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This deltoid muscles workout uses dumbbells to improve posture, mobility, strength and shoulder injury risk. ... Single arm cross body front raise. Single arm cross-body front raise. Stand with ...
Kipping pull-ups have lower muscle activation in the upper body but greater activation in the lower body and core; it is possible to perform them faster and complete more repetitions before encountering upper-body fatigue. [14] Kipping pull-ups are considered high risk for injury and are a major cause of shoulder injury in CrossFit athletes. [15]
The main anatomical planes of the human body, including median (red), parasagittal (yellow), frontal or coronal plane (blue) and transverse or axial plane (green). A fly or flye is a strength training exercise in which the hand and arm move through an arc while the elbow is kept at a constant angle. Flies are used to work the muscles of the ...
A muscle-up is a pull-up that transitions into a dip, whether on a horizontal bar or rings. An iron cross in which the body is suspended upright while the arms are extended laterally, forming the shape of the Christian cross. Pull-up (exercise)
One arm rows: One arm dumbbell bent-over-row: [1] This exercise is frequently performed with one knee and one hand on the same side of the body braced on a bench with the back straight and parallel to the ground, and the other hand holding a weight with the arm extended.
The push-up requires the work of many muscle groups, with one of the primary muscle groups being the chest muscles, the pectoralis major and the minor. [7] These are the two large chest muscles and the main pushing muscle group of the upper body. When pushing and lowering the body during a push-up, the pectoralis major is doing most of the work.
The body is pushed over the shoulders to enable straight vertical arms, stretching the shoulders and upper body. The bridge (also called gymnastic bridge [1]) is an exercise. Many variations of this exercise are employed throughout the world, most commonly the balancing of the body on the hands and the feet.
It is one of the most stimulating exercises to the entire triceps muscle group in the upper arm, [citation needed] and works the triceps from the elbow all the way to the latissimus dorsi. Due to its full use of the triceps muscle group, the lying triceps extensions are used by many as part of their training regimen.