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Close Grip Bench Press: How to Do It and Muscles Worked
How to close grip bench press with the right grip width. The muscles it works, what the research really says about triceps activation, common mistakes and variations.
Workout & Exercise Guides
How-to exercise guides covering technique, the muscles worked, common mistakes, and the home gym kit that makes each move easier.
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Dumbbell Pullover: Muscles Worked, How to Do It and Benefits
How to do a dumbbell pullover with good form. The muscles it actually works (chest or lats), the benefits, common mistakes and the best variations, plus sets and reps.
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Good Morning Exercise: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do the good morning exercise safely with a barbell. The muscles it works, the real benefits, the mistakes that wreck your back, plus variations and sets and reps.
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Hanging Leg Raise: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a hanging leg raise properly, including the pelvic tilt most people miss. Muscles worked, benefits, common mistakes, easier progressions and harder variations.
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Leg Curl: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Home Alternatives
How to do the leg curl properly, the muscles it works, seated versus lying versions, the mistakes that kill it, and the best leg curl alternatives you can do at home.
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Single Leg Deadlift: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do the single leg deadlift with a dumbbell or kettlebell. Muscles worked, why it beats the two-legged version for glutes and balance, and the mistakes to fix.
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Cable Fly: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Variations
How to do a cable fly for a bigger chest. The muscles worked, high, mid and low variations, common mistakes to fix, and how to program the cable crossover.
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Sumo Deadlift: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Sumo vs Conventional
How to do a sumo deadlift with a wide stance. The muscles worked, how it compares with the conventional deadlift, common mistakes to fix and a simple set-up guide.
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Wall Sit: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a wall sit with perfect form. The muscles worked, the surprising blood pressure benefits, how long to hold, common mistakes and harder variations.
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Pendlay Row: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a Pendlay row with a barbell for a stronger, thicker back. Muscles worked, the benefits, common mistakes and how it differs from a bent over row.
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Pistol Squat: How to Do It, Progressions and Muscles Worked
How to do a pistol squat, the single-leg squat that builds serious leg strength and balance. Muscles worked, step-by-step progressions and common mistakes.
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Push Ups: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Variations
How to do a push up with proper form. The muscles worked, the benefits, common mistakes to fix and easier and harder variations, plus a simple reps plan.
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Burpees: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a burpee with correct form. The muscles they work, the cardio and fat-loss benefits, common mistakes, easier and harder variations, and how many to do.
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Russian Twist: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Mistakes to Avoid
How to do a Russian twist with correct form. The muscles it works, the benefits, common mistakes, how to make it easier or harder, and a simple sets and reps plan.
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Sumo Squat: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a sumo squat with correct form. The muscles it works, including the inner thighs and glutes, the benefits, common mistakes and easy variations to progress.
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Leg Extension: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do the leg extension with perfect form. The muscles it works, the benefits, common mistakes to fix, home alternatives without a machine, and a simple sets and reps plan.
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Shrugs: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do shrugs with dumbbells or a barbell for bigger traps. The muscles worked, the benefits, common mistakes, variations and a simple sets and reps plan.
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Upright Row: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do the upright row with a barbell, dumbbells or cable, the muscles it works, whether it is safe for your shoulders, common mistakes and the best alternatives.
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The 9 Best Glute Exercises to Build Your Backside
The best glute exercises for strength and shape, from hip thrusts to Bulgarian split squats. How to do each one, why it works and a simple weekly plan for bigger glutes.
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Hack Squat: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do the hack squat on the machine and with a barbell. Muscles worked, the benefits for quads, common mistakes to fix, foot placement and a simple sets and reps plan.
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Overhead Tricep Extension: How to Do It and Muscles Worked
How to do the overhead tricep extension with a dumbbell, cable or rope. Muscles worked, why the overhead position grows the triceps, common mistakes and a simple sets and reps plan.
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Resistance Band Exercises: A Full-Body Workout Guide
The best resistance band exercises for a full-body workout at home. Moves for legs, back, chest, shoulders and arms, how to do each one and a simple weekly plan.
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Back Squat: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a barbell back squat with correct form. The muscles worked, high bar versus low bar, how deep to go, common mistakes to fix and a simple sets and reps plan.
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Dips: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Variations
How to do dips with good form. The muscles worked, chest versus triceps focus, common mistakes to fix, easy progressions and harder variations, plus a simple plan.
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Plank: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and How Long to Hold
How to do a plank with correct form. The muscles worked, how long to hold, common mistakes to fix, and easy to hard variations, plus a simple weekly plan.
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Arnold Press: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do the Arnold press with dumbbells, the muscles it works, why the rotation matters, common mistakes to fix and useful variations, plus a simple sets and reps plan.
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Dumbbell Shoulder Press: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do the dumbbell shoulder press seated or standing. The muscles worked, the benefits over a barbell, common mistakes to fix, useful variations and a sets and reps plan.
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Skull Crushers: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do skull crushers with a dumbbell, EZ bar or barbell. The muscles worked, why they build the triceps, common mistakes to fix, safer variations and a sets and reps plan.
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Chin Ups: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do chin ups with good form, the muscles they work, and how they differ from pull ups. Benefits, common mistakes, easier progressions and a simple plan to get your first rep.
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Leg Press: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Foot Placement
How to do the leg press with the right foot placement and depth. Muscles worked, the benefits, common mistakes to fix, sensible sets and reps, and how it compares to the squat.
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Bench Press: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Common Mistakes
How to bench press with correct form. The muscles worked, the main benefits, common mistakes to fix, plus incline, decline, close grip and dumbbell variations.
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Bicep Curl: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and the Best Variations
How to do a bicep curl with dumbbells, a barbell or a cable. The muscles worked, the benefits, common form mistakes to fix, plus the best curl variations.
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Glute Bridge: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do the glute bridge with perfect form. The muscles it works, the benefits, common mistakes to fix and progressions from bodyweight to weighted, plus a simple sets and reps plan.
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Lat Pulldown: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Grip Variations
How to do the lat pulldown with perfect form. The muscles it works, the best grip for your lats, common mistakes to fix and easy variations, plus a simple sets and reps plan.
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Seated Cable Row: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Form Tips
How to do the seated cable row with good form. The muscles it works, the best grip and handle, common mistakes to fix and easy variations, plus a simple sets and reps plan.
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Calf Raises: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do calf raises with bodyweight or dumbbells. The muscles worked, the benefits, standing versus seated, common mistakes and variations, plus a simple sets and reps plan.
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Lunges: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Variations
How to do lunges with bodyweight or dumbbells. The muscles worked, the benefits, common mistakes to fix and the best variations, plus a simple sets and reps plan.
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Overhead Press: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do the overhead press with a barbell or dumbbells. The muscles worked, the benefits, common mistakes to fix and easy variations, plus a simple sets and reps plan.
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Best Hamstring Exercises: 7 Moves for Stronger, Healthier Hamstrings
The best hamstring exercises you can do at home or in the gym, with dumbbells, kettlebells or bodyweight. How to do each, the muscles worked and how to program them.
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Best Rear Delt Exercises: 7 Moves for Bigger, Healthier Shoulders
The best rear delt exercises for stronger, more balanced shoulders and better posture. How to do each with dumbbells, cables or bands, plus form cues and a plan.
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Forearm Exercises: 8 Best Moves for Size and Grip Strength
The best forearm exercises you can do with dumbbells at home. Build bigger forearms and a stronger grip with wrist curls, hammer curls, farmer's carries and more, plus a simple plan.
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Tricep Pushdown: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Form Tips
How to do a tricep pushdown with a cable or resistance band. Muscles worked, rope versus bar, the common mistakes that kill your gains and a simple sets and reps plan.
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How to Deadlift: Proper Form, Muscles Worked and Common Mistakes
How to deadlift with proper form, step by step. The muscles the deadlift works, grip and setup tips, common mistakes to fix, and how it differs from the Romanian deadlift.
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Dumbbell Chest Workout: Build Your Chest With Just Dumbbells
A complete dumbbell chest workout you can do at home, with or without a bench. The best dumbbell chest exercises, how to do them, sets and reps and common mistakes.
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Bent Over Row: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Form
How to do a bent over row with a barbell or dumbbells. The muscles worked, the benefits, the common mistakes that wreck your form, plus Pendlay and dumbbell variations and a simple sets and reps plan.
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Best Dumbbell Exercises: A Full-Body Workout Guide
The best dumbbell exercises for a full-body workout, grouped by legs, push, pull and core, with quick technique cues plus a simple home dumbbell routine you can run with one pair of weights.
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Bulgarian Split Squat: How to Do It, Muscles and Benefits
How to do a Bulgarian split squat (rear-foot-elevated split squat) with dumbbells. Muscles worked, balance and knee cues, benefits, common mistakes, foot placement and variations.
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Face Pulls: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do face pulls with a cable or resistance band, the rear delt and upper-back muscles worked, the posture benefits, and the common mistakes to avoid.
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Farmers Carry: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a farmers carry (farmers walk) with dumbbells, kettlebells or a trap bar. Muscles worked, the benefits for grip and posture, common mistakes and how to program distance versus time.
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Front Squat: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to front squat with a clean front rack position, the muscles worked, the benefits over a back squat, common mistakes to fix and grip variations, plus a simple sets and reps plan.
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Goblet Squat: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a goblet squat with a dumbbell or kettlebell. Muscles worked, the benefits, common mistakes to fix and easy variations, plus a simple sets and reps plan.
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Hammer Curls: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Benefits
A plain-English guide to hammer curls: how to do dumbbell hammer curls with good form, the muscles worked, benefits over normal curls, common mistakes and variations.
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Hip Thrust: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a hip thrust with a bench and barbell, the muscles it works, the benefits for your glutes, and the common mistakes to fix. Plus single-leg and banded variations.
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Incline Dumbbell Press: How to Do It and Muscles Worked
How to do the incline dumbbell press with the right bench angle (30 to 45 degrees), the muscles it works, why dumbbells beat the barbell here, common mistakes and angle and grip variations.
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Kettlebell Swing: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a hardstyle kettlebell swing properly: the hip hinge, the muscles worked, real benefits, common mistakes to fix, and what weight to start with.
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Lateral Raises: How to Do Them, Muscles Worked and Form
How to do dumbbell lateral raises with good form. The side-delt muscles worked, the benefits, the common mistakes (swinging and shrugging), plus variations and rep ranges.
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Preacher Curl: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a preacher curl on the bench pad with an EZ bar or a dumbbell. The muscles worked, the benefits of strict form, common mistakes to fix and the best variations.
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Romanian Deadlift: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
How to do a Romanian deadlift (RDL) with a barbell or dumbbells. The hip hinge cues, muscles worked, benefits, common mistakes to fix and the best variations, plus a simple sets and reps plan.