Always have the best workouts with the Chinese Beaver by my side. Next time you think you reached failure, pretend he’s your gym partner too #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
No one really thinks they’re struggling with a cable overhead tricep extension until they record themself. Here’s some helpful cues to maximize the effectiveness of this movement on yourt triceps. 1) adjust the cables to hip height so you can get the cables above you in an easier manner, don’t wanna waste energy! 2) to setup, fully extend your arms, take a step forward and use tour momentum to swing the cables above rather than muscling your way up 3) keep your elbows pointed up and avoid dropping your shoulders — doing so will involve the front delts and create a press-like movement #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
If you want to burn more calories by walking on a treadmill, here are some important cues that seem like a small difference but can make a huge caloric impact throughout the entirety of your session: 1) avoid laying on the treadmill rest. 2) raise the incline 3) stay hydrated to increase session duration. It sucks to be doing tired AND dehydrated #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
The seated dumbbell shoulder press is one of my favorite exercises for the delts. Here’s how to avoid some common mistakes: 1) it’s not necessary to set your bench completely upright at 90 degrees, instead I recommend setting the bench one notch below the most upright setting — this will make it easier to press in your scapular plane without the dumbbells falling forward 2) instead of pressing all the way straight out in your frontal plane, I recommend pressing slightly in front in your scapular plane. It’s wrong to say that you WILL get hurt pressing in your frontal plane. But anecdotally speaking, pressing in your scapular plane is more forgiving, especially near the bottom of the press #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #TikTokTaughtMe
The dumbbell lateral raise is an exercise everyone’s familiar with that is commonly done wrong. Here’s how to make sure you’re getting the most out of it: 1) raise in your scapular plane instead of straight out to the side 2) avoid leaning back and align the direction of force with your side delts by leaning slightly forward Goodluck! #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
If you’re struggling with knowing how to perform a lat pulldown correctly, here’s my advice: 1) Focus on getting your elbows to touch the side of your body and allow yourself to slightly lean when you pull down. 2) take a deep breathe in your diaphragm and either exhale when you pulldown or in breathe in between reps. And like always, slow the eccentric #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
Cables are one of the most misunderstood exercises. Here’s how you do a facepull focused on external rotation (which is the only version that makes sense to do imo) 1) Set cables above you 2) take an underhand grip on the rope 3) think about leading with your hands, getting them as far back as the elbows in a “front double bicep” looking pose 4) get some @AYBL gear with C0DE “PATH” since they’re the most underrated clothing brand on the market — quality of Alphalete, price of Gymshark (and in many cases lower). The c0de supports me and gives you a 10% discount Alright, back to fitness advice :) #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #beaybl
The easiest way to unrack a barbell on the ground is by the following: 1) use a smaller plate to elevate the inner most plate so that the outer ones can easily slide off 2) once one plate is left, you should be able to hold the bar up and slide the remaining plate off 3) for the other side, literally just pull the bar out rather than taking off the individual plates. Your welcome :) #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
Not getting a deep stretch by stopping at 90 degrees on a dumbbell bench press is likely limiting your gains. In general, getting a deep stretch on your chest exercises (even at the cost of using a lighter weight, which won’t matter since training intensity is more important) should be beneficial for your chest (especially when considering stretch mediated hypertrophy) #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
Here’s the simple breakdown to do the incline dumbbell curl correctly. 1) set the bench angle around 45-75 degrees — I recommend 60 degrees 2) make sure you’re not flexing your wrist, that means your wrists shouldn’t be curled towards you at the top, instead your wrists should stay neutral or even slightly extended. This is to avoid forearm involvement 3) keep your shoulders pinned back by squeezing your shoulder blades, your upper arm should more or less stay relatively still with your elbows pointing to the ground when bent. Goodluck :) #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
Lets say, you’re not feeling it in your biceps on a hammer curl… that’s actually not a bad thing. Let me explain #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #TikTokTaughtMe
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If you have the option to do tricep pushdowns isolateraly with a set of V cables, I would highly recommend doing so. Better rom in the shortened position and you’ll be able to work each arm independently to help minmize muscle imbalances
If you’re struggling with doing dumbbell bench press, either because of shoulder pain, feeling it more in your front delts or just being weak — I gotchu 1) press with 45-60 degrees of shoulder abduction to minimize potential shoulder pain, get a better rom and reduce risk of shoulder injury 2) control the eccentric to maximize tension during your set, reduce risk of injury and potentially decrease CNS fatigue by failing sooner 3) take a deep breathe through your diaphragm to help with core bracing which should transfer to better force production #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
If you’re struggling to do pullups, here are some pointers that’ll help you get stronger and better bias the lats. 1) take a hollow pose by straightening your legs and actively tighten your core — pretend to be a banana basically. This will help your body move as one unit 2) fully extend your arms so you get a full range of motion. While you’ll be weaker than half repping, long term this is more advantageous for growing your lats and you’ll build strength in that lengthened position. 3) keep your head behind the bar (even when you’re fully extend). Your lats lose leverage when your arms are completely overhead (technically this begins around 120 degrees of shoulder flexion)— by keeping your head back and your arms in front, you’re able to maintain tension on the lats and have a “smoother” pullup without the lil head bobbing Goodluck :) #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
There is a ton of fear mongering when it comes to going all the way down on preacher curls. If you haven’t done it before, I recommend using a lighter weight so you get comfortable going full range of motion first and stopping couple reps shy of failure so you get used to knowing how to bail on the exercise #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
If you’re trying to grow a booty doing bulgarian split squats, this is how you do it: 1) take a couple steps forward from the bench and prop your back foot on rhe bench in a plantar flexed position 2) lean bit forward and go down for the split squat in that bent over position #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
Pec deck flyes are another one of those often incorrectly performed exercises. The biggest culprit tends to be one of the three: 1) having shoulders come forward instead of retracting scapula 2) keeping arms bent on concentric which limits range of motion 3) keeping arms straight the whole time which can be uncomfortable for elbows and involve more biceps #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #TikTokTaughtMe
You may not be as strong on leg extensions as you think. You see, if your glutes are coming off the seat on leg extensions, trying pulling yourself down and keep yourself firmly on the seat so you’re able to get a better stretch on the quads #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding
The smith machine bench press is a great exercise — you just need to make sure you’re setup correctly! Here’s how you setup on a smith machine bench press: 1) center the bench — lower the bar onto the bench so you can better gauge where the center would be 2) adjust the seat backward or forward until bar lands around mid-chest Goodluck! #fyp #Fitness #gym #bodybuilding #TikTokTaughtMe