Forum: Exercises

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...

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

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...

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....

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?

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...

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...

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). ...

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? ...

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...

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...

Ive been training for 3 years and currently do 26 sets of chest and back each week, and my back has been progressing in both size and strength but my strength hasn’t improved much at all for chest. I know I am eating enough so I’m thinking about dropping to 22 sets of chest and do: Flat bench...

I’m at the end of my Deload almost and I’m feeling bigger - like I’m growing. Shirts are tighter around biceps. What the heck? Can’t be all muscle - lol? Trying to make sense. I’ve taken a week completely off before and also tried lighter weights during my Deload but I lost strength using both...

So I want to change some of the exercises I am doing just to kinda confuse body a bit even though I read that this is a myth. Anyways! I had a question about the main exercises, like I love me my dips, pull ups, bench press. Am I supposed to sub these main compound exercises or do you mainly...

So, the video in the squat stickie says - Keep an arch in the lower back throughout the squat movement (actually entire set) - which to me means abs also results in my butt sticking out. Is this ok? I’ve read all over the place to keep the back neutral also. Isn’t that conflicting? Also,...

Hi Currently running the reddit PPL program, I've added an extra 3 set of chest flys on the machines because I felt like chest wasn't being hit enough. I am now considering swapping out the fly for a decline bench press or for dips. I am basically lacking in the lower and outer pec right now. ...

The front squat is one of the most challenging and highly beneficial exercises for increasing size and strength in the legs. It also has a high transfer in many sports and activities of daily life. HOW TO DO A PERFECT FRONT SQUAT? Below you can see a guide which explains how to perform a front...

Hi, What puts least pressure on elbow joints: close grip or diamond push ups please? Thank you in advance! Best, Stephanie

Hi everyone, new to the forum, but have been reading for some time and really enjoy the advice and community! I've been lifting on and off for many years. I'm 34 now, started going to the gym in highschool, took a bunch of time off in my 20s to focus on school and eventually working 80 hour...

so the program I'm following doesn't include direct trap work, I want to build them but is it necessary to include them or are they already hit fairly hard on other lifts?

Hello everyone, I mainly lift for hypertrophy and recreational purposes. Due to life circumstances, I typically just do full body workouts 3-4 times a week and focus on compound movements with a bit of rear delts, abs, and arm work thrown at the end (think Fierce 5 but with minor changes to rep...

Anyone use these? I've read that reverse grip increases the activation of the upper-pec and incline obviously does that too. I was wondering if it may force you to use less weight, which could mean less of a hypertrophic stimulus.. Hoping to hear from people who've tried it and stuck with it.

So I'm class 3 Obese at 146-147 kg and have a decent sized belly. When I try walk too fast my lower back bends in toward my belly making my stomach stick out even more. It even hurts lying on my stomach which strains my back as well. Any exercises that will help strengthen this area. Why don't...