Your core will receive a wake-up call when you perform a push-up, too. Comprised of five main muscles — the rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, internal and external obliques, and the relatively small pyra
Tip 3: Try bench press variations to stay challenged and motivated while you work slightly different muscles. There are plenty of ways to spice up the traditional bench press, such as the paused bench press, close-grip, or spoto barbell bench press. Incline and decline dumbbell bench presses ...
Dumbbell incline benching is a great way to add in extra upper pec work after you've already pre-exhausted your pecs and triceps. What exercises can you do on a flat bench? Close grip bench presses, lying tricep extensions and dips all work these muscles with the flat bench. Perform ...
The neck retraction exercise counteracts the poor posture movement you perform when you slump your neck and poke your head forward. Sit on a chair or soft surface and engage your core to stabilize your spine. Brace the posterior muscles of your neck to bring your head back in a stable posit...
In addition to the protein shakes mentioned back in Rule #3, consider a creatine supplement –it allows your muscles to store more water – which will both help you potentially lift heavier and improve your performance in the gym! If you don’t want to build your own workout routine, or...
Bench presses and push-ups are the bread and butter of buildingstronger chest muscles, but when it comes to honing in on the inner and outer layers of your pecs, does one exercise outshine the other? Studies show thatthe bench pressdevelops your pecs to a greater degree thanpush-ups. For...
Muscular endurance can help you work for longer before a muscle fatigues, improving your performance in any activity and every day life.
To get the most out of a split routine, you have to make sure that your workout schedule does not produce conflicts with the recovery of your muscles while at the same time impeding the possibilities of the muscles you are going to work the next day. To illustrate this, let’s use som...
Introduce variation by changing the reps and sets or by performing different versions of the exercise, like decline or incline push-ups or push-ups with renegade rows. You can also add in chest presses that work similar muscles. Similarly, if you’re training for an event, rehabbing an ...
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