How To Build Your Chest With Dumbbells

Qwik Fitness
6 min readFeb 9, 2023

The most common move people use to grow their chest is a bench press using a barbell. The bar will be stacked with as much weight as possible for an intense workout.

However, this method can cause uneven growth and fails to work crucial parts of your chest muscle. Thankfully, dumbbell training can be used for a more even and effective workout for muscle growth.

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What Are The Benefits Of A Dumbbell Chest Workout?

Putting a pair of dumbbells in your hands makes it harder to stabilize your upper body than with a barbell. This is a great way to strengthen and train the smaller muscles in your shoulders as they stabilize your chest.

Your larger chest muscles will also have to work harder to control the weight of the dumbbells and prevent them from wobbling.

Performing a chest training routine with dumbbells allows a greater range of motion for your chest muscles. With a barbell, the bar hits your chest before your pecs have achieved a full stretch.

It is the stretching that helps to build size and performance. You can draw the weights back further to achieve a full stretch during your exercise.

Using dumbbell exercises to get a bigger chest places significantly less stress on your joints than…

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