How to Train Your Lats: Exercises & Workout

Lats training exercise

Your lats, or latissimus dorsi, is the largest muscle in your upper body. It is one of your most powerful pulling muscles, and creates the coveted V-shape when it is well-developed. In this article, you will learn how to train your lats effectively. From lat muscle anatomy, to the best exercises for increasing your lat … Read more

How to Train Your Forearm Flexors and Grip: Exercises & Workout

Forearm flexors and grip muscles

Your forearms and hands contain around fifty different muscles. Together, these muscles create the dexterity, strength, and endurance of your hands. In this article, you will learn about the muscles in your forearm that flexes your wrist and fingers. You will learn about their muscle anatomy, what some effective exercises are, and how you can … Read more

How to Train Your Chest Muscles: Exercises & Workout

Arnold Schwarzenegger Chest Muscles

A broad and powerful chest is more than just a filler of your shirt. Strong chest muscles increase your physical performance in every athletic endeavor where you project force forward – whether you’re throwing a ball, a punch, or pushing an opponent out of your way. Your chest muscles – along with your shoulders, upper … Read more

How to Train Your Hamstring Muscles: Exercises & Workout

Hamstring muscle exercise

Your hamstring muscles, or hamstrings, are one of the large muscle groups in your legs. They are primarily responsible for extending your hip and flexing your leg, and they are involved in everything from lifting to sprinting. In this article, you will learn how to train your hamstrings effectively. From hamstring muscle anatomy to the best exercises for … Read more

How to Train Your Glute Muscles: Exercises & Workout

Glute training exercise workout

“Don’t judge a person’s strength by looking at their arms. Look at their butt!” Your gluteal muscles, or simply glutes, are one of your largest and strongest muscle groups. The glutes have long been eye-catching symbols of youth, virility, and also – strength. Since the glutes sit at the center of your body, they are … Read more

How to Train Your Back Muscles: Exercises & Workout

Back muscles

“I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life’s luggage.” Elbert Hubbard A strong back will support everything else you do. From lifting whatever heavy loads that come your way, to standing firm like an oak. Visually, you might not be able to … Read more

How to Train Your Rear Delts: Exercises & Workout

Rear delt muscle training

Your rear delts, or posterior deltoids, is the back part of your shoulder muscle. It originates on the spine of your shoulder blade and inserts on your humerus (upper arm bone). It aids your lats in extending your shoulder, and also externally rotates your shoulder, together with infraspinatus and teres minor of your rotator cuff. In this article, … Read more

How to Train Your Leg Muscles: Exercises & Workout

Leg muscle exercises and workout

Your legs hold some of the largest and strongest muscles in your body. They provide your base of support and your means of transportation, and are as such paramount in all sports and activities where you stand on two feet. In terms of muscle symmetry, your leg muscles round out your physique by giving you … Read more

How to Train Your Hip Abductor Muscles: Exercises & Workout

Hip abduction muscles exercises

Your hip abductors are a group of muscles on the outside of your hip, whose main function is to abduct (bring apart) your thighs. The abductor muscles can also rotate your thigh internally and externally, extend and flex your hip, as well as stabilize your pelvis and trunk when standing on one leg. In this … Read more

How to Train Your Lower Back Muscles: Exercises & Workout

Lower back muscles

Your lower back muscles sit in and around your lumbar region. They are at the center of much of your movements and make your lower back both strong and flexible. In this article, you will learn about your lower back muscle anatomy, what some effective lower back exercises are, and how you can combine them … Read more