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Specific Exercises for Specific Muscles

 

You have to train hard to get that body you desire. In order to achieve your goal, you must have a good training program to religiously follow. There are different workout routines for different body parts so get familiar with the kind of exercises that work for certain muscles.

Workout Routines for Washboard Abs

The abdomen consists of very strong muscles thus in order to produce better results, you may workout your abs thrice a week.

Sample Ab Routines:

Crunches

Reverse crunches

Oblique

Crunches

Leg raises

Crunches with Legs on Exercise Balls

Wide Grip Pulldowns Behind the Neck

Crunch Twist

Hanging Leg Raises

 

Workout Routines for Strong Shoulders

The shoulder or deltoid is composed of 3 heads, namely: front, lateral, and rear. The shoulder is a complex muscle thus in order to get better results, do one compound movement and three isolation exercises to train the 3 heads separately from different angles and range of motion thereby stimulating and giving endurance.

 

Sample Shoulder Routines:

Lateral dumbbell raises

Bar military press

Upright row

Overhead dumbbell presses

 

Workout Routines for Well-Shaped Arms

Arms consist of biceps and trips, which are relatively small muscles compared to the other muscle groups. It is therefore necessary to train these muscles with caution to avoid muscle tear and injuries. Additionally, these muscles are more prone to get fatigue since every upper body part exercise involves the use of arms.

 

Sample Arm Routines:

Dumbbell biceps curl

Standing barbell curls

Hammer curl

Triceps kickback

Preacher Curl

 

 

Workout Routines for an Awesome Back

The back part is primarily a complex muscle composed of the erector spinae, latissimus dorsi, rhomboids, and trapezius. You therefore need to have variety of exercises to stimulate this muscle group.

 

Sample Back Routines:

Barbell bent-over row

Lateral pull down

Pull ups

Seated cable row

Dead lift

One arm dumbbell row

 

 

Workout Routines for a Powerful Chest

The chest consists of the upper part (pectoralis major) and the lower part (pectoralis minor). Training these muscles separately gives you a well-balanced chest and it also gives you more strength in terms of doing pushing and hugging motions in your workout routines.

 

Sample Chest Routines:

Flat barbell bench press

Incline barbell bench press

Flat dumbbell bench press

Incline dumbbell flyes

Cable crossovers

Push ups

 

Workout Routines for Muscular Legs

The legs are the considered the biggest body part. Legs are accustomed to stressful activities since they carry most of the body weight. It is important to improve leg muscles by performing multiple sets and repetitions to make them stronger and more muscular.

 

Sample Leg Routines:

Dumbbell lunges

Squats

Leg curl

Leg extensions

Stiffed-leg dead lift

Dumbbell lunges

 

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