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Resistance training with barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells and other weights. Questions involving how to lift and maximizing lifting performance. Includes powerlifting, bodybuilding and Olympic lifting.

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Optimal exercises for an abdominal workout

I don't do ab exercises yet I can see my abs. What I do targets them indirectly, squats, dead-lifts, standing shoulder press, shrugs, etc. For the little time I have to train, 2 for 1 (ie full body ex …
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How much will I be able to bench press?

Short answer: you will not be able to do that amount of weight, your body is not prepared for that movement with any amount of weight (unless you do some push-ups once in a while). You should congrat …
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arm muscle size not increasing

I would cut the cardio and do more heavy compound movements and body weight exercises, ie squats, deadlifts, bent-over barbell rows, standing barbell shoulder press, bench press, dips, pull-ups etc as …
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What's the best way to increase bicep size and endurance

Yup, look at gymnasts, they probably don't do bicep curls and have huge biceps. I would recommend doing more back exercises that will engage your biceps like the following: bent-over barbell rows …
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Gym has max 30 kgs dumbbells; how to progress?

Depends what your goals are, possibly you don't need to even do flies or db press. Normal barbell bench and dips could do the trick.
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Going to gym every day when I have very low physical activity

There are some good answers here but what I suggest is the following routine (I'm also a software dev but love working out and being stronger than bodybuilders at my gym). You can train everyday if yo …
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Using only one arm/leg on machines?

As others have mentioned, start doing dips (you can even add weight when it gets too easy), pull-ups and chin-ups, same principle, add weight when you can do more than 8 for example. Those three exerc …
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How to strengthen *very gently* your grip in order to safely perform chin-ups? Are wrist wra...

I would suggest doing an exercise that will work your grip and another muscle group at the same time, like dead-lifts, shrugs, farmer's walk, etc. Probably the easiest of the ones mentioned would be s …
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