the floor, bend your arms. Once you are down to floor level raise yourself back up. Per set, repeat about eight to twelve times, increasing the amount daily.