Learn how you can do the bend and row using a medicine ball. The bend and row exercises are great for strengthening your back muscles. Watch this how to video and you can get in shape with the bend and row exercises with a medicine ball.
Want to take the push up position to the next level? Push ups are excellent for toning your arms, but if you do push ups every day your body will become adjusted to the exercise within a week, meaning you'll soon hit a plateau in muscle gain and weight loss. To make sure you ...more
This exercise is a convenient alternative to the traditional barbell row. The main target is the upper back, or scientifically, the latissimus dorsi. The "lat" muscles function to pull things. So whenever you open a door, your lat muscles are allowing the movement to take plac ...more
Bent over reverse grip barbell rows are the king of all back exercises. The bent over reverse grip barbell row exercise is perfect for building overall thickness and width in your back. With this how to video you can add this exercise to your workout and watch your back grow.
This is an easy exercise you can even do at home - all you need is a weight or dumbbell and a few chairs or similar low table to exercise on. This is a bit more challenging than a traditional exercise, but the results are worth it! Always keep your back straight.
No pain, no gain, right? In this fitness video you'll learn how to do a standing rowing exercise with a little twist: adding dumbbells. By holding on to a substantial weight while doing a bent rowing exercise, you'll be adding a lot more resistance to your workout, forcing you ...more
The two arm dumbbell row exercise is used to target the back, primarily the latissimus dorsi or "lats." The lower back is also used in this exercise as a stabilizer. However, many individuals can often mistake this exercise as an arm exercise. While in fact you are incorporati ...more
Bent over barbell rows are the king of all back exercises. The barbell rows exercise is perfect for building overall thickness and width in your back. With this how to video you can add this exercise to your workout and watch your back grow.
Learn how to exercise by doing the barbell row with underhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: lats Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, lower back, rhomboids, traps - mid, triceps Base Movement: row Equipment: barbell Training Type: weight training Level of Difficulty ...more
This improvisation on the classic row is a great way to improve your upper back muscles. Men's Health suggests holding the bar higher for optimal toning. Attach a lat pull down bar to the cable of a cable row station. Sit on the floor and bend forward at the waist to grab the ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the 1 arm dumbbell row with neutral grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: lats Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, lower back, rhomboids, traps - mid, triceps Base Movement: row Equipment: bench, dumbbell Training Type: weight training Level ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the bent over glute kickback with ankle weight and support. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: glutes Secondary Muscle Group: hamstrings, lower back, quads Base Movement: hip extension Equipment: ankle weights Training Type: weight training ...more
Watch this instructional fitness video to do a supine row weight lifting exercise. Keep your back straight and your body in a straight line. Exhale as you lift the weights up and inhale on the way down. This supine row exercise works the back, biceps and posterior deltoids.
The "inverted row" is a great move for the beginner who cannot yet perform a proper chin-up or pull-up. Men's Health shows you the ins and outs of this arm exercise. Sit under a Smith machine or squat rack with your legs straight and the bar set a few inches higher than arms ...more
Watch this instructional fitness video to do a seated row exercise. Keep your back and your body in a straight line. Exhale as you lift the weights up and inhale on the way down. This supine row exercise works the back, biceps and posterior deltoids. Watch this strength traini ...more
Katherine and Kimberly Corp show you how to do the Side Bend pilates exercise. This full-body exercise is used for strengthening your core, legs, arms, and shoulder girdle as well as improving balance.
The standing side bend is similar to the side crunch exercise. The only difference is that the upper body has to resist gravity in the side crunch exercise. Side bends require weighted resistance to resist gravity, but the movement is virtually the same as the side crunch. Thi ...more
The seated row with resistance tubing is a great back exercise. The largest muscle in the back is scientifically known as the latissimus dorsi. You might see it referred to as the "lats" or "wings." The lats are used any time you pull something. For example, when you open a fr ...more
The row-to-press strenthens your abs, back and shoulders at the same time. This is a great way to get a your core and back in shape.
Learn how to exercise by doing the cable row with narrow neutral grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: lats Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, lower back, rhomboids, shoulders, traps - mid, triceps Base Movement: row Equipment: cable Training Type: weight training Level o ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the seated cable row with medium neutral grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: lats Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, lower back, rhomboids, traps - mid, triceps Base Movement: row Equipment: cable Training Type: weight training Level of Di ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the barbell upright row. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: shoulders Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, levator scapulae, serratus anterior, traps - lower, traps - upper Base Movement: row Equipment: barbell Training Type: weight training Leve ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the seated cable row with underhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: lats Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, lower back, rhomboids, traps - mid, triceps Base Movement: row Equipment: cable Training Type: weight training Level of Difficu ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the seated cable row wide overhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: lats Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, lats, lower back, rhomboids, traps - mid Base Movement: row Equipment: cable Training Type: weight training Level of Difficulty: ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the 1 arm rear shoulder dumbbell plank row on medicine ball. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: shoulders Secondary Muscle Group: abs and obliques, biceps, chest, hip flexors, lats, pec minor, rhomboids, serratus anterior, traps - mid, trice ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the 1 arm rear shoulder dumbbell plank row with hand on bosu flat down. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: shoulders Secondary Muscle Group: abs and obliques, biceps, chest, hip flexors, lats, pec minor, rhomboids, serratus anterior, traps - ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the rear shoulder cable row on lat pull machine. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: shoulders Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, lats, lower back, rhomboids, traps - mid Base Movement: row Equipment: cable Training Type: weight training Level o ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the alternating incline rear shoulder dumbbell row on bench. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: shoulders Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, lats, levator scapulae, rhomboids, serratus anterior, traps - lower, traps - mid, traps - upper Base Mo ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the 1 arm diagonal dumbbell row and shoulder press with overhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: shoulders Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, calves, glutes, hamstrings, lats, levator scapulae, lower back, quads, rhomboids, serratus an ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the rear shoulder incline dumbbell row on bench. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: shoulders Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, lats, levator scapulae, rhomboids, serratus anterior, traps - lower, traps - mid, traps - upper Base Movement: row ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the 1 arm dumbbell plank row with hand on bosu flat down and neutral grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: lats Secondary Muscle Group: abs and obliques, biceps, chest, hip flexors, pec minor, rhomboids, serratus anterior, shoulders, trap ...more
Learn how to exercise by doing the backward cable lunge and row with neutral grip. EXERCISE DETAILS: Primary Muscle Group: glutes Secondary Muscle Group: biceps, calves, hamstrings, hip flexors, lats, lower back, quads, rhomboids, traps - mid, triceps Base Movement: lunge, row ...more
Jenny DiDonato with MadefitTV demonstrates a really good back workout. The first exercise is called the Resistance Band Lat Pull Down. Hold the resistance band above the head and bring it down the back to the shoulders and back up again. Do 20-30 repetitions. Next comes the ...more
Learn how to do dumbbell straight-leg deadlift and dumbbell rows. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The dumbbell straight leg dead lift and dead row combines these two challenging exercises into a tough workout for your leg and back muscles. Muscles W ...more
Learn how to do lean barbell single side rows. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Side rows work the entire complex of muscles in your upper back. For this variation, you use a barbell rather than a dumbbell so that you can be certain you're controllin ...more
Learn how to do seated alternate cable rows on a stability ball. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Get a great back workout by balancing on a stability ball as you perform rows with a cable machine. The stability ball makes you concentrate on maintain ...more
Learn how to do a cable seated row drop set. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Cable seated rows are a great, safe way to build your lats and traps. For this exercise, you'll max out four times using progressively lighter weights, increasing the burn ...more
When you wan to get your body into shape you don't need any fancy equipment. In this fitness how to video SELF Magazine demonstrates how to utilize an elastic band for toning specific muscle groups. Watch and learn how easy it is to use the resistance band to do the following ...more
Learn how to do a low single cable squat power cross punch. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Squat, twist and punch. Squat, twist and punch. This combination exercise works the legs and the shoulders by combining one of the greatest leg exercises—the ...more
Learn how to do single cable squats and rows. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The single cable squat and row works the legs and back in unison, training strength, coordination and balance. Muscles Worked Back Legs Starting Position Set up a cable ...more
Learn how to do tube rows. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Resistance tubes are a great alternative to the cable machine, because with tubes the resistance becomes greatest when the muscle is at its most flexed. For tube rows, keep your motion conti ...more
Learn how to do narrow grip seated rows. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Seated rows develop the entire complex of muscles in the upper back. Success depends on isolating those muscles to perform the row—your lower back would like to arch, and your ...more
Learn how to do single-dumbbell front lunge and power row at bottom. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits This lunge and power row combination is as much about balance and coordination training as it is about building strength. To maintain a lunge while ...more
This Pilates Side Bend exercise is used to enhance lateral mobility of the spine. It primarily targets the transversus abdominis, obliques and scapular stabilizers. Attention should be paid to the abdominal contraction to maintain rib connection and prevent the hips and should ...more
Get rid of man boobs by lowering body fat percentage and avoiding the flat bend press exercise. Eliminate man boobs with tips from a fitness specialist in this free video on toning and building muscle from Diet.com. Sarah Dussault and Stephen Cabral show you how to get rid of ...more
In this video, Jeff Cavalier demonstrates how the viewer can obtain six pack abs in just twelve weeks while training at home. He begins by explaining that he will show the viewer five separate work outs techniques. The first exercise is called a X-man crunch. To complete this ...more
If you have a Swiss ball, then it's probably about time you used it, and the "lying Swiss-ball row with external rotation" is a great exercise to try out. Men's Health gives you the lowdown on this arm workout. As with the incline bench row, you will work your back, biceps and ...more
Learn how to do single leg cable curls. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits A cable curl is an excellent resistance exercise for targeted bicep work; a cable curl on one leg is a core exercise you won’t soon forget. You’ll need to work to maintain your ...more
Learn how to do shoulder dumbbell or plate circles. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits This shoulder exercise warms up and strengthens the shoulders using simple circular motions. You can use a dumbbell or a small weight plate, but either way the challe ...more
Learn how to do super legs exercise. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Super Legs is one leg exercise you can't live without, particularly since it combines four incredible leg exercises: squats, reaching lunges, jump scissor switches, and jump squats ...more
Learn how to do speed hanging side twist obliques. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The twist-and-lift of this pull-up exercise makes you use your obliques to fight gravity as you bring your knees and feet upward in opposing directions. Focus on cont ...more
If you've ever seriously committed to an exercise program (so we don't mean hitting the gym a week in a row because of vacation guilt and then stopping entirely), then you'reknow what happens after doing the same round of exercises a few times: You plateau. It's super frustrat ...more
Learn how to do face down dumbbell rotate and press on an incline bench. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Building your shoulders without strengthening your rotators is an invitation to injury. This exercise helps you warm up and strengthen the entire ...more
Learn how to do power press single leg presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits For these leg presses, you'll choose an amount of weight that presents a challenge, but not so much that you can't add some speed and thrust to your movement. You'll be ...more
Learn how to do cable squats. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Cable squats aren't just a great leg exercise; they also activate your core, providing a more full-body workout. Muscles Worked Legs, Core Starting Position Set both arms on a dual cabl ...more
Learn how to do stability ball dumbbell skull crushers. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Don't let the name scare you away from this tried-and-true triceps builder. Proper focus on technique and use of appropriate weights will keep you from bonking y ...more
Learn how to do lower back extensions. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits This exercise isolates and strengthens the often-neglected lower back muscles. Muscles Worked Lower back Starting Position Lie face downward on the back extension machine. Your ...more
Learn how to do rope hammer curls. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Two-handed rope hammer curls are a great way to target the brachialis portion of the biceps. Muscles Worked Biceps (brachialis) Starting Position Stand facing a cable machine and a ...more
Learn how to do dumbbell squat thrusts with shoulder presses. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits This powerful combo exercise focuses on the legs and shoulders, but trains the entire body. You'll develop core strength and power as you squat and jump wit ...more
Learn how to do one arm neutral grip pull ups on a Gravitron machine. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits One-armed pull-ups are hard to do without jerking or dropping—in a word, safely. Here, you'll use a Gravitron machine to assist your lift, and to h ...more