The chest can be strengthened by using these barbell exercises. It wouldn’t be a good idea to start without warming up. The injury of muscles or joints can be caused when the exercises are not performed right. Injuring yourself could happen, so it’s best to have someone close by to guide you or to make sure your doing it safely.

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Chest Press

Lie back on a bench and grab a barbell with your hands with distance between them wider than your shoulder width. Make sure that your shoulders are on the bench and your chest is a little up and your abdominal muscles strained. Make sure that your elbows are straight by lifting up the barbell. The elbow joints should be even with the shoulders when you bring the barbell down. For the best outcome, do reps continually.

Inclined Chest Lift

For this you need a bench that will incline to thirty degrees. There are similarities between this and the chest press. Keep the shoulders down on the bench with your abdominal muscles tightened. Now take hold of the barbell and push up to straighten your elbows. When you bring the barbell down, make sure that your shoulders and elbow joints are parallel to each other. Doing repetitions will give you the best results.

Declined Lift

Lie back on a decline bench press and place your feet in the footpad. Take hold of a barbell and spread your hands a little wider than shoulder width. Lift the barbell with the arms to an arms length from the chest. The bar should then be brought back down, to be situated scarcely above the lower chest. While bringing down keep your elbows in such a way so that your arms make a 45 degree angle with your chest. If your shoulder joints feel too much tension, your arms may be too far out. Now lift the barbell back to the starting position. Help may be need by your coach if you can’t do it. Be careful about putting too much strain on your joints and muscles because you could damage them.