It is a widespread misconception that weight lifting and weight training are the only ways that you can train and achieve a broad and developed chest and therefore a powerful upper body.
Fortunately however this is not the case, there are countless exercises and workout plans that do not involve weights of any kind that will build and tone muscle.
In this article we are going to be focusing on chest workouts without weights; the following is a shortlist of viable non-weight exercises.
For a great home training you should check out these chest workouts at home as well.
The Best Chest Exercises Without Weights These exercises below are diverse enough that you will be working out both your upper chest and your lower chest so that you get that full broad look instead of a droopy look that comes from over working the lower muscles at the cost of the upper muscles.
Push Ups Pushups are a great upper body workout.
They hit a large portion of the upper body muscle groups, none more so than the chest.
The standard push up is decent for working out the chest, but if you want a more challenging workout from your push ups you should try: Clap Push ups Decline Push ups Chest Fly Push ups Combos Box Pushups There are a huge number of ways you can modify a push up in order to make it more chest intensive just pick the one that you like the most and remember to change it up a bit every now and again.
Pull Ups Pull ups are a great way of developing your lats.
They can also be performed from any where you can hang yourself from, some people like to use the beams in their home (make sure your beams are sturdy), others use proper pull up bars in their doorways and others even use playground equipment for their pullups.
Pull ups are one of the best workouts for overall muscle building and toning.
They work your lats, chest and shoulders while also exercising your back and abs at the same time.
All of this comes together in helping form a V-shape torso.
On top of this doing pull ups will also provide you with a decent amount of strength and stability throughout your upper body.
You can also do some variations to your pull ups to help target different muscle groups more intensely Swimming Not exactly a chest specific exercise but a great chest exercise nonetheless.
Pretty much every swimming stroke will give a decent chest workout.
A good 30 minute swim 1 or 2 times a week could really assist in your chest workouts.
Also rowing is an excellent choice for a good all over body workouts that helps the chest as well.