What do dips work? A dip is an upper-body strength exercise. Narrow, shoulder-width dips only trainthe triceps, with major synergists being the anterior deltoid, the pectoralis muscles (sternal, clavicular, and minor), and the rhomboid muscles of the back (in that order). What are the tr...
Complete forearm focus.When you are doing biceps curls, the wrist flexors work hard, but the extensors are taking a break. Conversely, when you do reverse curls, the extensors and the brachioradialis receive greater stimulation than the wrist flexors. Hammer curls generate a more evenly dist...
A pull workout includes exercises that use the pulling motion to activate your back, biceps, and forearms for 45 - 60 minutes per workout. Some common pull exercises include: Bicep curls Face pulls Pull-ups Dumbbell shrugs Deadlifts Of course, these exercises can stand alone, but when they...
work in a few sets of inverted rows. If you do a body part workout split, do inverted rows on back day. If you do a push/pull split, do inverted rows on the same day you do exercises like biceps curls and lat pulldowns, both of which are also pulling exercises. ...
An example would be doing biceps curls with 105 pounds, which would be a 45-pound bar with three 10s on each side; curl this weight until failure. Then, your partner immediately strips a 10-pound plate off each side, and you do 85 pounds until you reach muscle failure. Repeat the proc...
5. Barbell only full-body workout Train your entire body using nothing but a barbell and a flat training bench! This workout is based onArnold Schwarzenegger’s famous Golden Six training program. Use the same weight for all the exercises to keep your transitions as short as possible. Pump...
Dips(in upright position) Back Width: Rack chins to front Assisted pullups Pull downs to front Pull downs to back of head Back Thickness: Deadlift T-bar rows Smith rows Biceps: Barbell curls Alternate dumbbell curls Barbell preacher curls ...
Choose exercises you can do safely to failure. Squats are NOT a good choice, but leg extensions and leg curls are. Be sensible; if failing to complete a rep could lead to injury, choose another exercise. The chest press machine is fine, but barbell bench presses are not. ...
Barbell curls Preacher curls Overhead cable curls 2. Triceps isolation exercises One-arm French Dumbbell press Machine dips Triceps pushdown 3. Shoulder Isolation exercises Dumbbells lateral front raises Dumbbell side raises Reverse Flys 4. Isolation Exercises for Chest ...
I loved the video examples of every exercise and I’d watch them as I was doing the workout (I chose the “Dumbbell Division” so I could do many of the exercises at home – there are also body weight and barbell progressions). I wanted to make sure my form was correct so the vide...