Core
Seated Barbell Twist: Strengthen Your Core & Obliques
The seated barbell twist is a very functional exercise for the oblique muscles. It also slightly works the abdominal muscles and promotes core stability overall. Now,…
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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Back
Build Back Strength: Seated High Row for Powerful Lats & Biceps
The machine high row, or Hammer Strength row, targets the back and all of its associated muscles. Additionally, the biceps and forearms are heavily activated since they are secondary pullers during…
Arms
Maximize Your Triceps with the Ultimate Tate Press Workout
Whether you’re a weightlifter trying to set a new bench press personal best or a calisthenics athlete aiming to improve your dipping performance, you need stronger…
Legs and Glutes
Decline Twisting Sit-up: Target Your Abs and Core Muscles!
The decline twisting sit-up is an abdominal and oblique exercise made to strengthen your core and build muscle. It’s a great exercise for intermediate to advanced…
Legs and Glutes
Barbell Squat: Master the Move for Stronger Legs and Glutes
The barbell squat is a controversial exercise. Ask a trainer about his favorite lift, and he might tell you it is the squat. Question them about…
Legs and Glutes
Dumbbell Step-Up: Muscles Worked, Form, and Mistakes
The dumbbell step-up is a unilateral lower-body exercise in which one foot stays on a stable box or bench while that leg lifts the body. It…
Legs and Glutes
Ultimate Jefferson Squat: Build Strength in Your Lower Body
The Jefferson squat is an incredibly effective exercise to target the quads, glutes, hamstring, and adductors. This exercise’s setup helps you train your muscles in multiple…
Chest
Master the Decline Barbell Bench Press for Bigger Chest & Arms
The decline barbell bench press is a compound exercise that emphasizes the lower chest muscle fibers also known as the sternal head. Most exercisers probably don’t include it…
Arms
Medium-Grip Lat Pull-down: Build Your Upper Back Strength
The medium-grip lat pull-down is an effective compound exercise for the lats and upper back muscles. Anyone can perform this exercise as it’s very simple, and…
Arms
Wide-Grip Lat Pull-down: Strengthen Your Back & Biceps Today!
The wide-grip lat pull-down, or wide-grip pull-down is an effective cable exercise for the lats and upper back muscles, but it also stimulates the biceps and…
Legs and Glutes
Incline Straight Leg Raise: Target Your Core and Hip Flexors
The incline straight leg and hip raise is an effective core exercise which targets the Rectus Abdominis (Abs) muscles and it also strengthens the core. A strong core…
Back
Superman Exercise: Strengthen Core, Glutes, and Back Muscles
Besides having the coolest name out of essentially any exercise, the Superman is a fantastic back exercise and all you need is a floor mat to…
Legs and Glutes
Lying Leg Curl: Muscles Worked, Form, and Variations
The lying leg curl is a machine exercise that trains knee flexion, the action of bringing your heel toward your glutes. The hamstrings do most of…
Shoulders
Cable One-Arm Lateral Raise: Target Your Shoulders Effectively
The cable one-arm lateral raise is an isolation exercise for the lateral (Outer) head of the shoulders. It’s a very effective movement for developing roundness and…
Shoulders
Seated Dumbbell Front Raise: Target Your Shoulders Effectively
The seated dumbbell front raise is an isolation exercise for the anterior (Front deltoids) and it’s a great muscle and strength builder. The front shoulders are…
Shoulders
Dumbbell Incline Shoulder Raise: Target Deltoids & More!
The dumbbell front raise is an effective isolation exercise which targets the anterior (Front) deltoids, and it’s a great addition to any shoulder routine. Performing this…
Arms
Seated Bent-over Two-arm Dumbbell Kickback: Maximize Triceps Development
The seated bent-over two-arm dumbbell kickback is a potent triceps isolation exercise, crucial for building size and strength across all three triceps heads. With triceps comprising…
Back
Transform Your Back: Reverse-Grip Lat Pull-Down Guide
The reverse-grip lat pull-down is an effective exercise which targets the latissimus dorsi (Lats) muscles. Now, by using a reverse-grip you target more of the lower lats…
Back
Supine Cable Reverse Fly: Sculpt Your Posterior Deltoids and Upper Back
The supine cable reverse fly is a precision-engineered isolation exercise targeting the posterior deltoids and upper back muscles. This movement excels in activating the posterior muscle…