It’s been over six months since I worked out and my main goal with my workout was and still is now, is to build up and tone my chest. I do biceps as well but I tried and tried ways to gain strength by following various workouts from other people only to fail.

I do a regular workout with bench press exercises often; for those who don’t know, bench press is when you lie down and you have a bar of weight you lift up parallel to your chest. And for some reason I couldn’t do more than 125 pounds in a set. A freind of mine suggested that I do push-ups often every night before going to sleep. I followed what he said and to my surprise I was slowly increasing in strength with my workout. I guess I wasn’t building up on my triceps.

I wanted a firm and toned chest so I did 20 push-ups every night with an addition of 2 push-ups every other night. For example let’s say I started to do 20 push-ups on Monday, I do 20 of them again on Tuesday, but on Wednesday I do 22 push-ups and I continue on that workout pattern.

Right now I started working out and I’m amazed of how many sets of 4 I can do with 135 pounds wieghts in bench press. My success was due to my constant training with push-ups every night.

I will also add bicep curls to my workout to balance out the strength and muscle shape on my body.

So, for those who want a built and toned chest and upper body try what I do for two months and watch the results.

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