Shoulders
8 Best Cable Rear Delt Exercises
The rear deltoids are a lagging muscle group for most people. Located on the back of your shoulders, the rear delts are often out of sight,…
Exercise Guides: Form, Muscles Worked and Variations
Step-by-step guides to 979 exercises. Each one covers setup, form cues, the muscles worked, common mistakes and variations. Pick a body area, start with the guides lifters use most, or find a swap for a movement you can't do.
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Legs and Glutes
12 Cable Kickback Alternatives For Building Bigger and Stronger Glutes
It doesn’t matter how hard your friendly neighborhood gym bro tries to convince you that he doesn’t care about glute training—the truth is, deep down inside,…
Legs and Glutes
Maximize Your Glutes: Effective Monster Walks for Stronger Legs
While it’s true that squats, lunges, and hip thrusts are the trinity of ass-building greatness, you’ll get the best results for your toosh by including monster…
Exercise Guides
Alternative to Burpees — 13 Exercises You Should Try in Your Next Workout
Burpees need no introduction. Most people know them as the exercise where the soul leaves the body for the duration of the set. For formality’s sake—burpees…
Mobility & Stretching
Ballistic Stretching: Definition, Benefits, Drawbacks, and Should You Do it?
Cats, dogs, and many other animals are habitual stretchers. In fact, some human stretches are named after animals – such as the cat stretch and downward…
Arms
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…
Legs and Glutes
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…
Legs and Glutes
Lying Hip Flexor Stretch: Release Iliopsoas & More Muscles!
The lying hip flexor stretch is a classic way to loosen up the crucial psoas and iliacus muscles, but also the surrounding muscles of this all…
Mobility & Stretching
8 Best Triceps Stretches for Healthy Elbows
Of all the muscles in the human body that exercisers need to stretch, the triceps are not usually very high on the list. After all, if…
Mobility & Stretching
The 10 Best Lat Stretches for Healthier, More Mobile Shoulders
When it comes to the lats, most lifters already know how to train them for size and strength. If you want a broader, more powerful upper…
Mobility & Stretching
Calf Training: 8 Best Soleus Exercises and Stretches
When it comes to calf training, most people focus their attention on the gastrocnemius, the most prominent muscle in the lower legs. However, there is another…
Core
Transform Your Core: Heel Touches for Abdominal Strength
Although no one has ever counted, there are probably more exercises for the abs than any other muscle group. There are bodyweight, cable, kettlebell, freeweight, floor…
Legs and Glutes
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…
Legs and Glutes
High Knee Raise: Strengthen Your Hip Flexors and Core
A lot of people believe that the best way to lose weight, burn fat, and get in shape is to go to the gym. After all,…
Arms
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,…
Core
Wall Push-Ups: Strengthen Your Chest, Arms, and Core Muscles
There are over 600 muscles in the human body, and each one works in synergy with its neighbor to control your movements. Muscles are made of…
Core
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…
Legs and Glutes
Plyo Jack: Boost Your Strength & Endurance for Total Body Fitness
Jumping jacks are a staple calisthenics activity but aside from a decent cardio workout, they’re pretty basic. Plyo jacks are a more challenging variation of the…
Legs and Glutes
Lateral Bounds: Engage Your Lower Body and Core Muscles!
Lateral bounds combine many different aspects of fitness and performance including plyometrics, resistance training, joint control, balance, athletic movement, and cardiovascular fitness. Few movements can compare…