Whether you want to lift heavier, run faster, jump higher, or look your best, you must have powerful posterior chain muscles. The posterior chain is the group of muscles on the back of your body. They include hamstrings, erector spinae, and gluteus maximus. Of all the workouts you can do to strengthen your posterior chain…
The sissy squats are a quadriceps femoris-dominant workout performed by leaning backward and hinging on your knees while keeping your upper body with the femur. Unlike traditional squats, sissy squats don’t hinge on the hip joint and rely on your balance to achieve a perfect free-standing form. Due to the difficulty this exercise entails, an…
If you are a gym enthusiast, then you have probably heard about lift straps. Lifting straps have been used worldwide to help bodybuilders lift heavier weights than they would have usually been able to do without them. This is because the primary purpose of a lifting strap is to allow the lifter to focus on…
Your leg day can get boring quickly if you’re focusing your energy on Deadlifts and Squats only. You’ve got to vary and mix workouts, don’t you? Well, a hack squat is an excellent way to add variety and isolation to your front thigh muscles. It’s a compound workout that poses minimal risk of injuries or…
Strong muscles are essential for a healthy body. One way to keep your muscles strong and healthy is with strength training. However, performing the wrong muscle-strengthening exercises or performing the right exercises wrongly can do more harm than good. When done correctly, strength training can tone your muscles, help you lose fat, and improve your…
Keeping your body fit and healthy is one of the few guaranteed methods to improve not only your health but also keep both your energy and mood up. Leg days might not be everyone’s favorite, I know I hated it during the first months, but it is an essential exercise that will keep you nimble…