This workout focuses on exercise variety and techniques to increase time under tension to get the most benefit from limited equipment. Perform all sets of each exercise before moving to the next exercise, and perform the workout once or twice per week depending on your overall training split. ...
Keep your core engaged, maintain proper form and rest 1-2 minutes between sets. WHAT MAKES IT EFFECTIVE:Squeezing the hands together as you pull the weight overhead creates a great adduction from the top down. These are two great exercises to target the mid chest fibers for you to include...
Pro Tip: For a deeper soleus stretch, slightly internally rotate your hip (turn your knee inwards) as you lean forward. 6. Kneeling soleus stretch Sets & Reps Equipment Needed Target Muscles 2 x 30s hold Bodyweight Soleus The soleus muscle can be very resistant to stretching. It’s a st...
Chest Workout Sets & Reps When it comes to sets and reps, this is again dependent on your goal. For muscle growth, keep the rep range at 6 to 12 reps for 3 to 4 sets. For strength, you’ll want to keep things heavier, performing 2 to 6 reps for 3 to 5 reps (always allowing...
Sets & Reps 2 sets to failure The Nordic hamstring curl is an excellent move to build muscle and prevent injury. One study in the Journal Physiotherapy had 50 elite soccer teams in Denmark complete their usual hamstring training for 10 weeks during a mid-season break. During that season, ...
We’ll do this by moving our elbows from out in front of our body back into a Drag Curl, and we’re still able to keep the reps coming. With the position of the elbow back behind the body we’re achieving another one of our goals of getting more long head of the biceps muscle ac...
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Strength and power – 1-5 reps, resting 3-5 minutes between sets Hypertrophy (muscle growth) – 6-12 reps, 60-90 seconds between sets Endurance – 13-20 reps, 30-60 seconds between sets Not sure which are the best exercises for muscle size and strength? Relax; we’ve got you covered...
Sets and Reps: For a static stretch, perform two to three sets of 30-second holds, on each side. Benefits of the Biceps Wall Stretch The wall biceps stretch is aunilateralstretch, so you can address your left and right arm separately. Notice any differences you feel between your two sides...
Programming:5 sets of 4 to 6 repetitions Weight:Use a weight that leaves you 2 to 3 repetitions short of failure, e.g.RPE7 to 8. To do a bench press: Lie on the bench — your head should barely be ahead of the barbell when viewed from the side. This makes it possible for the ...