Moving to the target muscles in the back side of the legs, we’ll take the same approach as the quads by focusing on closed-chain exercises to save your knees from stress. For my knee-friendly hamstring exercises, I’ve got two of my favorite closed-chain alternatives to the typical open...
Tell them to lift their left leg until the knees are about the same height. If they have trouble doing this without the knee bending or leg shaking, this suggests that their quads may be weak. Building muscle can help correct quad weakness. 7 Best Quad Exercises for Increasing Leg Strength...
Compound moves are multi-joint movements that work multiple muscle groups at once. These are more efficient than isolation exercises that work only a single muscle at a time, making them better to help you work your entire body when time is an issue. You can also move heavier loads with co...
In this article, I’m going to give you some of the best grip strength exercises I personally use in my training. These will help you build a foundation of strength from the ground up! Before we get into the grip strength exercises, let’s define the different types of grip strength. I...
You should always start your workouts with the “biggest” arm exercises, or the ones that are going to require you to move some serious weight. You do these larger lifts when you have the most energy. For the biceps, the big exercise to go with is the Barbell Cheat Curl. ...
For complete shoulder training, you should incorporate exercises in which you: Bring your arms forward Bring your arms out to your sides Bring your arm backward Perform exercises that involve these three movement directions, and you will have worked all parts of your deltoid muscles. ...
Use the following exercises to warm up and promote mobility before any push day workout. 1. Band Dislocation The name sounds bad, and while it may feel like your shoulders are being wrenched out of their sockets for a split second, the dislocation is actually a great way to promote stren...
Pavel, man you have blown me away with this program. Not just my knees but my whole body are stronger by the week -- and the side effect for me, from reading this book and following the program as it is written is; I know,I am going to lose some weight and get back into fightin...
Hard, heavy workouts on basic exercises are the best way to develop greater strength and muscle mass. Whether you are a beginner, or have been “hoisting the steel” for many years, you simply cannot escape the basics if you want to make progress. This is especially true if you are a ...
For about six years I suffered with a chronically tight and painful right wrist. It made doing handstands tough at best. Other times I couldn’t even do them. That bad wrist stood in the way of my goals. But using the exercises laid out here it become 100% pain free and no longer ...