Chin-Ups

Grab the pull-up bar with your palms facing your torso and spaced at a width more narrow than shoulder width. With your arms extended in front of you as you hold the bar, bring your torso back at about 30 degrees and create a curvature in your lower back by…

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Two-Arm Kettlebell Row

Place two kettlebells directly in front of your feet on the ground. Keep a slight bend in your knees and push your butt backwards as much as possible as you bend over in order to assume your starting position. Grab both of the kettlebells and pull them upwards, towards your…

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Bent Over Barbell Row (Supinated Grip)

Hold a barbell with a supinated grip (meaning that your palms are facing upwards), slightly bend your knees, and tilt your torso forward. Ensure that you are keeping your back straight and that your back is nearly parallel to the floor. Your head should be kept up and the barbell…

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Bent Over Barbell Row (Pronated Grip)

Hold a barbell with a pronated grip (meaning that your palms are facing downwards), slightly bend your knees, and tilt your torso forward. Ensure that you are keeping your back straight and that your back is nearly parallel to the floor. Your head should be kept up and the barbell…

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Pushups

Lie face down on the floor and place your hands on the ground at a width wider than shoulder width (this exercise can be varied by varying this distance). Hold your torso up at arms length (with the arms locked) in order to assume the starting position. Perform the exercise…

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Decline Barbell Bench Press

Position yourself for this exercise by lying back on a decline bench underneath a barbell. Using the same grip width that you would use to perform the standard barbell bench press (a typical width to use creates a 90-degreee angle in the exact middle of the repetition between the forearms…

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Cable Crossover

Position yourself for this exercise by standing in between two cable pieces that are placed in a high position over your head. You should be holding one pulley in each hand. Once you have a pulley in each hand, step forward so that your body is in front of the…

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Barbell Incline Bench Press

Position yourself for this exercise by lying back on an incline bench underneath a barbell. Using the same grip width that you would use to perform the standard barbell bench press (a typical width to use creates a 90-degreee angle in the exact middle of the repetition between the forearms…

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Guillotine Press

Position yourself lying down on a barbell bench press and, using the same grip width you would use to perform the standard barbell bench press (a typical width to use creates a 90-degree angle in the exact middle of the repetition between the forearms and the upper arms), lift the…

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Seated Dumbbell Wrist Curls (Palms Down)

Begin the setup of the exercise by placing two dumbbells on the ground in front of a flat bench. Sit on the edge of the flat bench (facing the dumbbells) with your legs approximately one shoulder width apart. Keep your feet planted firmly into the floor. Grab both of the…

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