A very challenging and tiring exercise, the hanging knees to head raises is another form of abdominal exercise that sculpts your core while working your upper body strength as well. This exercise requires more core strength than the standard move of raising your knees waist-high, however, it is guaranteed to work your core twice as hard and provide more resistance
Exercise Advice: This is very similar to the bent arm barbell pullovers, except that you will be using a dumbbell instead of a barbell. Lie flat on your back on a flat bench. Begin by holding the dumbbell above your chest with your elbows slightly bent. Slowly lower the dumbbell back so as to stretch your arms (and the dumbbell)
Exercise Instructions Sit down on a bench with back support and grasp a dumbbell with both hands and hold it overhead at arm's length. The resistance should be resting in the palms of your hands with your thumbs around it. The palm of the hand should be facing inward. Keeping your upper arms close to your head (elbows in) and perpendicular
Triceps Rope Pushdown - this appears to be a fairly ordinary exercise—at the end of your chest routine. What makes this work so exceptionally well is that you combine rest-pause and dropset techniques, going almost nonstop for a full 10 minutes. You take only a 20-second rest between sets and you're right back doing press-downs again. That pace ensures you're only partially
EZ bar preacher curls do not take it easy on your biceps! It’s one of the best mass building exercises you can include in your arm workout. This variation puts all of the stress directly on the biceps and eliminates any swinging or help with momentum that you might get from a ground based movement like standing barbell curls. When
The barbell curl is a time-tested and proven way to build up your biceps. Some trainees often find themselves overdoing the barbell curl and the bench press, but that does not take away from the effectiveness of the exercise. There are many ways to use this exercise so let’s take a look and you’ll see why it is a staple
Muscles Targeted: Performing exercises from different angle points has been a renowned way of changing up your training program, preventing boredom and targeting different areas of a particular muscle. Within the bicep muscle there are two heads to be targeted; the short head and the long head. Below are the particular ways in which you can target each section individually;
Ladies here's how to build beautiful, round shoulders with six exercises guaranteed to add strength, size and shape to your delts in no time! Work out included! There is nothing like a good pair of solid, round shoulders to make any tank top, tube top, or hot little black dress look tremendous! It's not too late to get those shoulders into great condition before
If a Side Plank variation isn't part of your regular core workout routine, you're missing out on one of the most effective and safest core strengthening exercises. The Side Plank primarily strengthens the obliques, which are located next to your abs on both sides of your body. However, this is a full-body exercise that also trains the muscles in your
