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Job description:Your trapezius enables you to shrug your shoulders. This muscle is also involved when you lift your arm, such as ...

Rhomboids ......................................................................................... Given name:Rhomboids Street ...

Special tips:The lower back is an injury-prone area. If you have constant lower-back pain, ask your doctor to recommend exercise ...

The training payoff:With strong pecs, you look great in tight t-shirts. You also need strong chest muscles for sports like tenni ...

Biceps .................................................................................................. Given name:Biceps Stre ...

Special tips:Many people have sloppy posture when they do biceps exercises — they rock their bodies back and forth to hoist the ...

Job description:Your forearm muscles bend and move your wrists. They’re also a link between your upper body and any barbell, lev ...

Job description:Your rectus allows you to flex your spine and pull your torso or chest toward your hips, and it works with your ...

Internal and external obliques ......................................................... Given name:Internal and external obliqu ...

Job description:Your glutes extend your hips and help you jump, climb stairs and hills, and straighten your leg behind you. You ...

The training payoff:Working your abductors can firm up your outer thighs and prevent hip injuries. Athletes and seniors should p ...

Legs ............................................................................................................... Keep in min ...

The training payoff:Hamstring injuries are pretty common (if not properly strengthened and flexible) because hamstrings tend to ...

The training payoff:Strong and shapely calves don’t just look good; they also give you staying power when you take those long, r ...

Chapter 13 Chapter 13: Demystifying Strength Equipment ......................................................... In This Chapter ...

You may also come across machines that don’t have a weight stack. Instead, you adjust the poundage by sliding donut-shaped weigh ...

4 inches of her hair got pressed between the weights. Fortunately, Liz and other staff members were able to rectify the situatio ...

Realize, too, that every weight machine won’t fit every body. Most machines are designed for people of average height, so if you ...

Consider the lying leg curl, a popular hamstring machine. You lie flat on your stomach and then bend your knees until your heels ...

Remember the name of each machine.You should not refer to the lat pull-down as “that one where you pull down that bar thingy.” ...