Forum: Exercises

Hi, Last Saturday I did a combination of Cossack squat and elevated heel goblet squats. Later on during the day felt pain/soreness in the area around the knee. I am not sure which of the two caused this. However I know I usually have issues with sumo squats so was thinking perhaps the cossack...

Probably a stupid question but has there any one that have done this? What were your outcome? In my gym, most of the strongest benchers are dudes I see who do their sets on flat and the chest machines almost every single day. I do Lyle Mcdonald's GBR (upper/lower) and on my off days I just do...

Been bringing the bar down until it hits my knees. Lower?

How much stimulus do you think overhead dumbell pressing has on mid and rear delts? Thinking of trying german volume training at some point and using DB overhead presses as my shoulder movement. But does that lack stimulus for side and rear delts?

I've been neglecting lower body in my home workout during COVID times and have the space for one piece of equipment. If my only lower-body exercise is the hex-bar deadlift, would that be enough to hit everything? Seems to me that it hits quads, hams, glutes, calves, lower back to some degree....

I do most of the exercises, for some reason my core is really lacking, I got good upper body development, and good lower body, just my ab/obliques/torso area seems to be lacking very much. I do the main compounds. bench, deadlifts, squats, OHP. was wondering if there's any great core building...

A little over 6 feet and almost 160 pounds I’m well trained at home but I wanted to gain more by doing more so I got into a gym and there I followed the trainer’s advice word for word but there was one thing I found troubling with it He had me train: First day: chest back biceps 2nd: Legs...

Next block of program starts next week. Which bench assistance should I choose? Block is: Day 1 Comp bench, top triple, double, or single, then several back off sets. Day 2 2 count pause bench Day 3

Yo 5 weeks ago I started having pain in my left shoulder which got worse with time. For straight 2 weeks I had a massive inflammation until it cooled down. Did an MRI and I understand I have a RC tear, still dont know how bad but I've got a tear for sure. It all happened because I lifted...

Out of the following compound lifts, which do you find the most fatiguing? You can answer this based on set-to-set fatigue, time to recover (set to set and workout to workout) or any combination of these. Back Squat Bench Press Barbell Row Deadlift Chin Up/Pull Up OHP For me it's:

I'd like to get some pointers of my squat. If I could without my lower back rounding I would go ATG to get full ROM. I was getting some lower back pain after squatting so I widened my stance (it felt more comfortable) and the pain has now subsided. On the other hand I felt an 'impingement' pain on...

I have been lifting a long time and getting to the point where I want to factually focus on bringing up body parts rather than just endlessly plugging away at compounds lifts with no specialization etc. I've noticed that I am very glute dominant in all leg exercises. I rarely feel a good pump or...

hello, I had a very uncomfortable benching experience today, I am hoping someone can give me some advice or pointers so I can continue to progress. I was doing my first set of dumbbell press after 3 sets of warm up and during the first set my shoulder had pop/jolt sensation. It felt as if a...

I love doing activities to keep myself healthy and fit, I need to boost my energy! I am wondering which is a more effective exercise to boost your energy, Running? Weights or simple as body weight exercise or Maybe High intensity workouts?

Added in some leg extensions and ham curls. Liking the hamstring and glute activation but also getting some burning in the shins, pulling pretty hard. This normal and ok? Using pretty light weight, only a 35lb. plate and going slow and strict.

I never the area toned below my belly-button because I feel like I haven't found the right exercise. Leg lifts don't do anything for me. In Pain And Gain, Wahlberg does these hanging sit ups where he goes past center on the "down", and all the way up on the "up". What machines allow for these types...

Over the two years I've been squatting, I've always had a plank under my heels due to squat flexibility/balance issues. Bodyweight squats are only possible if my arms are in front of me, but I always fall back if I try to imitate the back squat hand placement. This has caused me to think that it's...

Have searched online but can't find any good (or any) answers to this question. Is there any recommended method for moving up in weight when you're dealing with low weights on non-compound exercises. E.g. I was doing squats and when I completed 3 x 8 x 100 I could move to 3 x 8 x 105 and not...