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How To: Tone arms with a negative chin-up exercise
Negative chin-up… what's that? It's when you focus more on coming down than going up. And Men's Health shows you just how to do the "negative chin-up" exercise. Chin-ups will work your back, biceps, and forearms muscles.
How To: Tone arms with a cable preacher curl exercise
The "cable preacher curl" will work the biceps in your arms and minimize stress on your wrists. Men's Health gives you all the details on this arms workout, great for bicep muscles.
How To: Tone arms with a side-to-side pull-up exercise
If you thought pull-ups and chin-ups were hard, guess again… this "side-to-side pull-up" takes the lead. Although tough, this exercise is great in keeping your arms toned. This pull-up exercise from Men's Health is ideal for the more advanced trainer, who has outgrown the standard chin-up.
How To: Tone arms with an inverted row exercise
The "inverted row" is a great move for the beginner who cannot yet perform a proper chin-up or pull-up. Men's Health shows you the ins and outs of this arm exercise.
How To: Tone arms with a standing scaption exercise
Doing this workout from Men's Health will increase flexbility and strength in your rotator cuffs. Make sure to execute technical precision to avoid injury.
How To: Tone your back with a lat pull-down exercise
This incremental workout from Men's Health is a great way to tone your back. Pay special attention to the technique!
How To: Tone abs with a side-bridge reach exercise
This workout video from Men's Health gives you a step by step demo of a side-bridge. This exercise is a great way of toning abs.
How To: Tone abs with a standing cable crunch exercise
Join Men's Health as they show you the "standing cable crunch" exercise, which uses a high-pulley cable to tone your abs. It's a great abs workout if you have the right equipment.
How To: Tone abs with a negative crunch exercise
Even thought this exercise has the word negative in it, doesn't mean it isn't good. Men's Health shows you exactly how to do the "negative crunch" exercise, where you need to lean backwards into a 45º angle and work your abs.
How To: Tone abs with a figure-of-eight crunch exercise
The circular motion of this "figure-of-eight crunch" will really work your abdominal muscles. See the details in the video from Men's Health, which shows you how to do a really powerful crunches exercise.
How To: Tone abs with a medicine ball hand walk exercise
You don't necessarily need a medicine ball for this "medicine ball hand walk" exercise. Men's Health will show you exactly how to do this abs workout exercise. If you struggle to get started with this core muscles exercise, then try replacing the ball with a small step.
How To: Tone abs with front-pillar bridges & arm-lifts
This is a great Men's Health abs workout called the "front-pillar with diagonal arm-lift". The bridge position is a fantastic core muscles workout for the abs.
How To: Tone abs with a dumbbell double wood chop exercise
Before attempting this abs workout from Men's Health, make sure you're loose and start off light before increasing the weight. This "dumbbell double wood chop" exercise is a more advanced one, so be careful… start off light.
Swim Better, Swim Faster: Lessons from the Gay Army Tri Swim Coach
By Louis Tharp RealJock.com is pleased to present this first in a series of articles on improving your swimming form and performance from Louis Tharp, out gay man, swim coach for the Army Triathlon Team at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and author of the new book Overachiever's Diary: How the Army Triathlon Team Became World Contenders. Tharp is the first out gay coach in the history of West Point.
How To: Exercise with kneeling dumbbell shoulder press on ball
Learn how to exercise by doing the kneeling dumbbell shoulder press on stability ball with neutral grip.
How To: Exercise with the dumbbell tricep extension on bosu
Learn how to exercise by doing the dumbbell tricep extension on bosu flat down. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with overhead tricep extension with tubing
Learn how to exercise by doing the overhead tricep extension with tubing. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the tricep pressdown with straight bar
Learn how to exercise by doing the tricep pressdown with straight bar and underhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the cable leg extension
Learn how to exercise by doing the cable leg extension. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the barbell row with underhand grip
Learn how to exercise by doing the barbell row with underhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the cable pullover
Learn how to exercise by doing the cable pullover. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the cable row with narrow neutral grip
Learn how to exercise by doing the cable row with narrow neutral grip. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the seated cable row wide overhand grip
Learn how to exercise by doing the seated cable row wide overhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with seated cable row w/ medium neutral grip
Learn how to exercise by doing the seated cable row with medium neutral grip. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the seated cable row with underhand grip
Learn how to exercise by doing the seated cable row with underhand grip. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the 1 arm neutral cable lat pulldown
Learn how to exercise by doing the 1 arm cable lat pulldown with neutral grip. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the 1 arm cable pullover
Learn how to exercise by doing the 1 arm cable pullover. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the 1 arm cable shoulder adduction
Learn how to exercise by doing the 1 arm cable shoulder adduction. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the 1 arm dumbbell pullover
Learn how to exercise by doing the 1 arm dumbbell pullover. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the 1 arm dumbbell row with neutral grip
Learn how to exercise by doing the 1 arm dumbbell row with neutral grip. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with quadrupled lift with opposite arm & leg
Learn how to exercise by doing the alternating quadrupled lift with opposite side arm and leg. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with quadrupled lift with same side arm & leg
Learn how to exercise by doing the alternating quadrupled lift with same side arm and leg. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with superman on bosu with opposite arm & leg
Learn how to exercise by doing the alternating superman on bosu with opposite side arm and leg. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with superman on bosu w/ same side arm & leg
Learn how to exercise by doing the alternating superman on bosu with same side arm and leg. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise w/alternating superman w/ opposite arm & leg
Learn how to exercise by doing the alternating superman with opposite side arm and leg. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with alternating superman same side arm & leg
Learn how to exercise by doing the alternating superman with same side arm and leg. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the back extension & rotation on machine
Learn how to exercise by doing the back extension and rotation on machine. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise w/ back extension on machine w/ arms on chest
Learn how to exercise by doing the back extension on machine with arms across chest. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Exercise with the back extension on ball w/dumbbell
Learn how to exercise by doing the back extension on stability ball with arms overhead and dumbbell.