How and why: the cable pull through

How and why: the cable pull through

      Cable machines are a very versatile bit of kit. They offer loads of different exercises to make up your pull day routine. Being able to vary the weight means you can monitor your progress easily and use it for a full-body session just by adjusting...
How & why: the chest supported row

How & why: the chest supported row

    To do the chest supported row, you just need a pair of dumbbells and a bench. Although its name calls out the chest, it’s really a movement used to target the shoulders and the back. By supporting the front of your body against the bench, this type...
What is a hack squat?

What is a hack squat?

      Squatting is a fundamental part of our natural movement. We do it from being babies. Then we grow up, and we start doing it in the gym too. It’s a compound movement meaning it recruits many joints and muscles to do the job and requires core...
Take on the weighted plank

Take on the weighted plank

      If you’re done with the basic plank, it might be time for the weighted plank. This core crunching exercise has infinite variations to amp up the full-body burn. If you can hold a plank correctly for more than 60 seconds, you might be ready...
The what and how of the clean and press

The what and how of the clean and press

      Some exercises are pretty self-explanatory, just from their name. Others are a bit more obscure and require a bit of browsing on the internet. Perhaps that’s how you’ve got here. You want to know what it is, how to do it, what muscles...