Tag: exercise
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Exercise of the week: Reverse Lunge Step-up
The reverse lunge step-up is a functional, unilateral, multi-joint movement that has a high carry-over to many activities of daily living and sport. This combination enables bigger range of motion at the hip and the balance required in the high step-up calls more muscles into play, producing fuller, shapelier development. Go high, go deep and…
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Steady Cardio vs HIIT for Burning Fat
By Adrianna McDonald It is common to think that to achieve low levels of body fat one must do more cardio. Using treadmills, elliptical machines, steppers or bikes, you put in hours of training. This is what most competitors do and what most of the coaches preach to their clients. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been there and did just that…
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Exercise of the week: Wide Leg Press
The leg press is a great exercise for strengthening and growing your leg muscles, despite it being considered as much easier than squats. A 45 degree leg press machine has a seat in which the body reclines at an angle and the leg press is in an upward diagonal direction using a sled mechanism. This version…
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Exercise of the week: Glute-Hamstring Rises
This is a quite unconventional exercise but surely does its job. It’s easier to be done on a 45 degree hyperextension bench as in video below. It’s a difficult exercise to master at first, however it has the benefit of targeting multiple muscles in the posterior chain which can help with power lifting, sprinting and overall posterior chain…
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Exercise of the week: Leg Extension with Feet Out
For complete development of your quads (the front your legs) you should use a variety of exercises targeting different parts. The Vastus Medialis (VMO) needs special focus as is the most important portion of the quadriceps group of muscles. This is the teardrop-like muscle on the inside of your thigh, beside your knee. In bodybuilding it…
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Exercise of the week: Prowler Push
The prowler push can be used for variety of purposes like adding a size and strength to both the upper and lower body and conditioning to name few. The concentric-only nature of prowler exercises provides less soreness, so can be performed more frequently. It works well at the end of a workout – one of…
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Exercise of the week: Arnold Dumbbell Press
The Arnold dumbbell press is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s all time favourite shoulder exercise invented by the man himself. It can work different parts of the deltoid in one exercise, great for the front and side heads of the delts. The extra stretch and range of motion you get through this exercise ensures that you recruit more…
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Exercise of the week: Dumbbell Pullover
The pullover is a great and almost forgotten exercise. There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about it – does it work the chest or the lats? This is because the pullover is a compound movement that targets both the chest and the back and is one of the only exercises that works opposing…
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Exercise of the week: Sled drag
Sled dragging is a great strength and conditioning exercise with many benefits. As there is less muscular tension and reduced joint loading, there is much less risk of injury and muscle damage & soreness. This also makes it a good lower-body rehabilitation exercise for those recovering from knee, ankle or hip injuries. Doing sled drags…
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Exercise of the week: Cable straight arm pulldown
This is standing variation of the pulldown, the angle is different so the weight needs to be lighter than standard lat pull. It’s a great exercise for lat isolation. The way Miranda does it allows you for bigger ROM (range of motion). It is one of the best ways to optimally shorten the…
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