Here you will find all of our exercise descriptions for strength training and bodybuilding purposes. Every exercise guide includes detailed instructions, muscles worked, and a video demonstration.
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Long Guides
Exercise Descriptions
Chest
- Bar Dip
- Bench Press
- Cable Chest Press
- Close-Grip Bench Press
- Close-Grip Feet-Up Bench Press
- Decline Bench Press
- Dumbbell Chest Fly
- Dumbbell Chest Press
- Dumbbell Floor Press
- Dumbbell Pullover
- Feet-Up Bench Press
- Floor Press
- Incline Bench Press
- Incline Dumbbell Press
- Incline Push-Up
- Kneeling Incline Push-Up
- Kneeling Push-Up
- Machine Chest Fly
- Machine Chest Press
- Pec Deck
- Push-Up
- Push-Up Against Wall
- Smith Machine Bench Press
- Smith Machine Incline Bench Press
- Standing Cable Chest Fly
Shoulders
- Band External Shoulder Rotation
- Band Internal Shoulder Rotation
- Band Pull-Apart
- Barbell Front Raise
- Barbell Rear Delt Row
- Barbell Upright Row
- Behind the Neck Press
- Cable Lateral Raise
- Cable Rear Delt Row
- Dumbbell Front Raise
- Dumbbell Horizontal Internal Shoulder Rotation
- Dumbbell Horizontal External Shoulder Rotation
- Dumbbell Lateral Raise
- Dumbbell Rear Delt Row
- Dumbbell Shoulder Press
- Face Pull
- Lying Dumbbell External Shoulder Rotation
- Lying Dumbbell Internal Shoulder Rotation
- Machine Lateral Raise
- Machine Shoulder Press
- Monkey Row
- Overhead Press
- Power Jerk
- Push Press
- Reverse Dumbbell Flyes
- Reverse Machine Fly
- Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press
- Seated Barbell Overhead Press
- Seated Smith Machine Shoulder Press
- Snatch Grip Behind the Neck Press
- Squat Jerk
- Split Jerk
Biceps
- Barbell Curl
- Barbell Preacher Curl
- Cable Curl With Bar
- Cable Curl With Rope
- Concentration Curl
- Dumbbell Curl
- Dumbbell Preacher Curl
- Hammer Curl
- Incline Dumbbell Curl
- Spider Curl
Triceps
- Barbell Standing Triceps Extension
- Barbell Lying Triceps Extension
- Bench Dip
- Close-Grip Push-Up
- Dumbbell Lying Triceps Extension
- Dumbbell Standing Triceps Extension
- Overhead Cable Triceps Extension
- Tricep Pushdown With Bar
- Tricep Pushdown With Rope
Legs
- Air Squat
- Barbell Hack Squat
- Barbell Lunge
- Body Weight Lunge
- Box Squat
- Bulgarian Split Squat
- Chair Squat
- Dumbbell Lunge
- Dumbbell Squat
- Front Squat
- Goblet Squat
- Hack Squat Machine
- Half Air Squat
- Hip Adduction Machine
- Landmine Hack Squat
- Landmine Squat
- Leg Extension
- Leg Press
- Lying Leg Curl
- Pause Squat
- Safety Bar Squat
- Seated Leg Curl
- Shallow Body Weight Lunge
- Side Lunges (Bodyweight)
- Smith Machine Squat
- Squat
- Step Up
Back
- Back Extension
- Barbell Row
- Barbell Shrug
- Block Snatch
- Cable Close Grip Seated Row
- Cable Wide Grip Seated Row
- Chin-Up
- Clean
- Clean and Jerk
- Deadlift
- Deficit Deadlift
- Dumbbell Deadlift
- Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift
- Dumbbell Row
- Dumbbell Shrug
- Floor Back Extension
- Good Morning
- Hang Clean
- Hang Power Clean
- Hang Power Snatch
- Hang Snatch
- Inverted Row
- Inverted Row with Underhand Grip
- Lat Pulldown With Pronated Grip
- Lat Pulldown With Supinated Grip
- One-Handed Cable Row
- One-Handed Lat Pulldown
- Pause Deadlift
- Pendlay Row
- Power Clean
- Power Snatch
- Pull-Up
- Rack Pull
- Romanian Deadlift
- Seal Row
- Seated Machine Row
- Snatch
- Snatch Grip Deadlift
- Stiff-Legged Deadlift
- Straight Arm Lat Pulldown
- Sumo Deadlift
- T-Bar Row
- Trap Bar Deadlift With High Handles
- Trap Bar Deadlift With Low Handles
Glutes
- Banded Side Kicks
- Cable Pull Through
- Clamshells
- Fire Hydrants
- Glute Bridge
- Hip Abduction Against Band
- Hip Abduction Machine
- Hip Thrust
- Hip Thrust Machine
- Hip Thrust With Band Around Knees
- Lateral Walk With Band
- One-Legged Glute Bridge
- One-Legged Hip Thrust
- Step Up
Abs
- Cable Crunch
- Crunch
- Hanging Leg Raise
- Hanging Knee Raise
- Hanging Sit-Up
- High to Low Wood Chop with Band
- Horizontal Wood Chop with Band
- Kneeling Ab Wheel Roll-Out
- Kneeling Plank
- Kneeling Side Plank
- Lying Leg Raise
- Lying Windshield Wiper
- Lying Windshield Wiper with Bent Knees
- Machine Crunch
- Oblique Crunch
- Oblique Sit-Up
- Plank
- Side Plank
- Sit-Up
Calves
Forearm Flexors
- Barbell Wrist Curl
- Barbell Wrist Curl Behind the Back
- Bar Hang
- Dumbbell Wrist Curl
- Farmers Walk
- Fat Bar Deadlift
- Gripper
- One-Handed Bar Hang
- Plate Pinch
- Plate Wrist Curl
- Towel Pull-Up
Forearm Extensors
Kettlebell Exercises
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