5 At Home Push-Up Variations To Get Rid Of Man Boobs & Get A Chiselled Chest

Now man boobs is a thing most men hate, but also it is something that most men, especially nowadays, have. Gynecomastia, which is popularly known as male breasts, are majorly caused because of two things. 1) Hormonal Imbalance Some men, who are generally on the fatter side of the scale and have highly disorganized lifestyles, face hormonal issues. Estrogen production rises and testosterone takes a dip. The lowering levels of androgens and high amounts of female hormone, which is estrogen, kicks up the growth of breast tissue in men. 2) High Body Fat Level More than hormonal imbalance, most men have male boobs because they are simply too fat. That's harsh but that's true. This is categorized as pseudo-gynecomastia. It's called pseudo, which means fake because large amounts of fat deposits under and around the nipple area, making it look like breasts. Body Fat And Chest Before I proceed to list down the exercises, please bear this in your mind that your problem of man-boobs will not go away if you don't work on lowering your total body fat levels. Just doing push-ups with the hopes of losing fat is plain and simple stupid. Spot fat reduction isn't possible. So watch what you eat and along with that, start doing these push-up variations that can be done anywhere. 1) The Classic 'Slow Tempo' Push-Up © MensJournal If you have been to a gym or you haven't, everybody knows how a classic push up is done. Keep your hands only a little wider than you shoulder width. Don't go too wide. Now, this isn't a race to get in as many as possible. Slow your tempo down and feel the squeeze as you press up from the floor. Feel your pectorals getting contracted. 2) Diamond © YouTube Make a diamond with your palms on the floor and press up. If done correctly the diamond press up over loads the clavicular head (upper chest) and the sternal head (lower chest) with sheer force. Since the surface area under covered by the hands is much less, the chest comes into over –drive. 3) Banded Push Ups © Tnation Just get into a classic push up and add a resistance band to it. 4) Hindu Push Up © YouTube One of the most under-rated push variations, the Hindu push up is probably responsible for single handedly developing the chest musculature of the Indian Olympic wrestlers. It's a staple in their routine and works the chest, the shoulders and of course the core. 5) Dead-Stop Push Up © YouTube The dead stop variation is more of an explosive movement when it comes to press ups. But this can quickly add strength and mass to your pecs.