Chest exercises & best way to lose my fatty muffin top.

i realize I can't spot reduce but what are some good chest exercises, and lose pounds best.
I started jogging, but i can't really do that everyday.
I don't have a gym membership at the moment but I do have a stationary bike & weight bench at home.

What are some other exercises I could do to jazz up my boring routine?

I don't know what equipment you have but if you have a bench and maybe a couple of dumbbells you can do the following chest exercises:

• barbell flat bench
• flat bench flies
• flat dumbbell press
• Incline bench or flies (if your bench can incline)
• incline dumbbell press
• pushups of course (very underrated exercise)
• close grip bench (gets inner chest and tricepts)

for home workouts I also recommend getting a band system (about $20 or so).  You can do full body workouts with this.  I got one at target that has 3 bands and they can all be hooked together for max resistance.   I lift a lot and these 3 bands together are enough.

It all depends on what you eat. Eat less, lose fat. You can do all the exercises you want but if you're not eating less than you're burning, there's not a damn thing you can do. Focus on that first, second and third. THEN, fine tune your routine.

i realize i have to eat better, and i am, i wasn't asking about diet.

&thanks bpanke

The title says "best way to lose my fatty muffin top" so I gave it to you. Sue me.

I'm not one to talk right now, but i lost a ton of fat pretty quickly (in about 3 months) by lifting weights when i was in my routine -- it took away fat I thought was a permanent part of me, like the muffin top. If you have dumbbells that are a heavy weight but light enough to keep good form, pretty much any standing exercise you do will strengthen your core and help your stomach and sides look tighter. The diet will shed the pounds, but the lifting makes you look like a rock star.

My favorites are lunges, squats, rows (of all kinds), umm.. i don't know the name but i stand straight and pull the weights from my navel to my collar bone... love that one... and shoulder presses. You have to hold your tummy in and all that weight you're lifting sculpts it like crazy. Just find a full body routine you love and the magic will happen.

PS: It's so funny when people yell at Spiro, because she's always right and for some reason that makes people sooo angry. I took her advice ONE TIME and it changed my whole body for the better. Not to give you all the credit, Spiro -- I was the one doing the deadlifts, after all.

 

i agree with rachel on the spirophobia - its hilarious. i figured that the proper answer would have been given (spiro's answer) within 5 responses... but no one asked yet why and wherefore of the chest exercises?

so, why chest exercises? there are billions online (exrx has loads of course) but advice with no background is pretty much useless... so what is the goal elbow? there are ten different answers to that question - and ya, getting some weights (5 to 25 pound bells to start i guess.... you didn't mention if you are a beginner tho) is a good idea. there are billions of chest exercises to do on the bench as panke listed.

but the why is far more important than the how.

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