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 The 10 Best Gym Exercises
Exercise is good provided you don't injure yourself and you give yourself time to recover. But some exercises stand out for being very effective in achieving positive results such as strength, muscle growth, and increased metabolism. Here are some of the best exercises for getting these results:
Squats are unforgiving of poor form and they can be difficult. So, many people find them intimidating. But they work very well. Squats build muscle and strength on more than just the legs. It strengthens the abs, lower back, and shoulders too. It also boosts metabolism while improving balance, coordination, and functional flexibility. The lunge is an excellent exercise for the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings. Although it is not as intense as the squat, it also boosts metabolism while improving balance, coordination, and functional flexibility. It is also easier and more forgiving. Bench presses and dumbell presses are great for building upper body strength, especially in pushing movements. They strengthen and stimulate muscle growth in the pectorals. They also strengthen the triceps, anterior deltoids, and other supporting muscle groups. The bench press provides a slightly stronger stimulus by allowing you to push more weight. But the dumbell press forces both sides to work equally and involves more balance. Regardless, they are both excellent exercises. If there is ever an iconic exercise for lifting your body weight, it is probably the unassisted pullup. Even if you can't lift your body weight, you can still do assisted pullups. If your body weight is too easy, you can do weighted pullups. Two popular ways are using a dip belt or holding dumbells between your ankles. The lat pulldown is similar in movement to the pullup. But by relocating a pin, you can choose a weight lower than, equal to, or even greater than your body weight. Regardless, o are excellent exercises for strengthening the lower lats and increasing upper body strength. Rows are great exercises for building the mid lats. But the one arm dumbell row is especially good because it lets you support your torso with one hand. This lets you pull more weight with each arm without risking injury to your lower back. It allows better stimulus for muscle growth and strength in the mid lats. This is why the one arm dumbell row is one of the best rowing exercises. Weak spinal erectors often contribute to lower back problems. It is why strong spinal erectors are very important for injury prevention. The lower back extension is one of the best exercises for strengthening the spinal erectors. You can do them without weights or while holding weights. Many merchants of ab training devices criticize situps for training the hip flexors. But situps train the abs along with training the hip flexors. In fact, situps provide some of the most intense abs training. Also, hip flexors are muscles and need training too. The lying tricep extension allows you to use a heavy weight while forcing you to use a strict form. This combination of using a heavy weight and strict form provides the best stimulus for muscle growth and strength. This is why it is one of the best tricep exercises. You can do preacher curls with either a barbell or dumbells. In either case, it forces you to use a strict form and allows a somewhat heavy weight. It also allows the biceps to get a good contraction. This is a superb exercise for growing the biceps. The donkey calf raise places little or no compression of the spine. So, it lets you safely train with a very weight. This makes it an excellent calf exercise. If your gym doesn't have a donkey calf raise machine, you can use the leg press machine for calf raises. It is because these 2 exercises are functionally identical. These exercises all provide an intense stimulus for muscle growth and strength. Each one can be a valuable part of any weightlifting program. Other articles |
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