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Lying high cable curl exercise

Lying high cable curl

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Target your brachialis with the lying high cable curl, an isolation and pulling exercise. Your biceps brachii and brachioradialis act as synergists.

Trap bar farmer's walk exercise

Trap bar farmer’s walk

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The trap bar farmer's walk is a great whole-body exercise for improving functional fitness, enhancing unilateral leg strength, and boosting overall strength.

Trap bar deadlift exercise

Trap bar deadlift

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The trap bar deadlift is great for building glutes, legs, back and forearms; strengthening the core; improving functional fitness; and developing strength.

Assisted inverse leg curl with lat pull-down machine exercise

Assisted inverse leg curl on lat pull-down machine

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Activating your knee flexors, especially your hamstrings, the assisted inverse leg curl with lat pull-down machine can be dangerous.

Cable reverse wrist curl exercise

Cable reverse wrist curl

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Use the cable reverse wrist curl to overload your wrist extensors and build your forearms. However, for wrist safety, avoid going very heavy.

Close-grip EZ bar curl exercise

Close-grip EZ bar curl

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The close-grip EZ bar curl, an isolated pulling exercise, targets the short head of your biceps brachii, helping to build the peak of the muscle.

Lying dumbbell supination exercise

Lying dumbbell supination

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The lying dumbbell supination, an isolated pulling exercise, activates the supinator, a deep forearm muscle, and the biceps brachii.

Dumbbell preacher curl exercise

Dumbbell preacher curl

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Use the dumbbell preacher curl to overload your brachialis, brachioradialis and biceps brachii (i.e. your elbow flexors).

Frog crunch exercise

Frog crunch

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The frog crunch helps to isolate the rectus abdominis and obliques by reducing the contribution of the hip flexors.

Smith machine shrug exercise

Smith machine shrug

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Overload your upper and middle trapezius using the Smith machine shrug, an isolated pulling exercise.

Hanging leg raise exercise

Hanging leg raise

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The hanging leg raise, an isolated pulling exercise, targets the hip flexors while isometrically working the rectus abdominis and obliques.

Dumbbell wide-grip upright row exercise

Dumbbell wide-grip upright row

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Learn how to perform the dumbbell wide-grip upright row effectively and safely, without increased risk of shoulder impingement.