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Plyometric Push Ups


About Plyometric Push Ups This is a rather advanced exercise designed to develop explosive power. I use this particular movement to work on hand-speed for martial arts however, it’s a very beneficial for a variety of sports. For example, lineman in football who have to explosively drive past their opponent and rush the quarterback. Prior [...]

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Incline Dumbbell Press


About Incline Dumbbell Presses The purpose of performing incline dumbbell presses is to target the upper region of the chest. Incline dumbbell presses are actually one of the best chest building exercises that you can do. Ideally, you want to set the bench to a 30 degree angle. If the bench is angled too high, [...]

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Incline Cable Flies

About the Incline Cable Fly Exercise The chest fly exercise is an excellent way to strengthen and develop the chest region. However, there’s all sorts of different ways to perform the movement. You can use dumbbells, which increases the stability demands while allowing the shoulders to be internally rotated throughout the exercise – a technique [...]

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Parallel Bar Dips

About The Dips Exercise Overall, the dips exercise trains the front of the shoulder, the chest and the triceps. However, the muscle recruitment depends on the technique used to perform the repetitions. If the trainee leans forward while performing the dips exercise, maximal activation occurs at the chest. If you were to maintain an upright [...]

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Pec Deck Machine

About the Pec Deck Machine The pec deck machine – which was once a staple of fitness facilities worldwide – is slowly being replaced by the chest fly machine. The reason for the replacement is due to the anatomical advantage that the chest fly machine has over the pec deck machine version. Since pec deck [...]

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Bent Over Cable Press

Description The bent over cable press is a rather advanced movement that requires a great deal of stability. The stabilization requirements are what makes the exercise so effective. The body meets the stability demands through the recruitment of additional stabilizing muscles. Also, it trains the muscle groups to work together as a kinetic chain. For [...]

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Decline Dumbbell Press

Description The decline dumbbell press is a great lower chest exercise. The lower aspect – specifically the sternal site of the pectorals – is both larger and stronger than the upper (clavicular) portion of the chest. This allows heavier weights to be used. Since setting up for this lower chest exercise can be somewhat awkward, [...]

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Duel Exercise Ball Fly

Description To add variety into your chest workout, you may consider substituting the pec-deck machine for the exercise ball fly. Not only does the movement require minimal equipment, but it poses more of a challenge and draws the recruitment of additional muscles to assist with stabilizing the movement – particularly throughout the core region. However, [...]

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Exercise Ball Flat-Incline Press

Description This movement combination was designed to take advantage of the versatility that working with an exercise ball provides. Considering that our muscular strength varies depending both the joint angle and the phase of the movement, manipulating these variables can be highly beneficial. The exercise ball flat-to-incline press is one of these instances. As mentioned [...]

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