Questions tagged [upper-body-workout]
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Consecutive 3 day push pull leg workout
Is it okay to do a push pull leg workout plan 3 days per week continuously, like Thursday/push, Friday/pull, Saturday/leg, and then the remaining days off?
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Seeking Advice on Enhancing Upper Body Strength and Muscle Mass
I'm looking to develop a workout plan that utilizes full gym equipment, focusing particularly on my upper body. My forearms and biceps are relatively thin, and currently, I can manage 13 reps x 3 sets ...
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Cracking ellbow and shoulder at pushups
While making push-ups my left elbow and left shoulder crack sometimes. Interestingly, when I do the same movement leaning against a wall there is no cracking sound.
What can I do against the cracking? ...
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Are my exercises and their reps and sets good for fat loss?
I've organized my workout into 6 days: 2 sessions of upper-body workouts, lower-body workouts, and core workouts. The 7th day is a rest day. I am working out at home so these are my options. Please ...
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Unracking the Chest Press Machine without Pedals
previously I used to workout in a gym where there was a chest press machine with pedals like that
However my actual gym just has a plate loaded chest press without pedals:
Since my shoulders hurt ...
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Am I missing any muscle group in my upper body workout?
I usually do these five exercieses on my upper body training:
Dumbbell press
Dumbbell military press/Dumbbell Seated Overhead Press
Seated cable row
Lat pulldown
Dumbbell lateral rise
Is there any ...
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Workout routine feedback?
I am a 19-year-old, 140lbs male. I have been using the routine below for about two months now (with somewhat frequent unstructured lifting before), and I've definitely gained muscle/strength (just hit ...
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Can upper body exercise strain the legs unnecessarily in long-term?
Can upper body exercise strain the legs unnecessarily in long-term?
I've lifted weights in the past, but after thinking that my legs are the most important part of my body, then I've speculated that:
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NO MORE GYM - Suggested At-Home upper and lower-body workout to bulk?
I'm a 36 year old male. I've been working out consistently for the past 14 weeks, going to the gym 4 days/week to workout different muscle groups. I've made a lot of gains, however, I'm about to ...
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Do front/back squats strengthen upper body?
I know it's obviously not gonna be the same as targeting my upper body directly, but will I still get some strength benefits in my upper body from doing front & back squats with a barbell?
I feel ...
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Stamina Decreasing for Some Exercises But Increasing for Others
I've just started working out at a gym for pretty much the first time ever. I've always been really skinny - as in low body fat - but used to have decent muscle mass due to working a very physically ...
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Lu Raises vs Lateral Raises (biomechanical analysis)
let's consider the so called "Lu Raises", frequently performed by Lu Xiao Jun.
I'm curious to understand if they could be a nice alternative to the common Lateral Raises for lateral delts ...
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Does the skull-crusher work the chest isometrically?
sometimes I feel my chest slightly working in the skull-crusher. So, I thought it could be normal. In fact, although all the pictures showing the skull-crusher involved muscles shows only the triceps, ...
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How to gain the strength to successfully perform a pull up [duplicate]
I have very little upper body strength and stamina and have never been able to do a pull up but I'd like to be able to. When holding on to the bar hanging, my arms fully extended I'm unable to lift ...
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Asymmetric Bar Placement in Overhead Position
Hell there,
I have an issue in any kind of exercises involving the Overhead Position (Overhead Press e Overhead Squat).
Precisely, at the Overhead lockout position (shoulder blades elevated and arms ...
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