This bent over row is great if you have lower back issues and uses the angles to mimic our normal range of motion during a row.
A harder variation of the standard double leg hip thrust, this one is a sure way to get the glutes working!
Face-pulls are a great exercise that not only helps build shoulder stability but also targets your rear delts. Lying supine on a bench and doing face-pulls also gives you far more stability than if you are standing. More stability means you can pull more weight and thus level-up those rear delts and finally get through your sticking points on the bench.
This exercise is a great way to isolate the lats while protecting your core and lower back.
This exercise is a great way to target your back muscles while protecting your lower back.
The incline dumbbell fly is one of the best exercises to strengthen the pectoralis major and the anterior deltoid. The horizontal adduction movement will result in activation of these muscle fibers and hypertrophy of the chest and shoulders.
This exercise is a great way to learn what it feels like to create hip extension – which means you are shortening your glutes and contracting them! The versatility of the exercise can’t be ignored and it can be done in a variety of places! The edge of a bed, couch, bench.. it’s a fantastic way to wake up your butt!
This is an evolution of the Bench Bridge exercise. The evolution being that you now will be conducting the bridge with only one leg on the ground which is definitely an increase in challenge!
A variation on your standard squat the bench squat is useful in determining the depth required for a full squat or for enhancing glute activation by ensuring users are squatting backwards in the movement.
One of the best exercises to target your triceps for two reasons. 1. Neutral grip (where palms face towards each other) in the lying down position allows you to effectively recruit the triceps, particularly the long head. 2. In the decline position the arms are overhead, which allows full contraction in the triceps as it is the only muscle head that attaches above the shoulder joint.
The Bulgarian split squat is a version of a single-leg squat where the back leg is elevated on a bench or a sturdy chair. As a single-leg, unilateral squat, the exercise places a greater focus on the quadriceps than other, similar lower-body compound movements.