Tag Archives: Bent Over

Muscle Group: Abdominals Bent over twists tighten the abs and obliques. Implementation: (A) First Stand with your feet apart, place a bar across the back of your shoulders, hold it, and bend forward from the waist as much as is comfortable. (B) Having your head steady, and blocking your pelvis from rotating, intentionally turn your upper body and shoulders in […]

Muscle Group: Shoulders Bent-Over Cross Cable Laterals develop the rear deltoids by isolating and flexing the rear deltoid when reaching the top position of the cable lateral movement. This exercise is great for posture correction since it helps pull your shoulders back. Lean forward until your torso is parallel to the floor, grab a handle attached to a floor-level pulley […]

Muscle Group: Back Bent Over High Pulley Rows can also be done as a one-armed variation. One hand holds the cable attachment while your other hand is resting on your knee. Place a long bar on a high pulley. Stand back far enough from the high pulley to raise the weight stack up as you hold the bar with a medium […]

Muscle Group: Back This exercise works each side of the upper back independently. Using dumbbells forces each side of the body to work up to its own capacity, rather than running the risk of having the stronger side assist out the weaker one. Hold a dumbbell in each hand, bend your knees slightly, then bend forward from the waist, or […]

Muscle Group: Upper Back Bent Over Barbell Rows thicken the upper back. This exercise also helps widen the upper back and, to a lesser degree, adds density to the lower back. It is important to keep the back working so as not to make this a biceps exercise. Think of the arms and hands as hooks, a way of transmitting […]