Both compound- and single-joint exercises have their merits. When designing a fitness program, the key is to know when and how to use them.
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Category: Exercise Programming
How to do V-Bar Tricep Pushdowns
Emphasis The primary muscles stressed in this movement are the muscles in the back of your upper arm (tricep – short head). The secondary muscles…
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Emphasis The primary muscles stressed in this movement are the muscles in the back of your upper arm (tricep – long head). The secondary muscles…
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Emphasis The primary muscles stressed in this movement are the muscles in the back of your upper arm (tricep – short head). The secondary muscles…
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Emphasis The primary muscles stressed in this movement are the muscles in the back of your upper arm (tricep – long and medial head). The…
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Emphasis The primary muscles stressed in this movement are the muscles in the back of your upper arm (triceps – long and medial head). The…
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Assessments that Renew Fitness Goals
How do you keep your clients motivated? With your enthusiasm? With proof? Keeping notes is one way to show the client what’s changed in their…
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How to do Dyna Disc Crunches
Emphasis The primary muscles used Rectus Abdominis, external obliques, internal obliques and transverse abdominis. The secondary muscles are the erector spinae. Starting Position Place dyna…
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Forward Thinkers Train Backwards
As a personal trainer, the skill of aiming a bow and arrow toward a target has never been on my radar…not even in the same…
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How To Do Pull Ups: A Basic Demo for the Most Fundamental Bodyweight Strength
How to do Pull Ups A pull up is a compound pull exercise that works a large number of muscles in your back, shoulders, and…
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As a personal trainer, the skill of aiming a bow and arrow toward a target has never been on my radar… not even in the…
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Combating Stress Adaptation With Variety
Do you or someone you know have a “routine” when you go to the gym? Remember when you first worked out with these killer moves…
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