When you imagine a perfect body, your favorite athlete, actor (tress) and models come to mind. You always wonder how they tone up and sculpt those amazing muscles. Doing this takes a combination of minimalistic diet approach and very rigorous workouts.

One of these rigorous workouts that target specific parts of the body is upside down pull ups. It is unheard of by most gym enthusiasts due to the unique movements involved. However, it is very effective in the sculpting of the arms and upper back muscles.

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Have you tried out doing dips in the gym? Have you found it extremely difficult to do? Well, if you have tried performing dips, you must have realized how difficult it is. It is for this reason that most of us don’t consider adding it to our exercise programs.

Unknown to some is the fact that a dips workout is great for attaining upper body strength. It works to tone your upper body and upping your muscle bulk.

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Back when I was a gym and exercise novice, one of my goals was to get toned, bulging biceps. So I started cranking out set after set of curls, lifting dumbbells and barbells without much planning.

It’s only after a lot of research that I came to realize my haphazard approach wouldn’t work to build up my goal arms.

Like most people who don’t take time to learn these things, I failed to realize that not all bicep exercises were created equal. Exercise selection is important as different workouts subject your biceps to varying levels of intensity, thus affecting their effectiveness.
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After many years of experience as a seasoned body fitness trainer, We have come to realize that sit-ups top the list of exercises that barely require any skills. It breaks our heart when we see people shying away from sit-ups for alleged lack of a personal trainer, yet these exercises can be accomplished anywhere.

This includes at home or even during work breaks. Besides, they don’t have time restrictions and can be done in the morning just after waking up, in the evening, or even just before bed.

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It’s hard to get fitness enthusiasts to agree on most things, but almost all of us have a shared loathing for abdominal or lower belly fat.

It seems like no matter how hard you try and how successful you might be in most endeavors, your lower abs remain resistant to transformation.

Now, no routine of lower abs exercises is going to magically flatten your belly or give you a six-pack, but by targeting the entire group of abdominal muscles you can strengthen the midsection, especially the lower abs.

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