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Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Re: Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

femto wrote: post #121

Is there any way to select the core "pelvic floor" muscles (or whatever their technical name is)? Beyond anything to do with incontinence, my understanding is that they are intimately involved with back pain and are one of the most important muscle groups to strengthen, as flexing them (or not) influences the position of most other parts of the body. (When people say "walk tall", what they really mean is "turn your p…

Yeah if there was one major improvement to that page I would suggest, it would be to add smaller muscles; you mentioned pelvic floor, I've heard about things like the rotator cuff (big source of injury!), etc etc.

Mind you, that's probably entering into the realm of physical therapy as opposed to fitness / weight lifting.

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Post by Thomasmack »

w0ts0n wrote: post #32

Thanks OP for sharing my website! Please be gentle with me. This is a project website that I built out of frustration a few years ago. I know there are things that need improving and a lot of things that could be adjusted. I work full time at Brave Software (brave.com) and simply don't have time to put a ton of effort into MuslceWiki. I do however have a big backlog of videos to add and I've slowly been working on an…

Nice project and I love it for planning my workout. Any plans to monetize it?

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Post by Hitton »

Moru wrote: post #152
npunt wrote: post #90

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Unfortunately I'm limited in what I can do overhead due to an old neck injury, so pullups are out. Most upper body stuff causes me pain so I have to be extra careful dialing in the right movements, weight, and reps. I've heard deadlifts are one of the best exercises, I can't wait to get back to PT and get a personal trainer so I can do those correctly. I doubt I've done enough with lats.

Have you tried archery? My neck and shoulderproblems got a lot better after I started with that.

Doesn't archery normally cause uneven muscle development between right and left side of a body?

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Post by emptyfile »

akavel wrote: post #163
Ikatza wrote: post #150

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Can you share a good resource for beginners to find some pre-configured plans? Thanks!

I got convinced by and fell in love with the r/bodyweightlifting Recommended Routine - I now advertise it left and right, for a quick link see: https://tinyurl.com/bodyweightrr I found it soothing and empowering how they calmly yet persistently insist on starting small and not overworking yourself , and explain a lot with science. They describe how to scale the exercises depending on your fitness level (or lack there…

+1 For the RR

I actually almost immediately modified it because I have dumbbells and lack a pull up bar at home, but even so it was very helpful for figuring out what a proper workout is supposed to feel like and look like.

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Post by hombre_fatal »

Ikatza wrote: post #150
hit8run wrote: post #139

Well done site. I have a little mixed feelings about the target audience. Working out for many years (gym and calisthenics) I know a lot of exercises. Beginners might be tempted to approach their fitness by asking that question: what muscle I want to grow today? That is not the way to go. If you start out or especially during a pandemic where you need to work with everything you can get go for composite exercises tha…

Can you share a good resource for beginners to find some pre-configured plans? Thanks!

Bodyweight exercise at the park or backyard while listening to your favorite podcast or audiobook. That way you focus on developing a habit without complicating it with gyms, weights, and "plans".

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Post by ummonk »

TheGallopedHigh wrote: post #144
mod wrote: post #124

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If you mean like this: https://musclewiki.com/Bodyweight/Male/Forearms/ You can see how there is still equipment required.

Forearms are quite difficult to do without equipment. Unless you include something that could be easily procured at home.

No you can easily do them at home by clasping your hands together and making your arms work against each other. It just isn’t as efficient as compound exercises (e.g. pull-ups that also exercise your back).

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Post by SecurityLagoon »

w0ts0n wrote: post #109
dehrmann wrote: post #85

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What's up with only having first-party js/css/image resources on your site? /s

Just prefer to keep the site with no 3rd party dependancies. If something goes wrong/down I know where to look.

I appreciate it!

This was the first website I have used for a while that I didn't need to adjust my uMatrix to get full functionality.

Do you have a way of donating? I feel bad that ads are being blocked.

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