Chest Anatomy and Exercises

Introduction

The chest is traditionally the "manly muscle."  You tell someone you workout, and they want to know how much you bench press.  It's a measure of your strength, and with good reason.  The chest is one of the strongest "push" muscles (although technically no muscles "push." The muscle fibers on EVERY muscle in your body contract.  They don't push out.  Certain contractions use leverage to cause you to push things away from your body.).