Resistance Flashcards
BB Front Squat
CP:
- Balance bar on anterior deltoid
- Feet shoulder width apart
- Knees not over toes
- Keep your head up at all times.
- Inhale squat, exhale push
Muscles:
Quads:
Vastis lateralis/medialis/intermedius
Rectus femorus
Hamstring:
Biceps Femorus
Semi membranosus/tendonosus
Glutes
BB Box Squat
CP:
- Bend bar across shoulders
- Tight arch in lower back
- Don’t bounce off box
Muscles:
Quads:
Vastis lateralis/medialis/intermedius
Rectus femorus
Hamstring:
Biceps Femorus
Semi membranosus/tendonosus
Glutes
Cable Hip Add/Abduction
CP:
- Back straight
- Breathe
- slow controlled movement, don’t swing.
Muscles:
Ab- glutes, tfl
Ad- Adductor brevis/ magnus/longus, Gracilis, iliapsoas
One arm DB row
CP:
- Flat back
- tight core to keep from turning
- pull elbow back as far as possible
- breathe
Muscles:
Trapezius
Latissimus dorsi, Teres major
BB Prone Bench Pull
CP:
- squeeze shoulder blades together
- wide grip, lower back/ close grip, upper back
Muscles:
Lats, infra spinatus, teres minor
Rhomboid, Middle traps
DB front raise
CP:
- Lift one at a time
- Breathe
- Maintain slight bend in elbows throughout exercise
- lift slightly higher than shoulder
Muscles:
Ant deltoid
Pec major
DB lat raise
CP:
- feet shoulder width apart
- palms turned towards body
- Don’t lean forward
- breathe
Muscles:
Middle deltoid, supra spinatus
anterior delt
Upright row
CP:
- grip slightly less than shoulder width
- raise elbows up to the side till bar is at your chin
- keep bar close to body
- stationary torso during movement
Muscles:
Supra spinatus
anterior deltoid
Arnold dumbell press
CP:
- starting position- look like contracted bicep curl
- shoulder press db as you rotate palms until facing forward
- Breathe
- rotate back to starting position
Muscles:
middle deltoid, supraspinatus
infra spinatus, teres minor
Cable Cross Over
CP:
- Pulleys above head
- starting position step forward between pulleys
- slight bend at elbows and hips
- extend arms till you feel stretch in your chest
- throughout movement arms and torso should remain stationary
Muscles:
Pec major
Anterior deltoid
DB incline bench press
CP:
- raise db to shoulder width
- palms away from body
- feet flat on floor
- breathe
- Lock your arms up top
Muscles:
upper pec major
anterior deltoid
DB sumo squat
CP:
- legs wider than shoulder width
- knees slightly bent
- toes facing out
- arms stationary
- breathe
- squat till thighs are parallel to floor
- press with heels
Muscles:
Quads:
Vastis lateralis/medialis/intermedius
Rectus femorus
Hamstring:
Biceps Femorus
Semi membranosus/tendonosus
Glutes
DB Single leg deadlift
CP:
- weight in opposite hand to standing leg
- knee slightly bent
- lower kettle bell until back and leg are parallel to ground
- breathe
Muscles:
Hamstring:
Biceps Femorus
Semi membranosus/tendonosus
Multi Hip machine- ab/adduction
CP:
- Don’t use handrails
- activate core
- straight posture
- breathe
Muscles:
Ab: glute medius, TFL, illiapsoas
Ad: Adductor longus, brevis, magnus, gracilis, illiapsoas sartorius
Cable hip flexion/extension
CP:
- move back so tension for full rom
- controlled movements, no swinging, stationary hips
- activate core
- breathe
Muscles: Flexion- Illiapsoas, pectineus, rectus femoris Extension- Glute max, Hamstring: Biceps Femorus Semi membranosus/tendonosus