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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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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…

Thanks for building this! I love that this exists, and want to encourage you to continue. Like a lot of people working in tech, I've had persistent neck and posture issues for years. I'd love to see you expand to cover those, focusing on the many smaller muscles in the neck like SCM/Scalenes/Occipitals/etc. Another great area to expand is 'click where you have pain' and it would recommend certain stretches, weights,…

Perhaps also add exercises which do the opposite, i.e. relax a muscle. I'm dealing with bruxism, and find it very difficult to relax my jaw.

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

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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…

your site gonna explode

well done! back to benches

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

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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…

Wow, this might be the most relevant and genuinely useful website I've come across in a while. I really appreciate the "stretches" option for those of us who don't have access to gym equipment. Thank you.

also check the "Bodyweight" option.

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

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There are tabs for stretching and bodyweight exercises for each muscle.

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

On another note: technically, for forearms you'd want to have your hands facing away from you when doing a chin-up. Hands facing towards you is better for biceps.

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

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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…

It would be nice to add benchmarks to the exercises. E.g. how many push ups in a row (in a specific timespan, at a certain pace) a healthy person is expected to be able to do.

I suspect there is no really useful number to give for most such benchmarks due to the massive variance within "healthy people" an in fact how "healthy" is defined.

Look how many different figures/calculations are banded around for questions like "how many calories do I burn running X distance or Y minutes" for instance.

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

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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).

Decline push-ups also work on your forearms.

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

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It would be nice to add benchmarks to the exercises. E.g. how many push ups in a row (in a specific timespan, at a certain pace) a healthy person is expected to be able to do.

I suspect there is no really useful number to give for most such benchmarks due to the massive variance within "healthy people" an in fact how "healthy" is defined. Look how many different figures/calculations are banded around for questions like "how many calories do I burn running X distance or Y minutes" for instance.

Could we start off by sourcing numbers from various physical training programs and fitness exams? e.g. policemen, firefighters, the military, professional athletes.
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