Resistance Exercises
Best Arm Exercises
We’ve all heard the saying “curls for the girls” and there’s no doubt that a nicely developed set of arms looks good, whether you’re a man or a woman. If you’re looking to build some muscular upper arms, the first thing you should be aware of is that the triceps muscles make up 2/3 of [...]
Bent Over Row Round Back Retards
So I’m in the gym yesterday doing hanging clean to presses. On the drop pad next to me is a young feller doing bent over rows. Between my sets I watched him – hey, I don’t have anything else to do.
He wasn’t using much weight, well, let me rephrase that, he wasn’t using much weight [...]
How to do Bench Press
The barbell bench press is a traditional exercise that provides a great workout for the pectorals (chest), anterior (front) deltoids, and triceps. It’s a ‘meat and potatoes’ exercise that has been in the workout of almost every lifter at one time or another.
Most lifters lie down on the bench, unrack the bar, and just start [...]
The Front Squat
As you may have already discovered, the squat (along with deadlifts) is at the top of the heap as one of the most effective overall exercises for stimulating muscle gain and fat loss. This is because exercises like squats and deadlifts use more muscle groups under a heavy load than any other weight bearing exercises. [...]
Do Your Knees Hurt? Stop Doing Leg Extensions
So your knees hurt, huh? I bet your one of the nads who thinks your knees hurt because you were doing squats (and probably doing them wrong). So what did you do? Stop doing squats, I bet, and start doing extensions figuring that would be better for your knees. Guess what? You figured wrong.
Think of [...]
