Training
Lower Chest Dumbbell Exercises: Build a Big, Strong Lower Chest
If you want to build picture-perfect pecs, you need to pay equal attention to your upper, mid, and lower chest. Failure to attend to any of…
Exercises
Exercise comparisons and how-to guides: which movement to choose and how to do it well.
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Training
Leg Extension vs. Leg Curl: A Definite Guide from Experts
Friends don’t let friends skip leg day – or so the popular meme goes. Leg training will improve your overall appearance and athletic performance and can…
Training
15 Best Diastasis Recti Exercises for Moms to Get Their Body Back
During and after pregnancy, the abdominal muscles can stretch and separate down the middle, which is a condition called diastasis recti. Separated abdominals need to recover…
Back
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…
Back
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…
Exercise Guides
The 13 Best Barbell Squat Alternatives
An old athletics coach of mine once told me that a workout without squats is not really a workout. This point of view makes a lot…
Training
8 Best Quad Isolation Exercises for Strength and Mass
Many believe that squats are the only exercise you need to do to blow up your quads. Social media is full of content extolling the benefits…
Legs
How To Lose Thigh Fat — 7 Effective Exercises and Workouts
Many people struggle with weight gain. Stress and anxiety from the now-prevalent work-from-home culture, COVID, and the crazy fluctuations in Dogecoin prices add to the problem. …
Exercise Guides
15 Best Shoulder Isolation Exercises For Bigger and Peeled Deltoids
Ask a rookie lifter or a gym bro about the best shoulder exercises, and they’ll probably point you toward compound exercises like military and Arnold presses.…
Arms
10 Effective Incline Bench Press Alternatives
As every bodybuilder knows, if you want to develop the best possible physique, you need to train your muscles with a variety of exercises and hit…
Back
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,…
Chest
11 Best Compound, Isolation, and Bodyweight Chest Exercises
A broad and chiseled chest can enhance your physique’s aesthetics and make you look masculine and strong. For this reason, pecs are usually among the top…
Arms
The 9 Best Close Grip Bench Press Alternatives
If you want to build bigger, stronger triceps, the close (or narrow) grip bench press is hard to beat (1). Unlike many triceps isolation exercises, this…
Training
Flat Bench vs. Incline Bench Press – Which one should you do?
The bench press is probably the most commonly performed exercise in gyms today. However, despite this popularity, the bench press is a relatively new exercise that…
Exercise Guides
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,…
Training
The Hierarchy of Successful Hypertrophy Training
Building muscle, a process called hypertrophy, takes time, energy, commitment, and hard work. Unfortunately, a lot of people fail to make much progress and often become…
Body Mechanics
8 Best Lower Back Stretches for A More Mobile Spine
Your spine is an amazing piece of biomechanical engineering. It consists of 33 individual bones, 25 intervertebral disks, numerous ligaments, and about 40 muscles, some of…
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…
Body Mechanics
The 7 Best Hamstring Stretches for a Healthier Lower Back and Knees
Modern technology is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it makes many aspects of life much easier and far less labor intensive. For example, mechanized…