Arms
Transform Your Upper Body: Master the Yoga Push-Up
The classic push-up is one of the best exercises you can do for your upper body. Requiring nothing more than the space to lie down, you…
Exercise Guides
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Exercise Guides
12 Best Barbell Shoulder Exercises & Workout for Bolder, Stronger Deltoids
Broad shoulders symbolize strength and authority. Plus, they can help improve your physique aesthetics by accentuating your V-taper. Bodybuilding is all about illusions; wide shoulders can…
Exercise Guides
Fish Pose (Matsyasana): Strengthen Your Core and Back Muscles
One of the fun parts about learning yoga poses is that you can imagine how the name correlates to what the movement looks like. Fish pose…
Core
Mastering Tree Pose: Strengthen Key Muscle Groups Effectively
Tree pose, also known as Vrksasana is a body posture reminiscent of a healthy, tall, and resilient tree. Rooted down by the feet, and supported by…
Chest
Standing Dumbbell Fly: Strengthen Your Chest and Shoulders
Close your eyes and think about an ideal free-weight chest workout. Chances are the training session includes the bench press, dumbbell press, dumbbell fly, and some…
Exercise Guides
Master Downward Facing Dog: Strengthen Key Muscle Groups
As the name implies, there is a similarity between the downward facing dog and a common habit of our favorite furry sidekicks. Also called Adho Mukha…
Exercise Guides
Ultimate Calves Stretch Guide: Target Gastrocnemius & Soleus
Whether you like it or not, stretching is part of the body’s necessary maintenance routine. It alleviates stress, keeps our muscles and surrounding tissues healthy, prevents…
Exercise Guides
Unlock Strength: Block Pulls for Hamstrings & Back Power
If you only had the time and energy to perform one exercise per workout, the deadlift would probably be your best choice. Deadlifts work almost every…
Core
Tuck Crunches: Target Your Abs and Hip Flexors Effectively!
A versatile, entry-level ab exercise, tuck crunches use isometric loading of the lower body, and a regular crunch to stimulate the rectus abdominis six-pack muscles. It’s…
Exercise Guides
Strengthen Your Hips: Band Hip Abduction for Glute Health
Most exercisers program their training around the major muscle groups (quads, glutes, back, chest, etc). While they do contribute the most to strength, muscle gains, and…
Back
45-Degree Hyperextension: Strengthen Your Back and Glutes
A big, strong back is what everyone’s after, and while rows, deads, and pulls make the cut in everyone’s workout regime, less popular but necessary exercises…
Exercise Guides
Band Lateral Raise: Target Deltoids & Trapezius Effectively
If you want to build half-moon-shaped delts at home, or on the go, then you need to get well acquainted with band lateral raises, and resistance…
Arms
Band Upright Row: Target Deltoids, Traps & Biceps Effectively
Need a top-tier way to develop your shoulders, traps, and arms at the same time? Don’t have weights or gym equipment? No problem! Band upright rows…
Core
Penguin Taps: Tone Your Abs and Strengthen Your Core
Don’t let the name of this exercise fool you. Penguins are cute; this exercise is not. The penguin taps exercise focuses on your midriff. The irony…
Arms
Band Pushdown: Sculpt Your Triceps and Strengthen Your Arms
It’s not a stretch (pun intended) to say that band pushdowns are a powerful tool that anyone can use to increase the size and strength of…
Back
Band Seated Row: Target Your Back Muscles for Maximum Gains
Resistance bands and (back) home workouts go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Especially because of the space and money needed for a good home gym…
Core
Cable Reverse Crunch: Target Your Core for Maximum Strength
The cable reverse crunch is not a familiar exercise to most of us (admit it, you’ve never tried it). Hopefully, that will change as we’re convinced…
Core
Strengthen Your Legs: Master the Duck Walk Exercise
There are a lot of exercises named after animals. In many cases, these exercises emulate the movements of powerful animals, like tigers (push-ups), bears (crawling), and…
Exercise Guides
Strengthen Your Shins: Master the Tibialis Raise Today!
There are over 600 muscles in the human body. Still, most bodybuilders and exercisers tend to focus all their attention on about a dozen or so…