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It takes a lot of effort to develop a chest. It’s even more difficult if you’re doing it incorrectly. Take these reminders into consideration if you want to avoid being flat for a long time. Don’t get me wrong: a good set of abs is attractive (particularly on a woman). However, for most...

Triceps, like the other muscles in the back of the body, are frequently overlooked. Lifters who want to create enormous guns, whether for competitive bodybuilding or merely to impress members of the opposite sex, have a major difficulty. The terms biceps and triceps, as you can see, teach...

4 practical tips about triceps training. - First, we want to make sure you train the triceps with full range of motion. The main function of your triceps is elbow extension. So let's train this movement pattern effectively by properly stretching and contracting your triceps on exercises like...

We often see bodybuilders performing a limited range of motion with dumbbell flyes. Why is this the case? - 💥 This study shows us that muscle activation in a dumbbell flye decreases significantly at the top of the exercise. This is because you get too great of a mechanical advantage over the...

We know that we have three unique muscle heads in the triceps. What does this mean for training? - 💥 This study examined multiple groups performing either bench press, triceps extensions, or both for 10-weeks and assessed growth in each triceps head. They found that neither the bench press nor...

First, we want to make sure you train the triceps with full range of motion. The main function of your triceps is elbow extension. So let's train this movement pattern effectively by properly stretching and contracting your triceps on exercises like straight-bar pushdowns. This also applies to...

OK about 2 and half wks ago I had one of my powerlifters yell for me, he was stuck on the bench with about 275lbs so I straddled him and when I pulled up the bar I majorly pulled my left hammy forcing me to drop the bar back on him, we managed to get him out of it w hardly any injury but me! It...

Shoulder Health Sunday? Can this be a thing? . Today we are going to go over one of many exercises that I started performing that took my shoulder pain from “I can’t even look at a barbell without it hurting” back to benching every other day. Reducing pain with a concentration on the eccentric...

Mid back stiffness & pain? One of the less acknowledged sources of low back pain comes from the area where the thoracic portion of the spine transitions into the lumbar segments. The thoracolumbar junction takes a lot of stress and can be a easy point in the spine to develop a hinge point. This...

Hip flexor tightness can happen for many reasons but it always seems to cause problems if it sticks around for long enough. Sometimes it can cause back pain, sometimes hip pain, sometimes knee pain, and sometimes it doesn’t cause any pain at all. . In this example we will say I have tightness...

During an incline bench press, the application of the load runs in line with the upper muscle fibers of the chest, which results in increased upper chest (clavicular head of the pec major) activation [1, 2]. But how high should you set your bench? - A 2016 study investigated the effects of...

So family I am back with my dumb opinions, questions,. On for 8 weeks now , first 4 weeks were shitty as was not using AI and hit by lump but that's resolved now , so now I am on 750 test/ 400 npp / 0.125 mcg prami, 25 mg aroma on pin days else 12.5 , diet is very strict high protein...

The barbell bench press is a popular horizontal push exercise that trains your chest, triceps, and front deltoids. But when some people perform the bench press, they tend to feel shoulder discomfort. In this case, I suggest you check your form. A common cause for shoulder pain during the bench...

Bodybuilder Luke Sandoe Shows Incredible Strength While Pressing 220 Pound Dumbbells There is a common statement made by bodybuilders and bodybuilding fans that Monday is “International Chest Day.” It seems everyone wants to start their week by training the pecs and working on their bench. IFBB...

GLUTE VARIATIONS . 📚 Glute exercise are important for hip mobility and stability, such as at the top of a squat, deadlift or a single leg stiff leg deadlift you need to be able to drive with the glutes to maintain neutral spine. The main actions for this series are hip extension, which is...

Still doing insta-model glute kick-backs? We have much better options than this for glute development and activation! Most people will also move excessively through the low back during the kick-backs as well adding spine stress if you have sensitivity. It’s not that a glute kick-back couldn’t...

Lateral flexion is another common way we see the core trained – this occurs in exercises like side bends or side crunches and typically targets the obliques. However, you can also train the obliques by resisting lateral flexion. This can be done by performing single arm suitcase carries or even...

Pre-exhaustion involves exhausting the prime mover in a compound movement before performing the compound movement – like doing chest flyes immediately before a bench press. However, this can easily lead to failure on bench which might not be the safest option when training alone. The good news...

Giannis Antetokounmpo was unstoppable last night, dropping 39 points and 16 rebounds. His Milwaukee Bucks beat the Boston Celtics 113-101 for their second straight win in Boston. Milwaukee now leads the series 3-1. Every Boston starter scored at least 16 points, but their deep bench...

Reuters•March 12, 2019 Lou Williams scored 34 points to become the most prolific bench scorer in NBA history as the Los Angeles Clippers blew out the visiting Boston Celtics 140-115 on Monday. Williams, who leads the NBA in points off the bench this season, passed Dell Curry as the highest...