This is the forth installment of my dumbbell workout video series covering home gym workouts that you can do with minimal equipment. I get a lot of requests for basic workouts that can be done at home using just dumbbells and bodyweight exercises. So over the next several videos and blog ...
Despite these differences, the brachialis responds to the same general stretching techniques as your biceps. So before you grab those dumbbells, here are some brachioradialis stretches to improve elbow flexion and reduce risk of injury during your workout. How to do a Standing Stretch? This stre...
Let’s say your goal is to build muscle, and you want to do it at home. If you don’t have a spare room or garage available, you can builda dumbbell home gym, and that’s great. But if you have room for it, a barbell home gym is the ideal way to train. You can do all o...
That forces your weak side to work as hard as your strong side, helping to prevent and correct muscle imbalances. Also, a recent study found that dumbbell presses lead to more activation of the pectoral muscles than barbell presses. Finally, when doing the incline bench press solo, dumbbells ...
When you want to build a muscular chest fast, you must attack your pecs with a plan. Let’s first look closer at the anatomy of the chest then jump into the layout and breakdown of this home chest workout. ANATOMY OF THE CHEST (PECTORAL MUSCLES) ...
Bend at the elbows as you inhale, lowering the dumbbells until they are above your shoulders. Pause for 1 second. Exhale and squeeze your triceps, returning to the starting position. Barbell Lying Triceps Extension Similar to the dumbbell tricep extension, the movement can be completed with a ...
Trainers break down everything you need to know to get a full-body warm-up at home to prevent injury and maximize your workout—and it only takes five minutes.
The biceps and the brachialis share the common function of flexion at the elbow, so it’s not possible to isolate the brachialis. However there is a key difference between how the brachialis and the biceps prefer to work that can help us favor the brachialis by using a specific strength tra...
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Using dumbbells will allow you to build that unilateral strength and reduce any muscular imbalances from occurring while still strengthening your pecs, triceps, and shoulders. Muscles Worked by the Dumbbell Bench Press All chest presses focus the work, appropriately, on the chest. However, several ...