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Incline Bench
Press
Equipment Needed: Bar, Weights,
and an Incline Bench
How To: Do these just like when
you are flat benching only lower the weight over your collar bone and
go down to about your chin.
Dumbbell Flys
Equipment Needed: dumbbells and a
flat bench
How To: Set the dumbbells next to
the bench. Lay on the bench and grab the dumbbells. Hold the dumbbells
so that your forearm and upper arm make right angles. Push the weight
up until your arms are about parallel to the wall then lower the
weight back to the right angle position. Try to really focus and
stretch the chest.
Pullovers
Equipment Needed: dumbbell and a flat bench
How To: Set the weight on the ground on either side of the bench. Lay
your upper back on the bench and grab the weight. Your grip should
look like a triangle with one hand over lapping the other. Raise the
weight until it is almost above your head then lower it. Focus on the
chest. Fell your rib cage expand.
Biceps
Curls
Equipment Needed: Bar and Weights
How To: Put the weights on the bar. Grab the bar with a
shoulders width
grip and lift it until you have almost gone as far up as you can then
lower it but stop before your arms are completely straight and raise
it again. Do not swing the weight up. Keep your elbows in.
Preacher Curls
Equipment Needed: Bar, Weights, and a
Preacher Curl Bench
How To: First make sure the bench is at the correct
height. Then lean
your chest up against the bench and grab hold of the weight. Curl the
weight up and down through your full range of motion. And when you hit
the top of the movement flex your biceps. Do not Lean Back. Slowly
lower the weight down. If you do not have a preacher curl bench you
can use a sturdy chair and a pillow for padding.
Seated Dumbbell Curls
Equipment Needed: Dumbbells
How To: Sit on the end of a bench. Pick up the
dumbbells keeping your
palms in then curl the weight up twisting your palms so that at the
peak of the movement they are pointing to your shoulders. Lower the
weight the same way only in reverse twisting the weight so that at the
bottom they are facing your body.
Hammer Curls
Equipment Needed: Dumbbells
How To: Do these the same way as regular
dumbbell curls only keep your
palms facing your body through the whole movement. This will help work
the upper forearms.
Concentration Curls
Equipment Needed: Dumbbells
How To: Sit down on the bench kicking the leg opposite the arm you are
going to work out and leaning over slightly. With the opposite hand of
the arm you are going to work hold on to the bench or the leg that is
kicked out to help stabilize yourself. Pick up the weight and rest your
arm upper arm -just above your elbow- against the leg that is not
kicked out to make sure you don't cheat. Then curl the weight up to
your delt and lower it slowly. If you start to fail you can do forced
reps by using your free hand to help boost the weight up.
Reverse Curls
Equipment Needed: Bar and as usual weights
How To: While standing take hold of the bar with and overhand grip and
curl it in the same fashion as standing barbell curls. This exercise
will work your forearms as well as biceps.
Triceps
Cable Press Downs
Equipment Needed: Cable Pulley Machine
How To: Grip the handle with an over hand grip and about 10 inches in
between your hands. Push the bar down all the way then raise it as far
as you can with out moving your elbows. An arm blaster works good to
keep the movement strict. Don't lean forward.
Standing/Seated
Tricep Presses
Equipment Needed: Bar and let me think,
Weights!
How To: When the bar is in front of you grip it with an overhand grip
hands about 8 inches apart. Raise the bar above your head then lower
it down behind your head as far as you can then back up.
Lying Tricep Extensions
Equipment Needed: Bench, Bar and yes
Weights
How To: Do these the same way as standing tricep extensions only
laying on the bench and when you lower the weight only go back as far
as the top of your head then press the weight back above your chest.
Don't move your elbows. Lean your head over the bench so you can
completely stretch the triceps. If you can't do any more extensions
start doing close grip bench presses instead.
Close Grip Bench Press
Equipment Needed: Bench, Bar and Weights
How To: Everything is basically the same as normal bench only your grip
is about 8-10 inches wide. Focus on the triceps!
One Arm Tricep Extensions
Equipment Needed: Dumbbells
How To: Take a dumbbell in one hand and raise it above your head. Lower
the dumbbell behind your head keeping your elbow stationary. Then
press the weight back up. Watch your form!
Dips
Equipment Needed: Dip Bars
How To: This can be done to work the chest if you lean forward but the
more you lean back the more you work the triceps. Grab the bars and
lift yourself up then lower yourself just before your arms lock. You
can increase the amount of weight by wearing weights around your waist
or decrease it by using the little contraption some bars have that
will help push you back up.
Forearms
Wrist Curls
Equipment Needed: Bar, Bench and Weights
How To: Sit on a bench and pick up the weight with an underhand grip.
Rest your forearms on the bench. Hang your hands over the end of the
bench and roll the weight up and down you hands.
Behind the Back Wrist Curls
Equipment Needed: Bar and Weights
How To: Set the bar on the rack and then back up to it and pick it up
behind your back. Move your wrist up and down rolling the bar across
your hands.
Shoulders
Military Press
Equipment Needed: Barbell, Weights, and
Bench
How To: Take hold of the weight with an overhand grip. Holding the bar
level with your collar bone push the weight up above your head. Keep
your back straight. Lower the weight back to the collar bone and
repeat.
Standing Lateral Raises
Equipment Needed: Dumbbells and Bench
How to: Take a dumbbell in each hand and while leaning over slightly
hold the two dumbbells together in front of you. Lift the weights up on
both sides until you are about level with your shoulders. Do not swing
the weight up.
Back
Deadlifts:
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Equipment Needed: Bar and Weights
How To: Put the weight on the bar and stand in front of it. Bend over
and grab the bar with a grip slightly wider that a shoulders width, and
one hand palm facing out and the other palm facing in. Now start
pushing with heels and raise your back. Keep your back flat and head
up. These are kind of a hard movement to learn. If you don't do these
right odds are you will hurt yourself. Ask someone else in the gym for
help on form if you don't know what you are doing.
Chin Ups
Equipment Needed: Chin Up Bar
How To: Grasp the bar with an overhand grip-if you use an under hand
grip you will put a lot of the weight on the biceps. Lift up your knees
so that you are not touching the ground then when you lower yourself.
Now pull yourself up until your chin is level with the bar then slowly
lower yourself. Once you are able to do more than around 12 reps you
should start to weight yourself down.
Bent Over Barbell Rows
Equipment Needed: Barbell and Weights
How To: Grab onto the barbell with
a grip slightly wider than a shoulders width and let it hang below
your chest. Raise the bar up to your stomach then lower it. Keep your
back straight and head up!
One Arm Dumbbell Rows
Equipment Needed: Dumbbell and a Bench
How To: Pick up the dumbbell. Lean forward and grab onto something like
a bench. With the arm with the dumbbell hanging down raise the weight
up to your body so it is next you your outer chest then lower the
weight. Concentrate on using your back.
Shrugs
Equipment Needed: Barbell and weights
How To: Grab the barbell with an overhand grip and let it hang in
front of you. Shrug your shoulders up and then lower them slowly.
Hyperextensions
Equipment Needed: Hyperextension
Bench
How To: Lay face down on the bench with your feet hooked under the
braces. Put your hand behind your head and lower yourself down then
raise yourself back up so your body makes a straight line.
Legs
Squats:
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Equipment Needed: Squat Rack and Bar with
Weights
How To: With the weight on the rack step under the bar. Rest the bar
on your shoulders and hold on to it to keep it balanced. Step away
from the rack and then lower the weight by keeping your back straight
and squatting down until your upper legs are parallel to the floor or a
little lower. Then lift the weight up until just before you knees
lock. After you have completed all reps set the weight back on the
rack. Keep your head up and stick your chest out. You can work the
outside of your legs by pointing your toes out. If you have long legs
and have trouble keeping good form you can stick a board underneath
your heals to help you. I recommend using a weight belt to take some of
the stress of your lower back. I will also remind you to keep good
form.
Stiff Legged Deadlifts
Equipment Needed: Bar and Weights
How To: Stiff legged deadlifts are quite similar to regular deadlifts,
only you keep your legs straighter. Only have a slight bend in the
knees.
Leg Extensions
Equipment Needed: Leg Extension Machine
How To: Put the amount of weight you want on the machine. Then sit so
your knees are at the end of the seat and your feet behind the leg
brace. Now push the weight up by extending your legs out. Do not lock
your knees. Keep the movement nice and smooth.
Leg Curls
Equipment Needed: Leg Curl Machine
How To: Lay down on the bench with your heels behind the padded bar.
Pull the weight up to your butt concentrating on working the
hamstring. Sometimes depending on the machine you will be standing, but
that will be about the same, you get the idea.
Standing Calf Raises
Equipment Needed: Calf Raise Machine
How To: Sit on the seat with your knees under the padded bar. Push the
bar up by raising your heel so that you are on the balls of your feet.
Lower and raise the weight slowly. You can also do these standing with
a machine or just grab a bar with some weight and do the same movement
only standing.
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