Deadlifts work several muscle groups throughout the body, making them the best strength-building exercise. This compound action works the back, glutes, hamstrings, core, and grip, making it essential to any strength-building routine.
Squats The list goes on: back, front, goblet, etc. Squats strengthen your quads, glutes, and hamstrings and engage your core.
Pull-ups Don't overlook upper-body pulling strength in strength training. Pull-ups are a staple exercise for lats, traps, rhomboids, and upper and mid-back muscles.
Hip thrusts Squats, deadlifts, running, and jumping depend on strong glutes. Hip thrusts are essential for posterior chain strength. Hip thrusts target your glutes, maximize range of motion, increase duration under tension, and build strength and lean muscle.
Pushups Moving your weight increases functional strength. Traditional, close-grip, raised, decline, and dumbbell pushups increase chest, triceps, shoulders, and core strength and growth.
Lunges Unilateral strength and stability improve lower body strength and reduce injury risk. All sorts of lunges (including box step-ups) help strengthen your quads, hamstrings, glutes, calves, and core.
Shoulder Presses Shoulder press variants using dumbbells, kettlebells, and barbells improve vertical pressing strength. This workout targets the shoulders and triceps, building strength and muscle.
Bench presses Would a strength article be complete without bench press? This upper-body strength exercise is a gym staple. Bench presses build chest, triceps, and shoulder strength.
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