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The "lat" sometimes added before "pull-down" commonly refers to the latissimus dorsi used in the movement. Most exercises describe the muscle that is involved and the direction of the exercise e.g. biceps curl, triceps extension, leg press, hamstring curl, abdominal curl and so on.
Squats can be performed using only the practitioner's body weight. For weighted squats, a barbell is typically used, although the practitioner may instead hold dumbbells, kettlebells, or other weighted objects. Individuals uncomfortable performing freeweight squats may use a Smith machine or hack squat machine. Major variants
The power/size/strength of this muscle can be trained with a variety of different exercises. Some of these include: Vertical pulling movements such as pull-downs and pull-ups (including chin-ups) Horizontal pulling movements such as bent-over row, T-bar row and other rowing exercises
Keep your shoulders back, then squeeze your glutes and your core as you stand up straight, tuck your pelvis, and lift the dumbbells back to stand. Pause for a moment at the top. That's 1 rep ...
The most effective core strength training involves all parts of the core being strengthened. This may involve bending and straightening in all directions (flexing and extending), circular movements (rotation and circumduction), and holding isometric poses. Additional resistance may be added to an exercise as required.
A U.S. marine performing a pull-up. A pull-up is an upper-body strength exercise.The pull-up is a closed-chain movement where the body is suspended by the hands, gripping a bar or other implement at a distance typically wider than shoulder-width, and pulled up.
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In bodybuilding and weight training, using drop sets (aka dropsets, descending sets, strip sets, the multi-poundage system the stripping method, triple-drops, down the rack, or running the rack) [1] is a technique for continuing an exercise with a lower weight once muscle failure has been achieved at a higher weight.