Almost everyone appreciates an attractive backside. Today’s ideal physique requires a good-looking keister. Opinions vary on exactly how large, but there’s no escaping the appeal. Street clothes and workout apparel alike are designed to highlight the hips for both women…
The Cable Tricep Kickbacks have emerged as an isolation exercise of choice for both men and women who want to develop the unmistakable “horseshoe” on the backs of their arms. There are anatomic, physiologic, and biomechanical reasons why the Cable…
Workout equipment has been evolving for decades. We’ve come a long way from those round circus barbells. Weight machines first officially made the scene back in 1957 with Harold Zinkin’s Universal Gym. Available square footage, safety, and appeal to novices…
When selecting exercises for developing an enviable set of quads, the sissy squat is tough to beat. Mathematically-speaking, sissies create more overload than any other exercise, despite tradition and gym lore. Training for competition in powerlifting or weightlifting of course…
If you’ve been training biceps but haven’t programmed preacher curls into your workouts, you’ve been leaving gains on the table. Whether you’re a bodybuilder; elite athlete, or weekend warrior, preacher curl is an exercise that will guarantee added performance benefits…
Whole websites and Instagram accounts are devoted to squatting. Traditional, bar-bending squats are considered required by anyone serious about training with weights. Debate rages on where to place the bar, how deep to go, reps and sets. Squatting has become…
What is the standing oblique twist? Oblique twists are amongst the best ways to target your core muscles, especially, as the name suggests, the muscles of your inner and outer obliques (the ones that run down the sides of your…
What is the Egyptian lateral raise? The ‘Egyptian’ lateral raise is a variation of the classic version. It is essentially a unilateral form of the lateral raise in which you lean at an angle, whilst holding onto a support with…
What is the knee to elbow? Knees to elbows are a group of abdominal exercises designed to really get into the rectus abdominis, though they stimulate the whole core (more on this below). They can be performed lying on the…
It may sound counterintuitive to have a kneeling squat. Surely a squat, by its very nature, has you bending at the knees, bringing your hips downwards. How does this work when you start from kneeling? What does it even mean?…
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