What Are Adductor & Abductor Machines? Benefits, Efficacy And How To Use Them

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Do The Abductor And Adductor Machines Really Work? An Unbiased Review There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to this, but whether or not adductor and abductor machines are appropriate for you is determined by your objectives. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to spot reduce them with this equipment if your major complaint is that your thighs have too … Read more

How To Do Cossack Squat

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How To Do, Muscles Worked, Benefits, Variations, And Mistakes To Avoid Hip-specific exercises and stretches will be your best friend if you wish to fight the ill effects of sitting all day. The Cossack squat is a single-leg squat variation that tests not only your strength but also your hip, knee, and ankle mobility and … Read more

How To Do The Pendlay Row, Benefits And Muscles Worked

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If you’ve never heard of the Pendlay Row, which is quite similar to the barbell row, you should continue reading. Invented by USA Weightlifting Coach Glenn Pendlay, after whom the Pendlay row is named, wasn’t looking to create his own exercise when he recommended doing barbell rows with a flat back, returning the bar to the … Read more

How To Do T-Bar Row

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Muscles Worked, Proper Form, Benefits And Common Mistakes While doing T bar Row There’s a very common saying in the Bodybuilding community; if you want your back to grow, you gotta row! While a lot of exercisers do endless sets of pulldowns and pull-ups to build bigger lats, if you want a thick, densely muscled … Read more

How To Do Cable Lateral Raise

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Proper Form, Variations and Modifications The cable lateral raise works the middle head of the deltoid muscle, which is the rounded muscle at the top of each shoulder. According to studies, this activity targets the infraspinatus and subscapularis muscles in your rotator cuff, allowing you to do many shoulder motions, such as internal and external … Read more

How To Do Stiff Leg Deadlift – Proper Form And Variations

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Stiff Leg Deadlift Overview Everyone who lifts weights regularly should focus on three types of deadlift. The standard deadlift, of course, is an exercise that should be included on everyone’s gym routine. The Romanian deadlift and stiff-leg deadlift are the other two deadlift exercises to consider. These two exercises appear similar, and both put more … Read more

How To Do Triceps Pushdown

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Benefits, Proper Form, Common Mistakes, and Variations The triceps pushdown is a great exercise for targeting the triceps muscles. It goes by many names: the tricep pulldown, tricep rope pushdown, the cable tricep pushdown, and others. No matter what you call it, the triceps pushdown is one of the best exercises for triceps development for … Read more