The hack squat machine is one of the most popular leg exercises around. A regular dose of this well-known exercise can help you build strength and add size to your entire lower body, and especially your quads. Unlike regular barbell squats, hack squats are easy on your lower back, and for a lot of lifters, […]
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Take a look at many bodybuilder’s arm workouts, and you’ll see they are heavily weighted toward biceps exercises. This is hardly surprising given the appeal of big biceps. In fact, this muscle is probably the most well known in the human body. Ask a non-exerciser to name a muscle, and they’ll probably say “biceps.” Ironically, […]
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Doing your first pull-up or chin-up is a real fitness milestone. A lot of exercisers dream about being able to do these demanding bodyweight exercises, and some never achieve this goal. But, with perseverance and patience, most people should be able to master this back-building move. That said, as good as pull-ups and chin-ups are, […]
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The leg press machine is a hugely popular exercise. Like the king of exercisers uses, squats, it can help you build muscle size, strength, and even muscle power and speed (1). It’s a staple of most bodybuilders’ leg workouts, and it allows you to lift heavy weights with very little stress on your lower back. […]
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The windmill is not a new exercise. In fact, it’s been around for hundreds of years. The strongmen of old used to do this movement with staggeringly heavy weights, and even while using mismatched apparatus like a barbell in one hand, and a kettlebell in the other, just to keep things interesting! To say these […]
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Your elbows are involved in almost every upper body exercise you do, and some lower body ones too. Because of this, elbow pain can have a huge impact on your workouts and could even stop you from training at all. Because the elbows are such a frequently used joint, elbow pain is all too common […]
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Pull-ups and chin-ups are compound exercises. That means they involve multiple joints and muscles working together. To a lot of people, these two bodyweight exercises seem like they’re interchangeable. After all, they look quite similar. But, in reality, they’re different enough that they should be considered separately. But is one better than the other, and […]
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