Martial Arts Chest Workout(Bruce Lee's Chest)

Bruce Lee didn't want to build a huge bodybuilding chest, as he felt that it could be an obstacle to good blocking techniques.  He did however realize that a lot of the high and low blocks that passed across the body, as well as uppercuts, hooks and crosses, required  a contraction of the chest muscles.  As you can see in the picture, he had very sharply defined upper and lower pectoral muscles.  (You can almost see where the pec muscles insert into his upper arm!)

The Bench Press:  The most popular chest exercise in the world!Chest.JPG (51057 bytes)
Decline Press:  Recently has gotten some press as being slightly more effective overall than Incline presses.  If you are working out alone though, these can be difficult to do.
Incline Press:  Supposedly focuses more on the upper chest.
Close Grip Bench Presses:  Productive if done correctly, very damaging if not.   The problem is, 95% of the time, these are NOT done correctly.
Dumbbell Press:  Greater stretch at the bottom of the movement, but once you get to heavy weights, they are tough to get into position if working out alone.
Bent-Arm pullover:  I find that these are actually great for working out the pec-lat muscle areas.
Decline Pull-Over:  Allegedly causes a sharp delineation around and under the pectorals.
Dumbbell Flyes:  Good finishing movement, I prefer Pec-Dec flyes.
Unilateral Cable Crossovers:  Not bad if you can find this kind of set-up.