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@netwaxer Yeah he's put on so much size as of late. I guess that's what it takes to stay competitive.

@joshdk I already addressed bridging and reverse hypers in a separate post for training the core and low back...

@organus I am making a later post for chest training, I think RTO dips are in there along with Bulgarian dips.

@dawn16 You could if you want, but most of the forearm exercises listed are targetting those muscles more intensely than a wrist curl. It may be redundant.

Isometric Exercise List by Body Part For those of you who are not aware, an isometric exercise is simply a strength exercise where you are not moving. Exercises like the plank, superman hold, front lever, and handstand are all great examples of isometric exercises using bodyweight. These are...

@mommytobof3 That's Jared Feather, he's got his pro card for bodybuilding I believe.

@jkatt Yes, all of those would be excellent. That should be sufficient for glute training. For running or other endurance sports, it's good to work up to your glutes tolerating a lot of volume and short rest times so they don't fatigue too early during longer activity. Of course getting stronger...

@khohanguc I love Bret's stuff, I picked up his Glute Book last Christmas and it's an unbelievable amount of quality information. No exaggeration, it's a 500+ page textbook.

@elnatk Agreed about the strength curves, loading bands at the hips adds accomodating resistance to offset that terrible strength curve. The biceps actually contract at the top instead of just barely needing to curl. The only exception seems to be the narrow grip chins, since they are vertical...

@613jono There's a difference between glutes being involved and them being the primary muscle targetted. More hip-dominant exercises will favor the glutes, with the extreme of that being pure glute exercises likes hip thrusts. It's funny you feel no glute work in sissy squat, I actually feel...

@lilly159 Kudbettin has summed it up pretty well. The pike pushup is an example of a pressing compound exercise, it's hitting your front delts predominantly. So to build your lateral and rear delts you're going to need to do some accessories targetting those muscles. So training would consist...

@enchanteddjsnj Those exercises would definitely cover all of your basics. Pistols or shrimps, either is fine. Pistols are usually a bit easier to master. They're both just different exercises that could fill in as a leg press.

@markdg I always had lackluster results myself, until I started incorporating bands and rings. Particularly for the triceps, I found with a strong enough band even trivially easy exercises became challenging enough to train my arms to failure. I'm glad the dumbbells are working for you though...

@noita I agree, light to moderate resistance bands are very practical for shoulder training. I chose to focus on bodyweight exercises as those resistance band exercises are much better known and can very quickly be found online.

Introduction Healthy and balanced shoulders are essential to continued progress in upper body training, and I often observe these muscle groups not being properly developed and isolated in most trainees. Regardless of whether your goals are for performance or aesthetics, a small amount of time...

Intro Here is my guide to training the biceps, triceps, and forearms with bodyweight movements. While upper body compound movements already stimulate the arms, below I have posted some ideas on how to supplement your primary compound movements and further develop them.The focus of these...

@binh04101988 Kickstand RDLs are an intermediate progression, get your back foot behind you further over time until you are eventually doing single leg RDLs. Also, being lightly supported by the wall with your hand as you learn the motion is fine with RDLs. You're not doing much to decrease...

@jhfreeman Those are good, I didn't list any explosive movements since I feel like they are worthy of their own category.

@reallylongnickname Thank you! Very flattering.

Intro Most of this glute training advice comes from the Glute Lab by Brett Contreras. It is a great 500+ page book and goes into much more depth than this post does. I may revise this guide later as I let the information settle in my brain. Link to Book...