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There is no single best exercise, but the chest is the prime mover in 44 movements on this site, across 2 movement patterns. A sensible programme picks one heavy compound movement and one isolation movement rather than collecting ten variations of the same thing. 33 of these are compound and 10 are isolation exercises.

13 of the 44 exercises here need no equipment at all — starting with the knee push-up. A further 16 need only home-scale kit such as dumbbells or a resistance band. Progress at home comes from harder variations, slower tempo and single-limb versions rather than from adding plates.

No. Spot reduction does not work — training a muscle does not remove the fat that sits over it. Direct work builds the chest; fat loss happens across the whole body in response to an overall calorie deficit, and where it comes off first is largely genetic.

Brings the upper arm across the body and forward (shoulder horizontal adduction and flexion). The clavicular head contributes more when the arm travels up and in; the sternal head when it travels down and in. There is no separate 'inner chest' muscle. The pectoralis major has two heads that share one insertion, so grip width and bench angle change the emphasis a little — they do not isolate a region of the muscle.