Questions tagged [exercise-technique]
The proper way to perform a specific workout movement.
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Donkey kick primary muscle used
I know that in donkey kicks, glutes are the major muscle used. However I would like to ask about a technical aspect of this exercise, if while rising, the knee is kept bent (the angle alpha in the ...
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Why do I tend to fall backwards when squatting low?
I have noticed that I can't squat ATG until or unless I hold onto something in front of me.I tend to fall backwards as soon as I tend to go parallel to floor or more.I do increase the depth if I hold ...
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Lower back pain from carrying a baby
I have pain, from time to time, above each of my hips on my lower back caused by, for example, walking around with a baby. What exercises would you recommend for strengthening these areas. I can also ...
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Correct way to start Meditation and Fitness Exercise
I have browsed many questions but didn't find answers to my queries. Anyways, here is my very straightforward question to all experts and community members here.
I'm 27 and just started doing ...
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Periodic workout routine to fix anterior pelvic tilt?
I have recently discovered that the reason my body curves out at my lower back is because of anterior pelvis tilt. I have spent a while looking at possible fixes, but all the sites that I have found
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Handstand technique - Should I lock my elbows?
In working toward a full handstand, I'm scaling by starting on the wall and holding my form for as long as possible. The question I have is around handstand technique--particularly elbow locking. ...
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Good exercises to burn fat with bad knees?
I want to not only exercise my upper body, but my legs as well.
However, whenever I do squats I hear my left knee 'clicking'.
Someone posted that swimming is a good exercise, but I'm not so sure ...
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Hitting a plateau in exercises
I've been training for 4 months now and for certain exercises I feel like I'm hitting a plateau. I'm planning to change my program so it contains new exercises.
For new exercises I will start from ...
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How would it possible to do Hammer Curls on Gymnastic Rings?
I googled around but did not find any clear ways except for this one quote from 2012 where its not clear how that was being done/ practiced.
Any thoughts/ ideas on how this can be done?
Because ...
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Looking for new ideas for exercises
Sworkit is pretty good for demonstrating and explaining various exercises, but I'm looking for something more. Like difficult and weird exercises, you know, something with an unfamiliar range of ...
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Why is one sleepy/tired after playing basketball but not after running?
One may sleep very well last night. But after playing basketball(40 minutes, mild), he may become very sleepy.
That is probably because his brain needs more oxygen. But why is he much better after ...
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Movement for Good Morning vs. RDL
I'm rehabbing a pulled hamstring, so I'm doing weight lifting for the first time, on the instructions of the physio.
She has me doing both "Good Mornings" and "Romanian Deadlifts".
It seems like the ...
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Exercise grouping - Should I group exercises targeting the same part of the body?
I am doing groups of exercises in the same day. My usual pattern is to do one exercise each of Chest, Shoulders, Back, Bicep, and Tricep respectively.
After finishing I do another exercise for Chest, ...
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Gluteus Maximus Development Tips For Men
I'm 29 years old, 5'10", 165 pound, 12% body fat percentage man. I have so small Gluteus Maximus size and I want to gain some size there. I do hip thrusts, glute bridges, squats, deadlifts, hyper ...
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Question about my pushups style
So I recently recorded myself and found out that I can do like 4 complete pushups(going full down), they sure are hard.
But I found that I slowly wear out and my back starts bending a bit when I come ...
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Is it possible to learn to "feel" that the right muscles(s) are being exercised?
This is about the kind of muscle exercises done by people for bodybuilding or strength training, where they want to focus on strengthening a specific muscle (or set of muscles).
Is it possible that ...
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abs at home workouts-diet
I have watched a lot of videos on YouTube and have searched on Google but I am disappointed because my abs aren't as defined as I think they should be. My food intake is good, I have cut out sugar and ...
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Teaching Deadlifts and Kettlebell Swings
Deadlifts and Kettlebell Swings are both FANTASTIC compound exercises.
However, in my experience I've found these exercises are frequently done incorrectly (with low back pain and/or intervertebral ...
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Proper hand placement for chest flys?
I was doing butterfly chest excercise with machine as shown here
But, my trainer said I am doing it wrong as my hands should be straight when coming to front. While earlier, my elbow was bent when I ...
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Strengthen Teeth [closed]
Recently come into ownership of a large amount of very very tough beef jerky (I got it free because no one can eat it). And was quick to realize just how wimpy my teeth were.
Just a few stripes and my ...
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left and right shoulders are asymmetrical
My left and right shoulders are asymmetrical. My left shoulder seems attached with my upper chest perfectly whereas my right shoulder and upper chest has a gap between them. How can i make them equal? ...
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Why does one swing the arms backwards in a Hindu Squat?
In general, for bodyweight squats, the instructions are usually to bring your hands in front of you as you go down to counterbalance that your bodyweight is behind your feet. Hindu Squats operate the ...
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lower pecs for chest workout not in gym
can someone create a lower pecs with no go to to gym?Could you give some workouts that someone could do at his home?
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Lower back pain when performing lying leg raise
I was trying to do the exercise "Leg raising" :
The problem is that : First it feels very difficult while raising my legs with a sharp lower back pain. Inaddition, during moving my legs up and ...
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Which workout to do 1st?
I am a fitness enthusiastic person. I don't go to gym but choose to workout at home. So that I select some exercise like push ups,biceps curl,tricep dips,squat,crunch,dumbel row each side, plank,sit ...
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Finding correct weight and speed of exercise for explosive power
I'm training to increase my explosiveness for basketball so I'm doing high intensity workouts at the gym and sprints, the goal is to build as much fast twitch muscle as possible. I've read that you ...
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Trying to get 15 year old male into fitness
I am trying to create a workout plan for a friend. He has absolutely no access to any sort of equipment, and unfortunately lives a couple hundred miles from me, so cannot share mine. He is interested ...
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What is the proper way of performing the Valsalva manoeuvre
I've been following Mark Rippetoe's program and training exclusively with heavy compound lifts. In his book, he advocates application of Valsalva manoeuvre during heavy lifts. But I was not able to ...
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My muscles becoming stiff while workout [closed]
I started workouts 3 months ago.My muscles are becoming stiff while workout. My trainer suggest me full body massage. Is this the right way to go full body massage or what is the reason behind the ...
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Skateboarding After Thirty
I'm a 33 year old male that has recently taken up skateboarding for the physical and mental health benefits.
For the first few weeks I became cardiovascularly and respitorially fatigued before ...
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How can I educate myself about the human body to be able to come up with useful exercises [closed]
I know that personal trainers are usually well educated about the human body so that they know which exercise engages which groups of muscle. They often have very good awareness of how to use your ...
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Best Way to Control Breathing During Pushups?
What is a good way to control my breathing while doing push-ups? I really want to be able to do 100 push-ups come next school year.
Currently, I can do 40 per set if I push myself. However, my ...
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Lateral raises - shoulder blades and elbows
1) Should the shoulder blades be constantly retracted or retracted at all when doing lateral raises?
2) Should the elbows be straight or have a a bend in them?
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Why do we superset?
Supersets combine two or more exercises with similar motions with an aim to maximize the amount of work of an individual muscle or group of muscles. The exercises are performed with no rest period ...
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Difference caused by grip width on bench press
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I've been fooling around with some variation in grip width on the bench press lately.
I've had a trainer help me find my "ideal" width, which I use most of the time. I.e. the width where ...
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How to use equipment in outdoor "fitness stations"?
Councils in my city have started installing what I think of as adult playgrounds, things called "fitness stations" or "outdoor exercise equipment" apparently that have unusually shaped static objects ...
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Training for using war bows
I currently stump shoot (ie: jog/run/jump cross-country and take pot-shots at around 85% of full draw weight/length) with self-bows I carve. My average draw weight is 90lbs @ 28.5" full draw, but ...
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What muscles are involved in the downward movement of the v-sit?
Can you help me with the muscles involved in the downward movement of the V sit?
Downward would be eccentric but what muscles are the primary movers?
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How should squat form change based on proportions?
I recently learned that good, safe squat form could change based on body proportions, specifically the factor femur/spine length ratio. How exactly does one measure them both (from where to where, I ...
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Reducing side plank stress on arms
I have recently added side planks to my regular workout in order to get a better workout for my obliques. However, once I've been in the plank for about a minute, I start to feel considerable joint ...
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Cardio or Strength training?
I'm absolutely new to fitness and want to start exercising. So which should I start first? I want to build lean masculine body.
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How can proper form be determined?
When learning a new exercise, it's a good idea to learn "proper form" to reduce the chances of injury, increase efficiency, etc. It's usually recommended to "run with proper form", "perform a bench ...
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How to avoid calf activation in isolation leg curls/extensions?
This weekend I had a bad calf cramp in the last part of a combat stick sparring match (Calf cramped right as I pushed off for a strike, and then really locked up). Yesterday and today sore when ...
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Should you do more than one exercise per set?
I currently do squats, barbell curls, sit ups and bench press all in one go- consecutively -THEN i take a break and repeat a few more times before moving on.
I was wondering if i was taking the ...
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Squats technique flat feet
When I'm doing squats my knees go forward further than my toes. Also when I'm standing up I tend to move weight more towards my toes. I was told that this technique is wrong but it seems like I can't ...
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How to choose between single set or double set?
I am doing a single set in my gym that is only bicep a single day,tricep other day like this.
My Weekly routine:
Monday:bicep
tuesday Tricep
Wednesday Chest
thurday Back
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What are these types of "crunches" called and details about them? And are they harmful?
This may seem a little bit funny, because I don't even know if they exist!
I saw this in the anime Dragon Ball Z. Goku, hanging upside down with his hands on his neck, touches his head to his knees ...
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Should I train all exercises in a muscle group sequentially?
If, for example I train my chest and back, and I have 2 exercises for each muscle group, lets call them chest1, chest2, back1, back2.
In this situation I usually wanted to train back1, chest1, back2, ...
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Technique Improvement for StrongLifts [Form Check]
After reading answers to my previous question (Struggling with barbell row and overhead press - StrongLift), I decided to record my sessions and seek advice on my form.
Squat: back view, side view
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Which is the proper technique in overhead press?
I recently started working out and realized that one can to overhead press in two different ways.
(I can lift more) I root myself leaning slightly back so that all the weight when lifting ...