Forum: Exercises

I get some wrist and elbow pain during presses... even on machines, when I do low reps & high weight. Yes, I keep my elbows under my wrists. Difficult for me to keep my wrists fixed. I was thinking of buying some wrist wraps and use them for a while. From what I've read, they can help with...

I used to do the slack pull with just my upper torso, until I re-watched one of PR's Performance's videos on YT and realized you need to use your legs too. So, after I brace, I use my full body to pull slack, without raising the plates on the very end of the bar from the ground. Then I pause like a...

.. and what is the accessory? thanks

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...

Hi guys! I’m new here, I didn’t really know where to turn for help. I hurt my back last summer doing construction, and fast foward a year I found out today I have had a fractured sacrum this whole time. My parents are freaking out and they won’t let me go to the gym for the next couple...

Has anyone had this? When I'm doing pull ups, dumbell rows or anything similar my elbow has recently started making a soft clicking/grinding sound. I'm hoping that it's some sort of soft tissue injury or instability that's just causing misalignment perhaps, rather than some real damage to the...

I'm a pretty big gym noobie who maxes out at 40 for the bench. Tend to use dumbells more often because no spotter. But no matter how little or high my weight or reps, I can't feel the squeeze in my pecs (front of chest). I hold eccentric/concentric, keep elbows at 75 degrees, and pull shoulder...

On a whim I attempted this exercise last chest day. Basically, you hold a dumbbell between two hands, only one, and align it so the heads are parallel with your body, not perpendicularly like normal DB presses. From a lying position, you press the dumbbell up and down like a normal press...

Tuesday curiosity: Do you prefer to pause or not between the concentric and the eccentric? If so, on what exercises?

I’m doing full bodies and will workout from home once my power rack arrives. I will do 2 chest exercises and have the option of only 3: Incline Flat bench dips I don’t progress well once a week so doing all 3 is not an option. What would be more beneficial:

I use a Texas Deadlift Bar and a hook grip for sumo deadlifts. I put two fingers on the smooth and the rest on the knurl. My right thumb tip touches the knurl, which is very aggressive, and creates a cut: This does not happen at all to my left thumb. The cutting has happened the last three...

I saw Jeff. C doing reverse flys with a L shape on arms instead of arms parallel to floor. What should be the correct method? sorry can't link the video as I have less than 50 posts 😔

Due to lower back injury I'm not able to do bb squats so today for the first time I did hack squats and felt amazing quad activation, I know squats are king of lower body along with dl which I do(sumo style)but I can't do them,so is it worth it making it primary quad exercise or is it waste of time?

Hello everyone I usually do in my workout 3 sets of 8/12 reps. The reps I do are not always the same set to set because what I do is trying to stay at 1 or 2 reps of failure each time, but doing 8 reps at least and 12 max. Sometimes the last rep is failure when I dunnot calculate well. The...

Wondering what are some good assistance exercises for the standing overhead press? I train at home and don't have access to machines, but have a barbell and spin-lock dumbbells, squart rack and flat bench. I've been lifting consistently with good diet for almost 3.5 years. I'm pretty weak across...

Hi, am skinny, (180cm,70kg) i have question.. i work on lats, pull ups 3x in week (5 sets, 12 reps, good technique) am strong for pull ups.. but my target is get wide back !! but without posing !... I have nice lats and wide back BUT ONLY IF I DO LATS POSE !!. if i not posing i have narrow...

I love seated leg curls, although the occasional Hamstring cramp I get is easily the worst pain I've ever felt (yes most definitely vaaaaastly more painful than a kidney stone). Thankfully the cramps only threaten me if I've skipped hamstrings for a while. Anyhow, for hypertrophy, what rep...

I hope this is the right spot for this. I'm an aspiring actor and I guess I'm looking for ANY advice on shoulders and neck exercises. I've watched YouTube videos for neck exercises BUT I'm wondering if they are the right way to go. To give you a history of my weight loss journeys, I've added...

My current gym instructor has given me a new exercise routine that consists in doing, for example, 8 reps with a heavier weight, then quickly switching to 12 reps with a lower weight, and then quickly switching to 15 reps with even lower weight (you get the idea). After that I quickly go to another...

We're told we shouldn't lift more than 45-60 mins per day, anything more than that is a waste of time. If that's the case why did pros like Schwarzenegger and even movie stars like Stallone or even Hugh Jackman train 2-3 hrs per day and throw in martial arts etc on top??

Hello! Due to the pandemic, I've built a minimalist gym at home. Since I don't have space for a bench and related equipment, I had to switch from dumbbell bench press to dumbbell press from the floor. Over the time, I've reached a certain amount of (dumbbell) weight, which is my personal...

Hello, I have 0 knowledge on anything fitness and staying healthy related. I cannot afford to have a personal trainer so I am looking to forums to see if anyone would give me honest and helpful advise and understand my situation/limitations. I will tell you a bit about myself, my goal, and what...