Showing posts with label back. Show all posts
Showing posts with label back. Show all posts

Saturday, 31 March 2018

Deadlifts

Step 1: Keep your feet hip distance apart and lower your body while bending down until your thighs are in parallel to the floor. Keep your back straight and in a neutral, natural position at all times. Hold the bar with an overhand grip with your arms outside the knees. Keep your feet slightly pointed outwards.


Caution: Deadlifts, if performed wrongly,can seriously affect spine and cause lower back pain issues. Follow instructions properly to avoid any mishaps.

Step 2: Keeping your abs and hip muscles tight, push up on the legs to lift the bar. Exhale during the process. Keep the back straight.

Step 3: As the bar reaches your knees, push forward with your hip muscles to straighten your body up and further raise the bar till you are standing tall.

Step 4: Hold this position for 2 seconds. Inhale. Then return to the starting position.

Chin-ups

Step 1: Hand on a wide grip pull up bar. Tighten your abs and hip muscles and stretch your arms fully. Retract your shoulders slightly back intentionally to achieve maximum activation of back muscles while pulling up.

Step 2: Pull yourself up steadily on the bar, chest pointed outward. Slowly lower back to initial position. Repeat.

BACK

Muscle Group:

  • Upper back
  • Middle back
  • Lower back

Exercises:
  1. Wide grip chin-ups
  2. Deadlifts
  3. Barbell shrugs
  4. Lat pull-downs
  5. Seated rows
  6. One arm dumbbell rows
  7. Dumbbell shrugs
  8. T-bar bent over row
  9. Back extensions
  10. Good Morning