How to Stretch before Doing Chest Exercises

Series Summary

The first weightlifting World Championship occurred in London on March 28th , 1891 but weightlifting traces back in history to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians where we find weightlifting used to judge human strength. In the Twenty-First Century weightlifting is as popular as ever, with many events in the Olympics and thousands of gyms all across the world where people exercise for weight loss and strength training. There are many exercises for almost every muscle you can name and a correct and an incorrect way to workout those muscles. The chest muscles or pectoral muscles are important muscles to strengthen and workout as they are used for any pushing motion done with the arms.

In this free online video series learn from certified personal trainer Ricketta Butler as she demonstrates chest exercises using machines, dumbbells, and bodyweight. Learn such exercises as: the chest press, incline press, bench press, decline bench press, dumbbell chest press, free weight incline press, chest fly exercise, dumbbell chest fly exercise, smith press, lateral bench press, lateral incline press, lateral decline press, and proper push up technique.

Video Transcript

" My name is Riki Butler and I’m a certified personal trainer. I’m certified through AFAA and AAAI. I have been a personal trainer for the past ten and a half years. On behalf of expertvillage.com, today I’ll be demonstrating exercises for you that work the muscles in the chest, your pectoral muscles. Any action that you do that requires you to push away from your body works the muscles in the chest. Also any action that causes that you to close your arms in squeezing in towards your body, works the muscles in the chest. When you are done with your chest exercises you must stretch the muscles in your chest. So pushing and closing contract the muscles. The way to stretch them is to pull the muscles away from your body opening up your chest. So after you have completed your chest exercises you must stretch your muscles. Today I’ll be demonstrating exercises for you on machines and using free weights and dumbbells. Also, calisthenic exercises, where you just use your body weight. Let us go ahead and get started. "