Besides the bench press, what other exercises increase chest size?
While the bench press is probably the gym favorite for powerful pecs, the pushup done from all different angles (performed on an incline or a decline position, one-legged, with both hands on a medicine ball, or with one hand on the ball and the other on the floor, for example) is also a great chest builder. Weighted parallel dips (performed with the added resistance of plates around the waist) also develop big pecs. Another alternative for chest expansion is performing sets of heavy leg exercises, particularly barbell squats, which were a staple for old-time bodybuilders, according to Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D., who wrote a book back in 1989 called Super Squats (IronMind Enterprises). “To be blunt, heavy leg work is the fastest route to big arms, shoulders and chests.” Dr. Strossen mentioned that old-time bodybuilders would do a 20-rep set of heavy, deep-breathing barbell squats, followed immediately by a set of stiff-arm pullovers with a barbell or dumbbell to expand their rib cage an
