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Smith Machine Upright Row: Build Shoulders & Back Strength
A variation of a hotly debated exercise, Smith Machine Upright Row are a pull-focused movement that works the traps, upper back, deltoids, and biceps all in one.…
Back Exercises
Step-by-step back exercise guides: setup, form cues, muscles worked and variations for each movement.
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9 Best Cable Pullover Alternatives
The cable pullover is one of the best exercises you can do to isolate the lats through their full range of motion. This exercise is a…
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Bird Dog Rows: Strengthen Your Back, Core, and Glutes!
Lack of time can be a major barrier to exercising regularly. After all, even a simple workout can be very time-consuming. One way to make your…
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Scapular Pull-Ups: Strengthen Your Back and Improve Control
The name “pull-up” would imply using your arm muscles to lift your chin up and over a bar. However, the basic pull-up is not a biceps-focused…
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7 Best Rack Pull Alternatives for Muscular Back
The deadlift is probably the most satisfying exercise you can do in the gym. Sure, the bench press is cool but gripping and ripping a heavy…
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Reverse Pec Deck: Muscles Worked, Form, and Alternatives
The reverse pec deck, also called the reverse fly machine, trains shoulder horizontal abduction with a fixed machine path. The posterior deltoid is the main…
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Master Rope Climbs for Total Upper Body Strength Gains
Rope climbs are one of those bucket list exercises that we’ve all wanted to check off at some point. You can typically find dedicated hanging ropes…
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7 Best Lower Back Exercises with Cables to Bulletproof Your Spine
Statistics suggest that eighty percent of adults experience back pain during their lifetimes (1). While many of these cases are mild and short-lived, some experience recurring,…
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Master the Reverse Grip Pull-Up: Build Back & Arm Strength!
Are you an overhand or underhand grip type of exerciser? Some people choose to have the best of both worlds but if you’re someone who always…
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Revitalize Your Rhomboids: Effective Middle Back Stretch Guide
If there was an award for simplest stretch ever it would probably be this one. The middle back stretch can be done safely and effectively and…
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Engaging Pull-In Exercise for Core Strength and Stability Ball
If you’ve mastered basic crunches and lying leg lifts then it’s probably time to step up your ab workouts with a more advanced core training technique…
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Lying Crossover Stretch: Unlock Upper Body Flexibility Today!
A tight lower back and hips can be caused by everything from tight hips to heavy lifting, overuse, injury, or even poor sitting posture. Stretching is…
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Mastering Chest to Bar Pull-Ups: Target Key Back & Arm Muscles
Pull-ups are one of the best back exercises around. Bodybuilders have long used them to build broad, muscular lats and thick, dense mid-traps and rhomboids. The…
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Unlock Flexibility: Pretzel Stretch for Hip Flexors & Glutes
Before you get too excited you won’t actually be eating any pretzels during this stretch but you will look a little bit like one if it’s…
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Ultimate Devil Press: Full-Body Workout for Strength & Tone
It’s hard to believe that CrossFit has been around for over two decades. What was initially labeled a workout fad soon became a fitness phenomenon, and…
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Incline Bench Cable Row: Target Your Back and Biceps Effectively
Variety, they say, is the spice of life. That expression holds true when talking about the food you eat, your circle of friends, your job, and,…
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Kipping Muscle-Up: Target Your Upper Body and Core Strength
Much like the popular CrossFit-based kipping pull-up, the kipping muscle up is a technique used to complete more work (timed workouts) in less time. This multi-movement…
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Knee to Chest Stretch: Unlock Flexibility for Your Hips & Back
Our bodies are made up of hundreds of muscles, although some are more prominent both in size and functionality such as the ones that make up…
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Strengthen Your Glutes: Master the London Bridge Exercise
Rows and pull-ups getting a little redundant? If so, the London Bridge should definitely be on your radar. A powerful bodyweight back and grip builder, this…