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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 enriquto »

This is a lovely set of videos, thank you very much!

I'm missing some facilities for "orthogonal" searches. For example, I want to see all the beginner dumbbell exercises on the same page, or all the advanced stretches, etc.

Btw, just tried the "nordic hamstring curl" which was new for me... never thought calisthenics could be so scary!

EDIT: I have one question: why are female/male videos separate? We all have the same muscles and can do the same exercises, can't we? It would be slightly more "inclusive" if you could select different models without necessarily specifying their sex.

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

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Post by SecurityLagoon »

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…

I thought I was missing out on a community! But I assume you mean /r/bodyweightfitness? I am also a big fan, but I moved on from it and do my own programming based on reading Overcoming Gravity (2ed) - fantastic book if you want to get into the nitty gritty on body-weight programming.

/r/bodyweightfitness have just started rolling out a new series of plans to replace the RR. So if you haven't popped by in a while it's worth a look.

The one thing that always bugged me about the RR was the videos were just a random mismatch and some weren't even the bodyweight variant - they just told you to ignore the barbell or whatever. It's a bit of work to film and edit but there are a finite number of exercises in the RR so I always felt it made sense to make a consistent set for people to reference.

That is one thing I really like about this website - the demonstrations are clear and consistent with what is being described. .

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

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Post by throwewey »

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…

Hey w0ts0n, I remember working on the initial version of this :)) Glad to see it's still around!

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

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Post by SecurityLagoon »

sbierwagen wrote: post #175
Ikatza wrote: post #150

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

The usual advice is to do Starting Strength (little bit more technical, is a book) or StrongLifts. (little easier, is a website) Both are focused on barbell compound lifts. There are many many strong opinions on what type of weight is best in what schedule, with many persuasive arguments backing them up. This is because you will get stronger and gain muscle mass if you eat at a surplus and do basically anything invol…

> Meat doesn't actually care about the routine! Your triceps can't tell if you did six reps or seven. Just doing some kind of heavy lift is enough.

Kind of... the most important thing for any beginner is to just start doing something; but, there are a lot of nuance on maximizing muscle growth that do mean different reps / weight ranges do make a difference. A couple of reps difference either side are going to make little difference but when you have drastically different ranges like 5 to 20 or something then you start training your body for different things.

Stick to low reps and high weight and keep progressively overloading and you will be good to go! As you said - for beginners something like SS or SL are great for starting with core lifts and give you a solid program to kick off from.

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Post by SecurityLagoon »

tus88 wrote: post #14

Ugh. Promoting isolation exercises should be banned.

Blanket statements like this are not useful.

Of course compound lifts are king for most people but there are all sorts of cases for doing isolation exercises. Rehab, strengthening deficiencies, bodybuilding etc.. are all valid use cases for isolation.

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

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Post by rdn »

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…

By definition, "good form" would include pelvic floor and core activation for squats and deadlifts. However, you can get pretty far with those lifts without efficiently activating those muscles. Physical therapy or Pilates type exercises can be necessary to develop the ability to activate them properly, but these kinds of exercises aren't usually included in this kind of database, and can be much more particular about technique, or be part of a sequence or group of complementary exercises.

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

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Post by SecurityLagoon »

raspasov wrote: post #39
Blackthorn wrote: post #17

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You usually need some kind of equipment. Might I recommend a trx knockoff? Cheap, and you can do inverted rows.

Get gymnastic rings instead of TRX. Cheaper and way more versatile. Anything you can do on the TRX you can do on rings, and way more. Only potential benefit of the TRX is that it might be more gentle on the hands due to the rubber handles. But after a few weeks of gripping and exercising on the rings, you'll be fine.

Yup, definitely go for wooden rings if you can. They are much nicer to use than plastic rings or the TRX handles. Plastic rings get all sweaty and slippery and the handles only really have one holding position.

Pullup and dip have a new style of hybrid rings in their new kickstarter which I am interested to try. They have both a rounded ring side and a flatter handle side. You can see them on the campaign images - doesn't look like they sell them separately yet. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pullupanddip/freesixd-w...

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