If you’re alone in the or just an introverted chill guy and you fail on bench press — here’s how to make sure you can safely get the bar back up :) #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
Another one of the bicep’s function is supination. If you’re gonna use dumbbells, I generally recommend supinating as you curl since you won’t have the opportunity to do so on a lot of other curl variations with different equipment. #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
The bayesian cable curl has been getting a lot of popularity recently because it’s a lengthened focused bicep exercise that is NOT a preacher curl. However, the setup on this exercise truly matters — here’s how to make sure you’re actually making the exercise lengthened focused #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #TikTokTaughtMe
The overhead dumbbell tricep extension imo should be avoided if you have access to a cable imo. However, if you’re restricted to dumbbells, performing the movement unilaterally imo is slightly better due to the better rom you can achieve. #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
If your biceps are fatiguing on lat pulldowns before your lats, you’re likely pulling with more elbow flexion than shoulder extension / adduction. In other words, focus on getting your elbows down to the side of your body rather than simply getting the bar down #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
On those days where you’re not feeling 100% or you just hate legs. Choosing a more stable squat variation like smith machine squat can be a good option. From a hypertrophy perspective they’re quite similar — in fact, an argument can be made that the smith machine allows you to train closer to failure due to the lower stability requirement #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #TikTokTaughtMe
The biggest mistake on bicep curls that you might not even notice is curling the wrist on the concentric. Ideally, you want to keep the wrist neutral or even slightly go into extension as you curl. #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
The skullcrusher should be thought of something like an overhead tricep extension done while laying down. Meaning, instead of the bar actually hitting your forehead, I would bring my shoulders higher and aim to arc the bar around my head. #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
Here’s why you using safety pins on squats is prolly gonna lead to better gains. It gives you the piece of mind to actually push for that rep PR and hit failure KNOWING that you’re safe. Take the time to set those pins and stay safe! #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
This goes for pretty much any tricep exercise, you generally want to limit shoulder movement so that you can better focus on biasing the triceps and minimize the lats getting involved. Why are the lats more involved with shoulder movement on a tricep pushdown? Well if we think about the act of bringing our shoulder down, this closely resembles a lat pullover. In other words, shoulder extension = more lat involvement. #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
If you’re relying on static stretching alone when you warmup, you might actually be hindering your performance and thus your gains. Instead, the best warmup is simply scaling up in weight on whatever exercise you do. Be liberal with the amount of warmup sets you do, conservative with the amount of reps you do in a warmup #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
This has been the best setup for a single arm cable lateral raise I’ve done. Get into a wide stance, set the cables to hand height, use a cuff or place the d-handle on the back of your hand and voila — you can push way harder than before without having your form start to break down. #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
If you tend to feel it in your arms when you’re doing lat pulldown, here is some advice that will surely help you better bias the lats. #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #TikTokTaughtMe
For those that tend to cheat on hammer curls, a dumbbell cross body hammer curl is a more stable way to perform the hammer curl. But, it forces you to alternate each arm since the dumbbells would get in the way. Thus, a way to still be able to perform the movement bilaterally is on a set of dual cables. One thing, I recommend facing the cables in order to get a morr shortened resistance profile which matches where the target muscle has the best leverage. #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #TikTokTaughtMe
If you’re doing overhead tricep extension with the rope and you’re not really feeling it in your triceps, it could be that you’re allowing your shoulders to drop and raise bringing in the front delts. Instead, you want to keep the shoulders high so that the only movement is coming from the extension of your elbows #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #TikTokTaughtMe
One the key things to understand on bench press is using your lats to stabilize the shoulder joint. A very intuitive cue to engage this (that’s not bending the bar) is up, back, down #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
I know some of y’all will disagree with me, but by the end of this I hope you’ll be convinced to at least try the dumbbell skullcrusher — especially if you find the barbell skullcrusher uncomfortable. #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #TikTokTaughtMe
If you want to actually train your obliques to a more significant degree, when doing russian twists aim to turn your entire torso rather than just your hands in order to get a more meaningful range of motion in the transverse plane — otherwise you’re kinda just doing a less stable isometric hold with you abs. #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
Many people struggle to perform the leg raise correctly. With that said, a knee tuck is a more accessible variation that also naturally encourages the spinal flexion necessary to engage the abs #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding