The reverse butterfly exercise is also called the reverse pec deck and is performed on a guided weight machine. How do you perform the exercise? To begin, your seat should be adjusted so that your shoulders are at the same height as the wrists of the weight machine. Sit on the backrest and stick your chest...
The rowing hammer is an exercise to develop the back muscles. Hammer Strength is simply the brand name of the machine. Unfortunately, not all gyms have this machine. If you are lucky enough to have one, you can develop the thickness of your back muscles. If not, then you can...
This exercise, also called unilateral leg curl, is done on a machine. All standing leg curl machines are different. Some will have a support and others will not. We will therefore start with the execution of the movement in relation to the machine that we see in the video. What muscles are involved in the exercise? The...
The triceps dips are an excellent basic exercise that should be part of any training program. The advantage of the dips is that it allows you to work heavy while weighting down without the risk of injury if the exercise is well mastered. They mainly target the triceps and the lower pectoral muscles but also the front of the shoulders. They make it possible to...
The Roman Chair Knee Lift is an exercise for building abdominal muscles and firming the waist. The Roman chair is a device found in most gyms. And there are some with a pull-up bar that you can buy to do strength training at home....
This bodybuilding exercise aims to build up the thighs and more precisely the quadriceps. The elongated leg curl or recumbent leg curl is an isolation exercise to build muscle and tone the back of the thighs, it mainly targets the ischios. It has its place in your thighs training program because apart from the...
The leg extension is a strength training exercise for the thighs that particularly involves the quadriceps. This isolation exercise can be used as a warm-up at the beginning of a session, but also as a finishing exercise at the end. It can be particularly interesting for people who suffer from herniated discs and who cannot do any exercise.
The shoulder sit-up is a good exercise for the shoulders to be able to work heavy without the risk of injury. It mainly solicits the front and middle fascicles of the deltoids as well as the triceps and secondarily the biceps, serrated and trapezius. How to perform the exercise? The exercise is performed in a sitting position on the floor...
Standing calves on the calf machine allow you to build up and develop the calves, mainly the upper part (the twins), because of the stretched leg position. As they are made up of both slow and fast fibres, it is interesting to work them in both long and short series. It is ideal to begin...
The seated bench press on the seated pectoral machine is an interesting guided exercise. Why ? because it allows to work heavier without risk and in full safety. It is a good alternative to the bench press with the bar or the dumbbells less traumatizing for the articulations. The limits with this kind of machine like all the guided machines...
Which muscles are involved in the leg press? The leg press is an excellent muscle-building exercise that mainly involves the thigh muscles and the buttocks. It is a good alternative to the squat for those who have certain pathologies or morphologies. Making the execution of the squat dangerous....
