Although many people look at the push-up as solely an upper body exercise, it’s actually a closed kinetic chain movement that involves multiple muscle groups from head-to-toe. Of course, since push-upsprimarilyinvolve the pectorals (major and minor) and triceps, it’s easy to see why th...
Your chest (which consists of the pectoralis muscles) is the main target of push-ups, primarily because it’s such a large muscle group to begin with. Your chest is also what controls how slowly you lower to the mat and push back up. Because it’s the primary muscle group working again...
If someone has poor relative strength and they’re not good at moving their own bodyweight through space, they’re going to have a really hard time when it comes to doing pullups and chin-ups. For example, if a person can lat-pulldown a lot of weight but has poor body-composition an...
but that’s exactly what your tibialis anterior does. This muscle, which runs from the top of your shinbone down to your first metatarsal, or big toe, helps you flex your ankle. As you go through the upward motion of a sit-up, you may feel slight tension through the front of ...
Pull-up and Push-Up Muscle:During a pull-up, the lats, midback, rear delts, biceps, forearms, and core work. A push-up involves the chest, shoulders, core, and triceps when doing a push-up. Push-up and pull-up movements are responsible for whole upper...
Do Pushdowns work chest? The triceps pushdown can help to increase upper body arm size (see below), enhance general pressing strength, and ultimatelyimprove performance ofthe shoulders and chest muscles as they are often the secondary muscle group for most mass building movements like bench press...
Try testing yourself withMadbarz pull up workout challengeto see how many pull ups you can do in a minute! 2. Build Lean Muscle Mass in Your Back Pull-ups primarily target thelatissimus dorsi, better known asthe lats. When this muscle group is targeted and developed, it gives the appearan...
1. The pull-up 2. The bicep body row 3. The barbell bicep curl Triceps Seen as theopposing muscle groupto the biceps, these are located on the back of the arm and are used every time you straighten it. It’s easy to undertrain the tricep, as people often focus more on the muscle...
c. Which two muscles in that group are synergists? A muscle that can perform lateral rotation of the thigh at the hip joint can perform what action of the pelvis at the hip joint? What are the main muscles of the abdomen? What do they do and how do they work? Which of the ...
Compound Lifts:Exercises like squats, deadlifts, and bench presses that work for multiple muscle groups simultaneously. These are the foundation of many strength training programs. Bodyweight Exercises:Push-ups, pull-ups, and lunges, which use your body’s weight as resistance to build strength. ...