Arms
Seated Pike Pull-Ups: Target Your Back and Core Effectively
Pull-ups are my favorite back and biceps exercise. In terms of efficiency and effectiveness, they’re almost unbeatable. However, I also understand that the pull-up is beyond…
Core Exercises
Step-by-step core exercise guides: setup, form cues, muscles worked and variations for each movement.
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Core
Master the Suspension Pike: Target Your Core and More!
When comparing suspension crunches (Also called knee tucks) vs. suspension pikes, they’re two different ballgames on the same field. Although both are lower core-focused exercises with…
Core
Suspended Crunch: Target Your Abs and Hip Flexors Effectively
The suspended crunch, or TRX crunch as it’s more commonly known, is a bodyweight reverse ab crunch in a plank pose with the feet suspended above…
Chest
Master the Suspension Push-Up for Total Upper Body Strength
Suspension push-ups are nothing new, but there are generally two ways to do them. Holding onto the handles with your upper body elevated which increases your…
Core
Band Seated Twist: Strengthen Your Core & Improve Stability
To the newb, razor cut abs and obliques may be nothing more than a showpiece representing sexual appeal and desire with a little “I only train…
Core
Band Side Bend: Target Your Obliques & Strengthen Core!
When you’re bored of those lying and sitting side crunch variations or ran out of options to train your obliques at home, then it’s time to…
Core
Band Standing Crunch: Sculpt Your Core with This Effective Move
If you look at the average ab-focused workout routine, chances are you’ll find three categories of movement: lying, planking, and hanging exercises. And don’t get us…
Core
Weighted Plank: Strengthen Core & Sculpt Your Body Effectively
Lots of exercises are labeled as “the best,” but such accolades are purely subjective. Squats are often described as the king of exercises and the best…
Core
Planche Push-Ups: Master Your Strength, Build Powerful Muscles
Many exercisers skip doing push-ups as they feel they are too easy and do little to nothing for their strength or muscle gains. Most advanced lifters…
Core
GHD Sit-Up: Target Your Core Muscles for Ultimate Strength
The glute-hamstring developer is one of the most effective training tools for building a strong, muscular posterior chain and midline. While the GHD was originally designed…
Core
Strengthen Your Core with Half Moon Pose: Ultimate Guide
The first thing that comes to mind in the half moon pose Ardha Chandrasana is being thrown off balance. And if you’re a beginner, intermediate yogi,…
Core
Unlock Flexibility: Upavistha Konasana for Stronger Legs & Core
This one’s a throwback to gym class days when you were instructed to sit, spread your legs wide, and reach as far forward as you could…
Core
Toes to Bar: Mastering the Ultimate Core & Hip Flexor Workout
A shredded midsection is the symbol of peak fitness. Although many people aspire to develop a well-defined six-pack that could rival the sculpted Greek statues, it…
Core
Ultimate Sit-Up Guide: Strengthen Your Core & Hip Flexors
The sit-up is one of the most popular exercises. It is taught in school PT classes, done at home, and is a part of the most…
Body Mechanics
15 Best Anti-Core Exercises for Increased Lumbar Stability
When most people talk about core training or working out in general, they tend to mean exercises that involve movement. For the core, that means crunches,…
Core
Mastering Tree Pose: Strengthen Key Muscle Groups Effectively
Tree pose, also known as Vrksasana is a body posture reminiscent of a healthy, tall, and resilient tree. Rooted down by the feet, and supported by…
Core
Maximize Strength with CrossFit Cluster: Total Body Workout
CrossFit is a unique sport. It involves beginner-friendly simple movements like the air squat, shoulder press, and kettlebell swings. On the flip side, it also incorporates…
Core
Tuck Crunches: Target Your Abs and Hip Flexors Effectively!
A versatile, entry-level ab exercise, tuck crunches use isometric loading of the lower body, and a regular crunch to stimulate the rectus abdominis six-pack muscles. It’s…
Back
Zercher Deadlift: Unlock Strength for Legs and Core Today!
The Zercher deadlift is the Zercher squat’s sibling. These exercises are the namesake of the 1930s strongman Ed Zercher. Although the strongman originally invented the Zercher…