Tonight is my chest workout, and this is the week I’m changing all my routines around. For chest work, I like to rotate every four weeks between three basic types of workouts: barbell movements, dumbbell movements and smith machine movements. Dumbbell presses are my favorite chest workout, and barbell presses are a close second. I feel I get a different (but very effective) workout from the smith machine, but it’s my least favorite to perform. Checking my logs, I see it’s time to rotate back to smith machine work, which is what I used to start my bulk this year. So, here’s my new chest training routine for the next four weeks:

4×12 Smith Machine Bench Press
4×12 Smith Machine Incline Press
4×12 Weighted Chest Dips
4×12 Cable Crossover

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