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Certainly! While bodybuilding primarily focuses on muscle growth and strength, incorporating stretching exercises into your routine can improve flexibility, reduce the risk of injury, and aid in muscle recovery. Here are some bodybuilding exercises that also offer stretching benefits: 1...

Absolutely, developing strong and well-defined glutes is a key focus for many bodybuilders. Here's a routine that targets the glutes effectively: 1. **Barbell Hip Thrusts:** This exercise is excellent for targeting the glutes. Sit on the ground with your upper back against a bench, roll a...

Didnt see an intro section so ill post here. New to the board but been around since pretty much the beginning of the internet. Ive been VET on AB, TID, Peak-muscle and a few others. Former local NPC competitor and two time Masters Nationals competitor. Been out of commission for the last 5...

SQUAT WIDTH TO TARGET YOUR GLUTES VS YOUR QUADES How to best match your squat to the muscles you want to build. Are gym bros telling you your squats are wrong or that you’re doing a half squat? Our answer to that: it depends! There are plenty of ways to do a squat and each type targets a...

It's about time you gave this hyperextension variation a try if you haven't already. Lower body mobility is built on the strength of the lower back, glutes, and hamstrings. You are able to run, jump, hinge, and squat like a rock star because to these group of muscles. There are several excellent...

There are countless advantages to including bands in your workouts. Here are 3 of my favorites. The major drawback of band exercises is that, after a while, they stop making you stronger. Before there is a chance of breaking, they can only be stretched so far and come in so thick. In a...

To get the most out of your session, work out any tension. Work Smarter, not harder. Being too painful and stiff is possibly the only guilt-free justification for skipping gym sessions. However, if you're consistently skipping workouts due to painful muscles, it's time to think about doing some...

In many experts' opinions, the hip thrusts might be the best exercise to target glutes specifically.. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Butt why?⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ When we perform the exercise, there's a great shift of weight from hip muscles to the gluteus maximus, which is one reason why they experience high levels of...

CORE STRENGTH . 📚 The core is not only the rectus abdominis and oblique muscles, but rather muscles that attach to the hip that aid in stability. These isometric variations do not change length during the contraction, but still produce force in the muscle. This can aid in more postural and...

Hip flexor tightness can happen for many reasons but it always seems to cause problems if it sticks around for long enough. Sometimes it can cause back pain, sometimes hip pain, sometimes knee pain, and sometimes it doesn’t cause any pain at all. . In this example we will say I have tightness...

Pain in the front of your hip when you squat? There could be a ton of reasons but here are three of the most common that I see and that can be altered to make immediate changes. All three of these have a common denominator and that is the femur is jamming up into front of the hip. In all of...

What's up guys? A hip replacement, multiple immune infusions, and a few years later I'm back. Currently on HRT at a whopping 200mgs Test a week, but the chest is up to 48 inches again. How is everyone doing? Its been so long I'm not sure who is still around.

HANGING CORE VARIATIONS . 📚By using the weight of the legs there is added resistance placed on the core muscles. Each of these variations target different muscle groups. Make sure not to use momentum while pulling the legs up for each of these variations, keep the core tight and engaged at all...

Neuromuscular massagetherapy treatment of TFL and Glutes can help reduce Hip & Knee legpain. Start with easy pressure on these tissue. Many triggerpoints can develop over years of stress and overuse. They will be sensitive 🤣. To reduce tension in I.T. Band focus your treatments on the T.F.L. &...

This series demonstrates variations for one of the most popular exercises for the back, rowing. The exercises in this series primarily focus on the lats, rhomboids, and lower trap muscles. You want to avoid pulling the elbows too far back on these exercises. Instead focus more on scapular...

GLUTE VARIATIONS . 📚 Glute exercise are important for hip mobility and stability, such as at the top of a squat, deadlift or a single leg stiff leg deadlift you need to be able to drive with the glutes to maintain neutral spine. The main actions for this series are hip extension, which is...

💥HIP THRUST VARIATIONS . When performing hip thrusts we put the pelvis in a position known as posterior pelvic rotation. This is where the pelvis is tucked underneath us. This is why it’s important to maintain neutral spine, such as keeping the chin tucked as well as breathing out on the way up...

People often like to claim that squats are a great glute exercise. In reality, they're just an okay glute exercise. This is due to the fact that the squat is most difficult at the bottom - AKA, a position of deep hip flexion. The glutes are most active near full hip extension, which represents...

Still doing insta-model glute kick-backs? We have much better options than this for glute development and activation! Most people will also move excessively through the low back during the kick-backs as well adding spine stress if you have sensitivity. It’s not that a glute kick-back couldn’t...

So, I had a health scare Monday... I had gotten my testosterone pellets implanted into my right hip last Wednesday. That hip has been sore of course and I didn't think much of it Monday morning when it felt numb. Well early that afternoon the numbness was running down my right thigh and I...