Forum: Exercises

The PPL program I’ve been following for the past 6-7 months instructs to do deadlifts 1x5 once a week (with barbell rows replacing the deadlift on the other pull day of the week). Recently, for a month or so, I’ve plateaued at 85kg / 187lbs. I’ll just barely get out 3-4 reps but can’t reach 5...

Ok, I'm a newbie, and I need some advice, please. I have a ruptured disc in my neck, caused by increasing weight too quickly on farmer carries. I stopped lifting for a couple of years but I'm back now but I'm quickly realizing the using abarbell, even on the smith machine is extremely painful...

On the single-arm dumbbell overhead tricep extension, my right arm is stronger / can do more reps than my left (eg R 10reps, L 8reps). Is this a problem? Should I be able to do the same amount of reps with each arm?

Weighted pull ups are probably my favourite exercise so I just want to make sure I’m doing them properly and not doing anything that’ll kill me. -I grip the bar firmly -Roll back my shoulder blades (yes or no?) -I pull myself up, make sure to stay in a straight, vertical line with my legs...

Is it a DB Chest Press or a machine Chest Press? I’m following Candito’s Linear Program Hypertrophy/Strength and it includes chest Press and Incline Chest Press. I’d really appreciate if you could clear this up for me. Thanks.

Hey, I'm doing Starting Strength now, and a good friend of mine told me he met couple of people doing crossfit (at different times). He told me they were jacked and had a nice muscle mass. I told him it is because they eat well, and when you do that, you'll get bigger (if you train of course)....

Does anyone do these? I use a fixed barbell to superset upright rows with these. They’re a lot like doing skiers with hammer grip dumbbells. I find it hits rear delts much better for me than face pulls or reverse pec deck. My side delts and rear delts just get hit much better when doing a compound...

My left elbow has been experiencing tendonitis on-and-off for months. I have tried reducing the frequency of my workouts to accommodate, to no avail. A few days ago I was doing trap bar deadlifts and the pain was so sharp and severe I had to stop after the 1st working set. It’s gotten to the...

For me, it's a chest press in the smith machine done with the v-handle used for cable rows. I've seen two guys going at it at the gym a while ago and again another 2 recently. The first ones weren't beginners. The ROM is shorter than a TikTok video and seems very uncomfortable. Second one...

Hi, I spent quite a while using the chest press machine without using dumbbells or barbells before realising that I was kinda wasting my time. A couple of months ago I trained with a friend and tried dumbbell chest press for the first time in a while. I could only get the 37.5kg dumbbells up at...

So, i recently started doing standard deadlifts again (elevated with pada because weights in this gym are short so i can't lift any weight without rounding my back without elevating the bar) Ive had a l5 s1 hernia since 12, bad genetics, never got injured or anything to get it. It got very...

My clavicles appear sharply that I need to work my upper chest a lot. I usually have 3 exercises for my upper chest but I'm not sure they're enough. Can you suggest the type of exercises, the way they're done, the volume and intensity so that my upper chest finally becomes visible? Thanks in...

Hello, I am a beginner M28, 200lb, 6'2 lanky and I've made a quick video of some basic bodyweight exercises (squat, pushup, plank) I want to see if I am doing correctly, so it'd help to have someone actually review me before I keep going with it. It is in my profile bio, it is my homepage. I...

Hello everyone For training myself into pull ups I do this in my workout: 4 sets to failure of normal pull ups (last time reps: 8 7 4 4) 4 sets to failure of supinated pull ups (last time reps: 6 5 4 4) Then I move to lat machine and do 3 sets of each exercise (between 8 to 12 reps). Is it...

I am trying to keep a balanced push/pull ratio in my routine. I was thinking if dumbbell chest flys count as a push exercise? So if one day I do: Bench press Lateral raises and another day: OHP chest fly

I have weak traps, which because of it, it's not conspicuous that I have a nice body. I'm trying to work on it, but so far, not much success. The personal trainer at the gym (not mine), gave me an exercise to work on my front traps. I searched the net for more exercises on front traps but I...

can you please critique my form link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/reDpax-V2n8

Hello everyone I have a problem with squats. My knees hurt a bit when I do them. Not at the moment I do them, but a day and a couple of days after it and it's happening to me since the last month. Which would be the best alternative to squats? Lounges? Thank you

Hi guys just a quick thought of what's the best core/abdominal exercises out there to do. Thanks