The side push-up is an awkward exercise, with a short range of motion. Performing it properly takes practice.
Tag: lower pectoralis major
Use the incline push-up to activate and strengthen the horizontal pushing muscles of your upper body until you can graduate to the standard push-up.
Provided you use the safety pins, the Smith machine JM press offers a safe way to perform the JM press movement pattern, great for triceps activation.
The Smith machine Yates row can help you to develop a great back and upper-body strength while avoiding cheating by swaying up and down.
Work the upper chest (clavicular pectoralis major), anterior shoulders and triceps using the decline push-up, a compound upper-body exercise.
Compared with the seated cable row, the standing cable row stimulates the recruitment of many more stabilizer muscles in your legs and core.
The barbell JM press is a cross between the barbell skull crusher and the barbell bench press. It was invented by powerlifter JohnMark 'JM' Blakely.
If you don't have access to a leg curl machine, try the inverse leg curl on lat pull-down machine, an isolated pull exercise that targets your hamstrings.
The superman push-up is an advanced bodyweight exercise that’s great for strengthening your core. Do not use it if you can't keep your core tight.
The rope lat pull-down is great for strengthening and building your back and arms, as well as for developing upper-body strength.
Unilateral exercises such as the one-arm hammer-grip dumbbell bench press are important for developing unilateral strength, balance and coordination.
The inverse leg curl (aka bodyweight or Nordic hamstring curl) is useful for working your hamstrings in the absence of a leg-curling machine.
![Exercise name: Smith machine squat
Exercise type: Compound push
Target muscles:Â Quadriceps (Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Medialis, Vastus Intermedius [deep], Rectus Femoris)
Synergists:Â Gluteus Maximus, Adductor Magnus, Soleus
Dynamic stabilizers:Â Hamstrings, Gastrocnemius
Important stabilizers (not highlighted):Â Erector Spinae, Rectus Abdominis, Obliques
Detailed instructions and videos on my website, weighttraining.guide.
NOTES
The Smith machine squat will allow you to safely squat a heavy weight in the absence of a spotter. Just make sure that you use the safety pins.
Although great for allowing you to safely squat heavy weights, this exercise is not as beneficial as is the barbell squat because the latter recruits more stabilizer muscles and helps to improve your balance and coordination.
Keep your feet flat and your torso upright.
Keep your feet and knees pointing in the same direction.
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![Exercise name: Trap bar farmer's walk
Exercise type: Compound pull
Target muscles:Â None; see synergists and important stabilizers
Synergists:Â Gluteus Maximus, Hamstrings, Quadriceps (Rectus Femoris, Vastus Medialis, Vastus Lateralis, Vastus Intermedius [deep]), Adductor Magnus, Soleus, Gastrocnemius
Important stabilizers:Â Wrist Flexors, Trapezius, Levator Scapulae, Rhomboids, Erector Spinae, Rectus Abdominis, Obliques
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NOTES
This is a fantastic exercise for strengthening your grip; building your forearms; developing the strength and stability of your core; overloading your back, glutes, forearms, and legs; improving your functional fitness; enhancing the unilateral strength and fitness of your legs; and boosting your overall strength.
Walk slowly, in a straight direction. Do not turn while holding the trap bar as you may damage your knees.
Breathe normally as you walk.
If you want a deeper lift, turn the bar upside down and use the lower handles.
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