The reverse butterfly exercise is also called the reverse pec deck and is performed on a guided weight machine. How do you perform the exercise? To begin, your seat should be adjusted so that your shoulders are at the same height as the wrists of the weight machine. Sit on the backrest and stick your chest...
Which muscles are involved in the pulley pull? The high pulley rope pull also called face pull must be done perfectly and vertically. It will solicit your posterior deltoids or back shoulders but also the middle trapezius and rhomboids. Indeed when you work the shoulders, you have 3 fascicles to solicit: the posterior fascicle (back of the shoulders), the...
The seated military bench press with the bar guided in front is a basic polyarticular exercise essential to build massive shoulders. It makes it possible to particularly solicit the anterior and middle fascicles of the deltoids and also in a secondary way the top of the pectoral muscles and the triceps. Not only will this exercise allow for greater muscular gains than the exercises...
The chin-up, also known as the chin-up barbell pull-up, is a good and complete basic exercise for shoulder width. It solicits both the shoulders and the trapezius. It is possible to perform this exercise with the free bar of course. This basic movement allows to strengthen the shoulders and the trapezius...
Lateral and front pulley raises are good isolation exercises to develop the deltoid muscles. They are also very good for getting broad and round shoulders. They can be done at the beginning of a session as a warm-up for example or to pre-fatigue the muscles. That is to say, before attacking the basic polyarticular exercises like...
The incline bench bird is an isolation exercise that primarily targets the posterior shoulder bundle. In other words, the posterior deltoid. It's important to add this exercise to your workout routine. Why? Because this part of the deltoids is often neglected and lags behind the other fascicles. You can perform it...
The horizontal pull with a wide grip on the pulley is an exercise that allows you to work the back muscles, especially in thickness, just like the horizontal rowing for example, but with greater stability and safety. Depending on the grip used for this exercise, different parts of the back can be targeted. How to perform the exercise ? Sit down on the...
