A portable chest exercise pad for exercise has a convex pad having upper and lower tapered ends, a flat bottom surface extending between the upper and lower tapered ends, a convex top surface separated from the bottom surface, the convex top surface having an apex between opposing upper and lower inclined surfaces that rise respectively from the upper and lower tapered ends toward the apex, and left and right sides extending between the upper and lower tapered ends and separated from each, the left and right sides having opposing cutout regions positioned so that a width of the convex pad increases moving in the length direction from the apex toward the upper tapered end.