Fine-Tune Your Chest in Four Weeks

With minor tweaks and subtle changes to your exercise form, you can be sure to finish your chest training on a high note.
By Jimmy Pena, MS, CSCS

Chest Routine

Week 1 (Overall Chest Development)

Exercise Sets Reps
Bench Press Warmup 2-3 15-20
Bench Press 3 6-8*
Incline Bench Press 3 8-10
Incline Dumbbell Flye 3 10-12
Smith Machine Decline Press 3 12-15
Push-Up 3 to failure

Week 2 (Middle Chest Focus)

Exercise Sets Reps
Bench Press Warmup 2-3 15-20
Flat-Bench Dumbbell Press 3 8-10
Bent-Over Cable Crossover 3 6-8*
Dumbbell Pullover 3 8-10
Decline Dumbbell Press 3 10-12*
Push-Up 3 to failure

Week 3 (Upper Chest Focus)

Exercise Sets Reps
Incline Bench Press Warmup 2-3 12-20
Incline Bench Press 3 6-8*
Flat-Bench Dumbbell Press 3 8-10
Low-High Cable Crossover 3 10-12*
Incline Dumbbell Flye 3 15-20
Decline Push-Up 3 to failure

Week 4 (Lower Chest Focus)

Exercise Sets Reps
Decline Bench Press Warmup 2-3 12-20
Decline Bench Press 3 6-8
Upright Cable Crossover 3 8-10*
Bench Press 3 10-12
Dip 3 to failure

Use the intensity techniques on the following page wherever you see this symbol *. Choose one technique for a particular exercise and utilize it only on the last set of that move.

 

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