Because your chest is unlikely to be a trouble zone, you might skip chest exercises, especially when push ups test your confidence. But strong chest muscles are as important to power swings and strokes as they are to push shopping carts. Medicine ball pull-overs will renew your interest in adding variety to your chest workout as they develop upper-body strength and shape vanity muscles appreciated by men and women alike.
TARGET Chest
MOVE Medicine ball pull-overs
SETUP Lie on the bench, take hold of an eight-pound medicine ball in both hands with your arms extended over your chest.
ACTION Slowly lower the weight behind head until upper arms are parallel with ears, then squeeze chest muscles together pulling the medicine ball in front of breastbone. Once a week, perform medicine pull-overs in three sets of 12 reps.
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