{"id":679,"date":"2008-07-09T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-chest-exercises\/"},"modified":"2008-07-09T13:00:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T18:00:39","slug":"top-5-chest-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-chest-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Chest Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/chest-muscles.jpg\" title=\"chest muscles\" alt=\"chest muscles\" align=\"right\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\" \/>The chest is made up of two main muscles called the Pectoralis Major and Minor. The Pectoralis Major is located on the front of the rib cage and the Pectoralis Minor is located underneath the Pectoralis Major. The main functions of the Pectoralis Major is to bring the humerus across the chest known as a fly movement. The main function of the Pectoralis Minor is to move the shoulder foreward. This movement can be seen by shrugging the shoulder foreward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 5 Chest Exercises<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bench Press<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/exercise_video\/barbell_chest_press.aspx' ><img src='http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/exercise_video_library\/thumbnails\/320x240\/188.jpg' alt='barbell, bench chest press weight training' title='barbell chest press' \/><br \/>barbell chest press<\/a><br \/>(Click on image to view this exercise&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Incline Press<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/exercise_video\/incline_barbell_chest_press.aspx' ><img src='http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/exercise_video_library\/thumbnails\/320x240\/191.jpg' alt='barbell, bench chest press weight training' title='incline barbell chest press' \/><br \/>incline barbell chest press<\/a><br \/>(Click on image to view this exercise&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dumbbell Bench Press<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/exercise_video\/dumbbell_chest_press_with_overhand_grip.aspx' ><img src='http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/exercise_video_library\/thumbnails\/320x240\/855.jpg' alt='bench, dumbbell chest press weight training' title='dumbbell chest press with overhand grip' \/><br \/>dumbbell chest press with overhand grip<\/a><br \/>(Click on image to view this exercise&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Standing Cable Fly<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/exercise_video\/standing_cable_fly.aspx' ><img src='http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/exercise_video_library\/thumbnails\/320x240\/310.jpg' alt='cable fly weight training' title='standing cable fly' \/><br \/>standing cable fly<\/a><br \/>(Click on image to view this exercise&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Standing\/Seated Cable Chest Press<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/exercise_video\/cable_chest_press_with_overhand_grip.aspx' ><img src='http:\/\/www.physicalfitnet.com\/exercise_video_library\/thumbnails\/320x240\/366.jpg' alt='cable chest press weight training' title='cable chest press with overhand grip' \/><br \/>cable chest press with overhand grip<\/a><br \/>(Click on image to view this exercise&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>See Matt&#8217;s on-going series featuring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/author\/matt\/\" title=\"best exercises\" target=\"_blank\">Five Best Exercises<\/a> for multiple muscle groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chest is made up of two main muscles called the Pectoralis Major and Minor. The Pectoralis Major is located on the front of the rib cage and the Pectoralis Minor is located underneath the Pectoralis Major. The main functions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/top-5-chest-exercises\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[8219],"class_list":["post-679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-pectoralis-major"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}