Your Core Exercises
When doing exercises there are those that stand the test of
time. They should be in every one’s routines one way or the other.
These exercises all have one thing in common, they are the best
for building muscle bar none. While in certain instances they
tend to be the more difficult to do, not from a technical aspect
but from a performance aspect.
Here they are then in no special order a run down on what they
are and what muscle group they benefit:
Pull-Ups done from a hanging position with palms facing away from you.
THE best overall exercise for building a muscular back. Pull your self up to
reach your chin over the bar then lower back down, thats one rep.
Squats, are done with a weighted barbell across the back of your
neck and shoulders. You actually squat down as low as possiblealmost till your rear
touches your heels and stand back up. This is one rep. Unparalleled for upper leg
development, the rear, hamstrings and quads.
Bench Press is done laying prone on a bench on your back.
One then Lifts a weighted barbell off the bench rack lowers the weight to your
chest and press back up. The king of chest exercises.
Lunges, done with usually light dumbbells this like walking knee
bends. Step forward with one foot and until the knee from the
other leg barely touches the ground then repeat with other leg.
There are multiple variations to this one and all equally
effective. Same benefits as the squats more or less as it
targets some areas the squat misses.
While these four exercises don’t hit every body part because of
there compound movement, which is that they involve other muscle
groups as well as the targeted muscle group,they are the core of
most all muscle building.
In order to get fit, lean and raise your fat burning metabolism
you need to add on some muscle to your frame.
Thanks to AskTheTrainer.com, ShapeFit.com and James Fitzgerald on Expert Village
for the youtube.com videos.
James Bolduc
MrPowerFitness