VIDEO
Dumbbell Overhead Lunge
- Core
- Biceps
- Upper Back
- Shoulders
- Gluteus
- Quads
- Hamstrings
Level:Intermediate
Trainer:Nick Anderson
Equipment:Dumbbell
Dumbbell Overhead Lunge
- Core
- Biceps
- Upper Back
- Shoulders
- Gluteus
- Quads
- Hamstrings
Level:Intermediate
Trainer:Nick Anderson
Equipment:Dumbbell
Stand straight with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding the dumbbell in right hand over your head. Make a lunge forward with your right leg breathing in. Breath out and get back to the starting position. Then repeat the lunge with the left leg.
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A lot of people want to know how to build shoulders at home without dumbbells and other sports equipment at hand. Everything is very simple. Building the muscles of the shoulders, and especially the deltas are easily done with pull-ups and push-ups, which will help to get the shape of your dream.
Workouts for Building Shoulders
Push-upsFor the most part, this exercise will work with the pectoral muscles, but the shoulders will also be involved. A narrow position of the hands will involve the triceps and the middle delta in the work, and if you put your arms wider, then in addition to the middle part, you can also use the front delt muscles. In order to maximize the use of the muscles of the shoulders in the exercise, try to do push-ups a little higher, so that only the deltas work.
One-hand push-upsThis exercise is good for toning the shoulder girdle. It is important to take into account one point: the wider the legs are, the easier it is to perform the exercise, but the less the pressure on the muscles. So choose the best position for yourself.
Dumbbell ShrugsThis exercise is perfect for the shoulders muscles as well as the trapezius muscle. And your posture after doing this exercise regularly will be improved! Stand up keeping your body straight. Hands with dumbbells are lowered. Lift dumbbells, not with your hands, try to include only the shoulders muscles during it, lifting your shoulders as high as possible.
Sideways dumbbellsAlthough the exercise is basic, it is more suitable for athletes with a more advanced level. Doing dumbbells or swinging them is supposed to improve the work of the shoulders. So first of all, you need to stand up slightly leaning forward. In the initial position, the dumbbells are at the bottom. Let’s take a breath and spread them apart, trying to raise them as much as possible. When you get them at shoulder level, pause and gently lower your arms.
Barbell pressIt’s the most effective exercise for building up your shoulders. It is also called a standing barbell press. It is easy to do, firstly you need to put your feet shoulder-width apart, take the barbell with a straight grip and raise it to the chest. After that, you need to exhale and raise the barbell up. After that, you need to stay in this position for a second and slowly lower the barbell to the starting position, while inhaling deeply.
Wrapping Up
In order to quickly build perfect shoulders, you need a nice set of exercises, with which you will achieve maximum results. You can't just exhaust them with working hours in a gym. Follow the advice we gave you and you will get great results as soon as possible.
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The oblique muscles are several groups of abdominal muscles located on the sides of the core. The external oblique muscle lies on top and the internal oblique is underneath. Functional exercises for their training are inclinations, turns to the sides, and other rotating movements. However, in order to properly build lateral muscles, you need to remember that most oblique exercises involve the other abdominal muscles, in particular, the internal transverse muscles. That is why it is necessary to be able to consciously involve certain areas of abs.
Best Exercises for Obliques
1. Side crunchesThe basic exercise for the oblique muscles of the abdomen is the lateral twisting of the lying. Starting position: lying on your side, an arm bent at the elbow supports the head. Slowly stretch your elbow towards your legs, making a movement to deliberate contraction of the oblique abdominal muscles.
2. Side crunches on the backThis exercise is useful for developing the neuromuscular connection between the abdominal muscles and the brain. Lying on your back, slowly stretch your left elbow towards your right knee. Do 12-15 repetitions for each side, trying to achieve a particular burning sensation.
3. Side crunches on the fitballThe benefit of this exercise lies in the wide range of motion achieved by slowly and controlled bending of the body on the ball. While lifting, feel the twisting of the side press, while lowering, feel the stretch. Keep your hands behind your neck and do not spread them apart.
4. Cross contactsFirst, lie on your back with both legs extended upward. Your hands should be placed on the back of the head, slightly raise your head and shoulder blades. After that, do the twist, reaching the leg with a straight opposite hand. Repeat the same steps for the other side. Do at least twenty repetitions.
5. Hips liftingLie on one side and make sure that you are lying straight. Your legs should lie on top of each other and your free hand is fixed on the belt. Your task is to raise the body so that at the peak amplitude the body line is fully straightened. At the top point, a small pause is made to emphasize the work of the oblique muscles. When lowering the torso, the thighs only lightly touch the floor, the muscles do not relax completely.
Final Word
Developed oblique muscles frame your abs and make them look simply stunning, so if you really want to have a gorgeous abdomen, you have to work on both your abs and obliques.
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Many people believe that biceps is extremely difficult to train. Moreover, they say that this muscle simply does not grow and those people who do manage to develop biceps are simply genetically gifted. Talking about genetics, it’s true, some people really can grow muscles faster. But the thought that the biceps is hard to train is a myth. So let's talk about biceps and figure out how to train them correctly together.
What Is Biceps?
From the point of view of biomechanics, when we bend our arms, the biceps muscle of the shoulder completely tenses. That means that there is no specific movement to tighten the inner or outer part of the biceps. And there are no special exercises to create gorgeous biceps like the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger had.
As a matter of fact, the shape of your arm is a genetically determined factor, which is why you either have a relief biceps or don’t. So all you can do is just put up with it. In any case, well-developed arms look great regardless of their genetically determined shape. The most important thing here is that it is not difficult to develop them if you do it wisely, both from the point of view of physiology and the training process.
How to Grow Muscles?
Before moving on to the exercises, let's take a look at the main factors of muscle growth. This is necessary for a clear understanding of the appropriateness of the exercises, which we will consider below.
To put it simply, muscle development requires building materials (amino acids), energy (glucose), hormones (that your body synthesizes as a response to training stress), as well as muscle tension, which initiates growth. Moreover, sufficient muscle tension is perhaps the most important factor, without which there will be no progress. Accordingly, for the effective development of muscles, including the biceps, it is necessary to create conditions of tangible muscle tension without unnecessary stress on the ligaments and tendons. This is achieved by proper exercise techniques and an understanding of biomechanics.
In the case of the biceps muscle of the shoulder, the width of the barbell grip does not matter simply because any flexion of the arm makes your biceps tense. Thus, your grip should be comfortable to maximize muscle tension with minimal stress on your hands and elbows. This is much more effective than trying to train the outer and inner biceps heads separately by varying the width of the grip. Once you feel no or little muscle tension while doing exercises with a barbell, you can increase the weight but you must be extremely careful with that not to overload your joints and ligaments.
Exercises for Developing Gorgeous Biceps
Finally, let’s take a look at some biceps workouts, so here they come:
Barbell Curl
Cable Curl
Chin-Up
Reverse-Grip Bent-Over Row
EZ-Bar Preacher Curl
Cable Hammer Curl
Hammer Curl
Concentration Curl
Incline Dumbbell Curl
Wrapping Up
Well-developed biceps make your arms look simply stunning and, luckily, you can easily achieve this goal by doing certain exercises. Therefore, if you dream of gorgeous biceps, start training now.
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Core muscles are the abs, diaphragm, and pelvic floor muscles and it’s needless to say that these muscles are extremely important. In this article, we will figure out how to correctly train your core as well as discuss the benefits of these muscles for the back and joints.
What Core Muscles Are?
The muscles of the core are divided into two groups: central and peripheral. The central muscles of the cortex resemble a sac, in which the abdominal cavity and internal organs are located. These muscles are divided into several parts:
Front - rectus abdominis or abs and other muscles
Lateral parts - oblique muscles of the abdomen and the muscles around it
Back - the muscle that straightens the spine and the muscles around it
Upper wall - diaphragm
Lower wall - pelvic floor muscles
At the same time, the peripheral muscle group includes the latissimus dorsi muscle, the pectoralis muscle, the trapezius, the muscles of the shoulder girdle, and buttocks. As you can see, the core includes many muscle groups, which is why you cannot strengthen it by simply doing crunches.
Exercises for Developing Core Muscles
As we have already mentioned above, in order to train your core, you have to select the exercises that involve many different muscle groups, so let us take a brief look at these workouts together:
High plank
Hollowman
Crunches
Superman
Leg lifts from lying position
Bridge
V-sit
V-ups
Plank knee crosses
Plank shoulder taps
Elbow plank twists
There is a huge variety of exercises for strengthening your core so do not underestimate them and try them next time you work out.
Final Thoughts
Core is an extremely important group of muscles that influence your posture, balance, as well as the ability to do other exercises. So if you want to have a strong and healthy body, you have to start with strengthening your core.
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The Kardashians set many beauty trends and one of those trends is gorgeous buttocks. So in this article, we will discuss how to build gluteus muscles and consequently look as hot as Kim, Kourtney, Khloé. Let’s start with the anatomy. The gluteus consists of three main parts:
Gluteus maximus muscle, which is the largest muscle of the body. It helps to maintain balance while walking and running, allows the leg to move outward, and it is also responsible for the tightened (or not so) shape of the buttocks.
The gluteus medius is partially overlapped by the gluteus maximus. It is located in the upper pelvis. It participates in the abduction of the leg to the side, lateral bending, and stabilization of the body during movement.
Finally, the gluteus minimus is located under the medius muscle. Together they are responsible for abducting the leg and stabilizing the body, as well as for forming the hip line.
Workouts for Gluteus
It's not that easy to build gluteus muscles, especially if you are limited in time. But if you work out at least three times a week and never give up, you will quickly reach your goal. In order to help you achieve your goal, we prepared the best exercises for developing muscles of the gluteal region. So here they come:
Barbell/dumbbell LungesThis exercise is ideal for those who are interested in pumping up the top of the buttocks and at the same time the back of the thigh. Begin the movement by bringing each leg one at a time forward. The thigh should be parallel to the floor and the knee should be at the right angle.
Barbell SquatThis is one of the basic exercises that help effectively build this muscle. From the starting position - legs apart, lower the pelvis just below the knees. Do not bend your lower back and make sure your knees do not surpass your feet. The wider your legs are apart, the greater the load on the buttocks.
Romanian deadliftsStand upright with your back slightly arched at the lower back. Holding the dumbbells in your hands, bend over, pulling your pelvis back. Once you reach the spot just below your knees, return to the starting position.
Dumbbell Split SquatsThe exercise is performed with a straight back, with one leg taking a step forward and throwing the other one on a stand from behind. Squat and do the exercise for both legs.
Back LungesStart in a standing position, take a wide step back and lower into a lunge. Return to the starting position and repeat the exercise for the other leg. Do 20-30 repetitions for each leg, making sure that your knees are bent at right angles and do not protrude beyond your toes. It is important to take steps exactly backward while maintaining rhythm and balance.
Wrapping Up
Gorgeous buttocks are everyone’s dream come true and, luckily, it’s not that difficult to develop these muscles if you know the right workouts. So why don’t you use our guides and start moving toward your goal now?
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