You’re going to set up just like you would for a normal Lat Pulldown with an overhand, shoulder-width grip. This is not a wide grip exercise. As you pull the bar down, contract and twist towards the right slightly. This will ensure extra tension on the right side of the lats. ...
challenged me to a hanging leg lift contest on the stall bars (These bars are directly anchored to the wall and do not allow you to lean back at all or to pull down with your lats - all pure core strength). I cranked out ten repetitions without ever having done the exercise before. ...
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Lunges are a hugely underappreciated exercise. That’s a shame because they are an excellent quad builder, as well as being good for your glutes and hamstrings too. You can do them with just bodyweight, or with dumbbells or a barbell. Like Bulgarian split squats, they are useful for preven...
After all, even though the deadlift is a hip exercise, it works every muscle you’ve got—strengthening your hands, shoulders, lats, and core to a high degree. In fact, according to research published in theInternational Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, deadlifts crush the plank at trainin...
It’s an exercise that is all at once easier and harder than you think it is. It’s also going to clean up your posture. If you need some rowing workouts, we have some for you right here. How to Do It: Situate yourself on the rowing machine, securing your feet into the straps....
The barbell good morning exercise trains your lower back, glutes, and hamstrings as a unit. You’ll put your glutes and hamstrings through a big range of motion to increase your muscle-building potential while boosting your posterior strength. [Read More: Best Mobility Exercises] This move req...
The pull-up builds excellentrelative strength(strength for your body weight). It allows you to add weight to your body to target your lats more. This exercise engages your core and shoulders. How to Do the Pull-Up You’ll grab a pull-up bar with a wide (wider than shoulder-width) pro...
Muscles Worked Lats, upper back, brachialis, forearms Sets & Reps 2-3 x 5-15 The pull-up is one of the harder bodyweight exercises you can do because of the required upper body strength. Even though this exercise targets a big muscle like the lats, weak arms, and shoulders can serio...
Does a preacher curl trump an incline dumbbell curl for the No. 1 peak builder? And when it comes to biceps isolation, how irked will you be that it’s a machine versus a free-weight exercise? (Let’s not even mention yet the controversial “top strength” entry.) ...