Physique

If you stumble upon a curved bench press, the lowest bench position might look like a flat bench press but due to the arc, It is in fact effectively a flat bench press due to the position that it places your sternum.
On another note, yes I highly recommend you use it if you have it vs a regular flat bench press since it provides more support when you naturally arch.

There's not a day in my life that I wake up and I'm not happy about the physique I was able to achieve. It just never gets old…

If you haven't been sore in a very long time after working out, there are a couple of important things to know:

1. It could be that you are not
challenging yourself enough with the weight you're using or the number of reps, such as you're not training close enough to failure.

2. That said, soreness should not be the leading indicator of progress. If you're comparing feeling super sore in the beginning of your fitness journey compared to now, that is not likely a cause of concern.

I never program decline bench press for - myselt or my clients because a flat bench press for most people, if they're properly depressing their shoulder blades, is actually a little bit of a decline as is. Since naturally your arch slightly rotates the overall position of your sternum slightly upwards.

If you need to jump up to reach the pull-up bars on a squat rack, a better option will help you avoid starting to set swinging because if you use these safety pins of the squat rack as a step ladder, this is especially useful If you typically do weighted pull-ups as well since jumping up is usually not feasible

Ironically, you don't need the bench incline to be super low on incline dumbbell curls.
In fact, if you lower the incline, typically the harder it would be to keep your shoulders from moving forward into flexion.
Instead, incline above 45° tends to be just enough to get your arms into shoulder extension while still making it relatively easy to keep your shoulders pinned back

Tricep pushdown is a relatively simple exercise that often gets butchered.
Sometimes the most simple and basic way is purely training elbow extension with no involvement at the shoulder joint. It's probably the best and most common way to be doing the exercise.
That said, I saw an interesting argument about the tricep pushdown/press hybrid mimicking a jm press and thus biasing the lateral and medial head of the triceps.
That's a decent argument for doing one biarticular press-like motion but it certainly shouldn't be the default Tricep Pushdown variation imo considering you're likely already pressing when you train chest and front delts.

If you find your lats super sore the next day from vertical pulls, one of the best stretches you can do for your lats is also the most simple to do. Simply grab a vertical beam and allow your body to sink back, letting the weight of your body pull yourself into the stretch.

you can do this either right after your workout, same day, to try to minimize soreness the next day, or on the coming days when your lats are already sore

‹Do a machine row to train your lats. common mistake is thinking that pulling as far as you can will better contract the lats, but the active range of motion of your lats and when your arms reaches the side of your body.

Barbell bicep curls seem like a relatively simple exercise, but why is it that so many people complain about elbow and wrist pain when they're doing it?
The good news is it's most likely a form issue. Today I'll give you my exact thoughts on how to avoid