You can get a great\u00a0chest and triceps workout\u00a0at home without weights \u2014 take it from\u00a0Robert Herbst, a 19-time World Champion powerlifter and member of the AAU Strength Sports Hall of Fame. His go-to move for strengthening the chest and triceps at home? Standard push-ups.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best home exercise for chest and triceps is push-ups, as they also work the core,\u201d Herbst says. \u201cAlso, you can do many variations to emphasize different muscle groups. You will never get bored.\u201d<\/p>\n
And even if you don\u2019t have dreams of setting a world-record bench press, having a chest and triceps workout you can do at home is still crucial to your general fitness.<\/p>\n
\u201cChest and triceps are super important to develop because they are your pushing muscles,\u201d says Medwin Mina, CPT. \u201cIt\u2019s such a functional movement that we use every day from pushing open doors or pushing ourselves up from the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
If cranking out endless push-ups sounds a little daunting, we put together a more varied chest and triceps workout you can do at home without weights \u2014 one that includes push-up variations\u00a0and\u00a0other tried-and-true\u00a0upper body strengtheners.<\/p>\n
For this at-home chest and triceps workout, you\u2019ll only need floor space and a resistance band.<\/p>\n
Benefits: Makes push-ups more challenging<\/strong>Want to make the traditional push-up even harder? By adding a resistance band, you\u2019ll feel this movement in your chest and triceps after just a couple of reps.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Benefits: Get an even better triceps workout<\/strong>The closer hand position and tucked elbows for this push-up increase the load on your triceps.<\/p>\n\n
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