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9 Best Jump Rope Alternatives
Jumping rope is one of the most efficient calorie-burning exercises. Depending on how fast you skip, you can burn up to 20 calories per minute. That’s…
Alternative Exercises
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9 Best High-Row Machine Alternatives
The high-row machine is a popular piece of equipment manufactured by Hammer Strength. You can find videos of top pro bodybuilders using this machine all over…
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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…
Core
10 Best Ab Rollout Alternatives
Nearly every person who works out wants to develop a defined six-pack. Yet, very few actually achieve the goal. Part of the reason is that people…
Exercise Guides
The 12 Best Seated Calf Raise Alternatives
Friends don’t let friends skip leg day, or at least that’s what the memes say. And while many lifters spend plenty of time working on their…
Exercise Guides
The 12 Best Sissy Squat Alternatives for Bigger, Stronger Quads
Let’s get one thing straight from the start of this article: there ain’t nothing sissy about sissy squats! In fact, whether you do the freestanding version…
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The Ten Best Rope Climb Alternatives
When I was a young Royal Marine Commando, much of our physical training revolved around rope climbing. In fact, one of the fitness tests Commandos have…
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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…
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…
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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…
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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…
Exercise Guides
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,…
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…
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Reverse Fly Alternatives for Massive Rear Deltoids
Your shoulder muscles, correctly called your deltoids, are made up of three sections of fibers called heads. The anterior or front deltoid is usually the most…
Core
The Best Russian Twist Alternatives for a Rock-Hard Core
When it comes to core training, a lot of exercisers are fixated on the muscle at the front of their stomachs – the rectus abdominis. This…
Exercise Guides
Sizzling Cable Lateral Raise Alternatives for Wider, Sculpted Shoulders
The deltoids are a complex muscle group. There are three deltoid heads, and while they often work together, they can also be isolated, so they function…
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The Best Glute Bridge Alternatives for a Stronger, Firmer, Shapelier Butt
Your gluteus maximus, or glutes for short, is the largest and potentially the most powerful muscle in the human body. It’s basically the engine that powers…
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The Best Home Squat Alternatives for Strong, Sculpted Legs
It doesn’t matter if you want bigger thighs, a firmer butt, to run faster, or jump higher; weighted squats deserve a place in your workouts. In…
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The Best Barbell Curl Alternatives for Bigger, Stronger Biceps
The barbell curl, also known as the two-handed biceps curl, is a classic arm exercise. Known as a great mass builder, bodybuilders have been using this…