Bodybuilding Exercises

Our first abdominal exercise workout is similar to performing crunches or sit-ups but with an ab crunch station which allows you to add more resistance as your strength requires. Following the ab crunch machine’s instructions, perform the crunches slowly, focusing on working your six pack abs to

First of our exercises for lats is the Close Grip Front Lat Pulldown : Sitting upright at a lat pulldown station, grasp the bar with hands about 8 inches apart. Pull bar steadily down to upper chest level. Release slowly to start position.

First of our forearm building exercises is the Palms Down Dumbbell Bench Wrist Curl: Holding two dumbbells (or a barbell), kneel in front of a flat bench and rest forearms flat on the bench so that they point out in front of you, with your wrists on the

First of our bicep building exercises for building bigger biceps is the Hammer Curl: Stand upright holding two dumbbells at your sides, palms facing inwards. Keeping upper arms pointing down, raise both dumbbells forwards and

One of the best chest building exercises powerful pecs is the butterfly ‘Pec Deck’. Sit on the pec deck, back straight flat on the back rest. With your forearms on the lever pads to either side, upper arms parallel to floor, push and

First of our shoulder building exercises is the Dumbbell Press: Standing upright, hold two dumbbells in front of your chest, palms towards your body and elbows bent. Lift dumbbells upwards, extend elbows and rotate shoulders to straight arm position. Lower dumbbells slowly back to

The first of our trapezius building exercises for the trapezius muscle is the Barbell Shrug: Grasp barbell with both hands in front, hands about shoulder width apart. Stand straight with the bar hanging at arms length and drop shoulders right down. Shrug shoulders up as far as possible, hold for a second, then

One of the best tricep exercises is the incline barbell triceps extension: Grasp a barbell, hands a bit narrower than shoulder width, palms facing back. Lie back on a steep incline bench with your head at the top. Push barbell up over your

For body building exercises to be effective, there are two specific forms of exercising muscles to be considered, both of which are discussed here. Working each muscle group with a variety of muscle building exercises ensures you’re training the muscle group thoroughly.