Core
Single-Leg Good Morning: Build Strength in Hamstrings & Glutes
Many of life’s most strenuous activities happen on one leg. Running, jumping, lifting, and kicking are all great examples. And yet, some exercisers have very few…
Exercise Guides
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Back
Dumbbell Good Morning: Strengthen Hamstrings & Glutes Today!
Lower back pain, increasingly prevalent due to the modern lifestyle, will likely affect more people in the coming years. In fact, a study published in the…
Back
Unlock Flexibility: Fixed Bar Back Stretch for Total Body Relief
A quick internet search for “best back stretches” shows how biased we are towards issues more specifically related to the lower back, and justifiably so as…
Back
Single-Arm Lat Pulldown: Target Your Back and Arms Effectively
The single-arm lat pulldown is a unilateral exercise following the vertical pull movement pattern. While bodyweight pull-ups and conventional bilateral lat pulldowns are excellent lifts, adding…
Exercise Guides
Boost Your Glutes: Effective Standing Hip Abduction Exercise
Standing hip abduction is one of the most effective but underutilized exercises for improving hip strength and posture. In fact, a meta-analysis titled “Hip abductor strengthening…
Arms
Plate Pinch: Strengthen Forearms and Grip for Powerful Hands
Have you ever been to one of those palm readers before? Maybe got some insight and interesting predictions about your life. Well, what if we told…
Exercise Guides
Seated Groin Stretch: Unlock Flexibility for Stronger Hips
A stretch that takes me back to memory lane and one I so dreaded from my Jiu-jitsu and grade school physical education days (But didn’t need…
Exercise Guides
Ultimate Lunges: Strengthen Your Legs and Glutes Effectively
When to comes to building lower body strength and muscle size, squats, leg presses, and deadlifts are hard to beat. After all, these exercises are ideally…
Exercise Guides
Boost Leg Power: Suspension Jump Squats for Total Lower Body
The suspension jump squat is an assisted athletic-based bodyweight exercise that combines resistance, speed, and power training, as well as physical conditioning. Both as a fitness…
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…
Exercise Guides
Dumbbell Stiff Leg Deadlift: Target Hamstrings & Glutes Effectively
Building strong posterior chain muscles is crucial for avoiding injuries and increasing overall performance. Although it is no secret that deadlifts are one of the best…
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…
Back
Master the Suspension Row: Target Back, Arms, and Core Strength
The predecessor technique to its more advanced, inverted counterpart, suspension rows are the default mode back movement for beginner exercisers. For those who lack much pulling…
Exercise Guides
Dumbbell Hip Thrust: Target Your Glutes and Hamstrings Effectively
Many lifters believe the only way to build a bigger and stronger posterior chain is by performing countless heavy barbell squats and deadlifts. While these two…
Chest
Master the Suspension Chest Press for Total Upper Body Strength
The suspension push-up is a bodyweight-based exercise that utilizes high-hanging straps with handles to provide resistance during different muscle and strength-building exercises. The famous TRX trainer…
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…
Chest
Maximize Chest Gains: Cable Standing Chest Press Benefits
The cable standing chest press is an underrated yet valuable push day technique offering distinct advantages over its lying, seated, and bodyweight press up counterparts. By…
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…