I’ve been looking for a way to get back to basics, so I decided to swap barbells and dumbbells for a banded resistance bar ...

"To develop muscle, you want to fatigue your pecs safely without any jerking or extreme movements," says Simon King, P.T., ...

The barbell chest press is one of the most popular exercise for building pumped up pecs. But if you don't have access to the best barbell, this doesn't mean training your chest is off limits.

YOU CAN BUILD your back muscles using all kinds of exercises ... a short barbell, or an EZ bar here. Sit on an incline bench facing forward, so you can rest your chest against the pad.

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As barbell back exercises go, bent over rows are certainly ... with your head in line and a bend in the knees. Keeping the chest proud, pull the bar powerfully towards your hips.

This three-move workout will help build chest muscle straight at home and there isn’t a pair of dumbbells or barbell in sight. Are bodyweight chest workouts as effective as using weights though?