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2. Dip (exercise) - Wikipedia

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   Combined dip and pull-up machine with weights. Usually dips are done on a dip bar, with the exerciser's hands supporting their entire body weight. For added resistance, weights can be added by use of a dip belt, weighted vest, or by wearing a backpack with weights in it. A dumbbell may also be held between the knees or ankles.

3. Power tower (exercise) - Wikipedia

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   One attempts to pull himself up and touch his chest to the pull-up bar. Pull-ups strongly involve the latissimus dorsi muscle. Dips, exercises in which one 'dips' oneself between parallel bars, making sure to never bend the elbows less than 90 degrees, [why?] are also used to strengthen the triceps and chest. Keeping the torso vertical can ...

4. If You Can Do This Many Pull-Ups, You Have Excellent Upper ...

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   Achieving the level of excellent pull-up performance means your back, biceps, forearms, and core are all firing on all cylinders. So, if you can hit 15+ pull-ups, you’ve earned the "excellent ...

5. Training to failure - Wikipedia

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   When the athlete has reached initial failure (i.e. fails to perform a further repetition), rather than ending the current set, the exercise can be continued by making the exercise easier (switching to another similar exercise e.g. pull-ups to chin-ups, switching to another (correct) form of the same exercise, switching to lower weight) or by recruiting help (from a spotting partner or by ...

6. How to Do Pullups the Right Way to Build Up Your Back - AOL

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   Pull yourself up to the top, squeezing your mid-back muscles (if you can't pull yourself up, use a box and start at the top). Hold the position for as long as your can (aim for 10 seconds, then ...

7. Why women tend to struggle with pull-ups, according to experts

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   Olson shares that “negative pull-ups” are also a great starting point. “Use a chair or bench. Hang from a pull-up bar in the flexed (ending/up) position,” she explains of the exercise.

8. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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   Major variants: incline ~ (more emphasis on the upper pectorals), decline ~ (more emphasis on the lower pectorals), narrow grip ~ (more emphasis on the triceps), push-up (face down using the body weight), neck press (with the bar over the neck, to isolate the pectorals), vertical dips (using parallel dip bars) or horizontal dips (using two ...

9. ‘I Used To Exercise To Be Skinny, Now I Deadlift 340 Pounds ...

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   I’ve started playing around with weighted pull-ups for added resistance to build strength in my back and lats, too. Teresa’s MVP Products For Building Muscle At 64 Ultimate Muscle Protein Powder