Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
Two great exercises that will build a strong, resilient back (and posterior shoulders and biceps) are the barbell row and chin-up. The problem, however, is that these two exercises are frequently performed incorrectly, so trainees don’t reap the greatest benefits possible from the movements. How to Perform Barbell Rows Barbell rows are a dying exercise in most gyms. You rarely see anyone …
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We’re all blithely aware of the joke that Monday is international bench press day in gyms around the world. You commonly see a couple guys training together – one using less than stellar form trying to bench press more than he can properly handle while his workout partner “spots” him while chanting, “It’s all you, bro! It’s all you! I’m barely touching the bar!” (Important service announcement: if …
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You perform the deadlift movement every day, and probably don’t even realize it. Picking up a loaded laundry basket off the floor. Picking up your kid. Picking up a box to load in your SUV because you’re the friend who has an SUV and you inevitably get asked to help everyone you know move their crap. Because you deadlift every day, in some fashion, doesn’t it stand to reason that …
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Everyone should train the squat movement, in some form. The squat movement is as functional as exercise can get. You squat to sit in a chair or get in, and out of, a vehicle. You squat to the toilet. You squat to do lots of things. Like the book Everybody Poops – well, everybody squats. It’s a basic human movement pattern – one that can be trained, loaded, and progressed in numerous ways. …
There are several bodyweight articles here on Lift Like a Girl that include: Exercise demonstrations Sample workouts Training techniques ... and much more. And now you can find them all in one awesome, convenient place: the Bodyweight Exercise and Workout Tutorial. Whether you want some new exercises to add to your current regimen or you want some sample workouts or advanced training …
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Bodyweight exercises should be included in everyone's strength training program to some degree. Heck, some people train with bodyweight workouts exclusively out of necessity or personal preference. So how can you change them up so you don't bored doing the same thing every time and can keep getting stronger and achieving body-transformation results? For the past year most of my workouts have …
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Do you include the exercises in this article in your workouts? If you don't, you most certainly should. Some people incorrectly assume that you can't lose fat, build muscle, or get stronger with bodyweight workouts. They think, since you can't "progressively overload" bodyweight exercises (i.e. add more weight as you can with dumbbell and barbell exercises) that you can't make progress …
Handstand push-ups are a great bodyweight exercise not only for your shoulders, but for building upper body pressing strength. Most people can't kick into a handstand and bust out a flawless handstand push-up from day one. This exercise usually requires slow and steady progression, but once you can do one, it's definitely a great accomplishment. You've seen handstand push-up progressions on Lift …
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