Forum: Exercises

I have a set of dumbbells ranging from 5 to 50 pounds. Is a pair of 50s a waste of time for trying to build muscle mass? Am I better off going to the playground and doing calisthenics? (decline push ups, pull ups, chin ups, dips, etc.) I've been doing incline presses, bent-over rows, rear...

Skiing is definitely a leg workout, back too for stabilization (lats are sore). But I'm wondering if I should be hitting the gym for a few sets of bench / flies, bc my chest doesn't seem sore at all. Do you guys think skiing is enough of a workout to maintain chest? Ik pectoralis is involved in a...

So I've been doing the fierce 5 program. I'm also on a cut, but I am trying to gain strength. I don't know what my goal should be in terms of how much weight I am lifting, but I am a beginner, so here is what I am curious about. Are the weights I am lifting good? Average? What should I aim for? ...

Those are the 2 main leg movements of my leg day. I do 4 sets of 15-20 for each. I wanna train them very hard and very close to failure. Around rep 13 it starts getting really hard and I even shout a little around the last 4 reps (sorry to my fellow gym colleagues, but I really suffer lol). ...

I'm currently doing a PPL split so training each muscle group twice a week. However, I was thinking of trying the following: Day 1: Chest and triceps Day 2: Back and biceps Day 3: Shoulders and abs Day 4: Legs Day 5: Rest Would this type of training be common? I currently do chest and...

Recently have taken a two year break from basically activity due to an injury and a ton of other excuses. Started back around Halloween —- Been really working on the lower half this time around and in the previous has usually been my weakest lift Used to be Squat 405 Bench 365 Deadlift 530...

On my right side I’m able to push (against a wall or in the air) and feel my chest activate - I feel my delt and it’s soft meaning it’s not active. I try and do the same with my left side. I just can’t do it. My chest does activate but so does my delt. I am not able to isolate. This is a problem...

Do you know any good workout sites

For whatever reason my back doesn’t grip well to the texture of my commercial gym’s bench. I can be doing my sets as normal yet after 4 reps I end up accidentally hitting the pins with the bar because my torso was slowly sliding up. Any tips to avoid this?

Deloading and especially resetting are two things I've neglected a bit too often. Not to the point of overtraining, but my progress has been a bit slow because I've been trying to lift my max on nearly every session. This was around 9-10 months ago though, right before I started this long cut....

At the start of each rep, I notice my chest rises (not abdomen) a bit regardless of how much I focus on using my lats to pull the bar (i.e pulling with elbows). It is completely involuntary yet I manage to pull the bar to it's full ROM. At the end of the rep, my torso "returns". Is this necessary...

What are your opinions on weighted planks? Just started doing them and they feel great for the core. I do them in a push up position makes it easier to keep the plates on my back

Is it just me or do you guys get injured more when using light weight? I fell like this happens all the time for me. I just got done doing heavy squats without any signs if injury and everything felt really really good. I then go into light 135lb hex bar deadlifts (as a warmup set before I started...

So I’m thinking about going back to heavy barbell rows for a while, after previously focusing on chest supported rows and seated cable rows. I do them from the floor, deadlifting the bar then lowering to the start position. I do them with a slightly wider than deadlift grip, Yates-style with a more...

If it's sore the day after then I get that its normal, but its been 4 days and its still sore. Is this generally a sign of improper form or is it normal

Hi, I cannot understand why my anterior deltoid kicks in during a standing pull down. I stop fox posture and I can still feel it kicking in. Anyone has had similar issue? Thanks!

I am 30M weighing 115 lbs. I am trying to gain weight and muscles, having failed prior times, and was looking for an at-home workout routine that I can try. For background, the last two times I tried, once I ended up getting injured and couldn't move my arm for a month and then another time, I...

Just got into a disagreement with a guy at the gym about leg extension hoping someone can provide an answer. I generally have the machine positioned on the last pin so the angle of my legs goes slightly passed 90 degrees when I come down on the negative to achieve what I considered full range of...

Hey, i have a question. I do fullbody training 3x per week, mainly compound movements. In my training program, i have just "3 sets of dips". I know there are dips for chest or for triceps. Because im trying to progressive overload, and im novice/intermediate, should i do chest/triceps dips, or it...

Few would disagree that all three of these exercises are among the most important from the standpoint of overall athleticism and strength. That said, doing them all at intensity on a routine basis is a lot of volume for the legs, and the carryover of fatigue and recovery demand following serious...

I get a super intense stretch right down the middle of my right arm (the line between biceps and triceps) beginning in my armpit and going almost all the way up to the elbow, when I do dead hangs. Could that be my tight fascia or am I doing damage? It borders on the uncomfortable and feels...

I am not into powerlifting/bodybuilding in particular; just lift for fun and the benefit of muscle gain. The incline DB press is my favorite pressing movement and I was wondering if there was any issue with making it my primary push exercise. I train full body 3x a week and I plan on doing this...

Hi there. New to the forum, was just wondering if someone here have got experience fixing atp along with kyphosis through weightlifting here? Im working on it myself currently, got mine from bad sitting positions over many years, so curious if anyone had any sucess recipes or something similar....

Hello, my right chest has always been smaller than the left one and I wanted to know why. A couple of weeks ago I stopped working out because I was very busy and did only pull ups (~50 per day) and I noticed that the size of my chests became equal! Now that I’m starting to use dumbbells again, my...