9.2. FREE WEIGHT AND MACHINES
PRACTICAL
Analysis, execution, practice, teaching to practitioners.
CHEST
UPPER BACK
SHOULDERS
TRICEPS
BICEPS
FOREARMS
ABS (ABDOMINAL)
LOWER BACK / DORSAL - ERECTOR SPINAE
ANTERIOR MUSCLES OF THIGHS - ADDUCTORS - HIPS (GLUTEAL MUSCLES)
HAMSTRINGS AND HIPS (GLUTEAL MUSCLES)
CALF MUSCLES
CARDIO EQUIPMENT
CHEST
- On a horizontal bench, bar presses ("bench").
- On a horizontal bench, chest presses with dumbbells.
- On incline bench, chest presses with barbell.
- On a incline bench, chest presses with dumbbells.
- On a incline bench, alternate chest presses with dumbbells.
- On a horizontal bench, chest areas with dumbbells ("flies").
- On a incline bench, chest areas with dumbbells.
- On a horizontal bench, combine pressure and chest areas with dumbbells.
- Cross-benches, dumbbell sweaters [and all other types of sweaters, depending on which muscle group you want to emphasize, e.g. thoracic or dorsal muscles].
- In a pulley system, hand crossings.
- At Peck Deck, breastplates.
- In a pressure machine, chest presses.
- In parallel bar- dips - variation with emphasis on the chest.
- All chest Press Variations in Smith.
UPPER BACK
- In single-bar, retraction traction.
- In single-bar, front grip with closed grip.
- In single- bar, pull with b grip.
- At high pulley, retractor pulls with corner grip.
- At high pulley, frontal pull up.
- At a high pulley, pull with b grip.
- In a pull machine, all variants.
- In upright position, high roller pulls with arms outstretched.
- In sitting position (bent over), rowing on a low pulley.
- In stooping, "closed" barbell rowing.
- In stooping, "open" barbell rowing (rear deltoid exercise).
- In stooping, bar rowing using B grip.
- In stooping, dumbbell rowing.
- In upright position, shoulder lifts with dumbbells and barbell (trapezius).
- All rowing variants with a bar on Smith.
SHOULDERS
- In upright, front shoulder barbell presses.
- In upright position, behind the neck press with barbell (back press shoulder -high risk exercise).
- In upright, shoulder presses with dumbbells.
- In upright position, alternate shoulder presses with dumbbells.
- In upright position, lateral lifts of hands with dumbbells.
- In upright position, side lift with low pulley.
- In upright position, alternate front lifts with dumbbells.
- In the shoulder press machine, all variants.
- In the upright position, the bar pulls to the chin (high rowing - and the trapezius variant).
- Stooping, side lifts with dumbbells.
- In sitting position, side lifts with dumbbells.
- All Shoulder Presses Variations on Smith.
TRICEPS
- In the upright position, the arms extend over the head with a barbell ("French").
- In the upright position, the hands extend over the head with a dumbbell (B grip).
- From upright position, hand extensions over dumbbell head.
- In lying position, extension hands with a barbell.
- Stooping, dumbbells ("kickback").
- In upright position, press hands down to the pulley.
- Variations of triceps exercises in adjustable height pulley.
- In the game, triceps sinks.
- The corresponding exercises on machines.
BICEPS
- In upright position, arm curls with barbell.
- In upright position, low curls hand bends.
- In upright position, arm curls with dumbbells.
- In upright, alternate arm curls with dumbbells.
- On a incline bench, arm bends with dumbbells.
- In a sitting position, single arm bending with a dumbbell ("concentration bending").
- Arm bends on a pillow (barbell, dumbbells, pulley).
- The corresponding exercises on machines.
FOREARMS
- In an upright position, arm curls with an reverse grip on the barbell.
- In a sitting position, bent wrists or dumbbells.
- In a sitting position, areas of wrists with bar or dumbbells.
ABS (ABDOMINAL)
- In the supine position, abdominal crunches (from the supine position, restricted torso lifts).
- In a supine position, rotational crunches.
- In a supine position, raised leg crunches.
- In kneeling position, pulleys crunches.
- In supine position, alternating knee traction - torso turning.
- Front plank.
- Side plank.
- In a position of dependency, knee pulls to the chest.
- Abdominal exercises on adjustable height pulley.
- Abdomens in the special organ (machine).
- Abdominal exercises on special benches.
LOWER BACK / DORSAL - ERECTOR SPINAE
- On back bench, trunk lifts.
- Prone on the floor, trunk lifts (stretches / backs).
- Prone on the bench, trunk lifts.
ANTERIOR MUSCLES OF THIGHS - ADDUCTORS - HIPS (GLUTEAL MUSCLES)
- In the special machine, leg extensions (quadriceps).
- Squats with back barbell (back squat).
- Upright, dumbbells squat.
- Front squat with barbell.
- Hack squat with barbell.
- Single-legged squat (the other on a bench) with dumbbells.
- Dumbbells lunges (all types: front, lateral, back, walking etc.).
- Dead lift with bent legs (exercise mainly for gluteus muscles).
- All variants of leg exercises with a bar on Smith.
- All variations of Rack squats with leg bar.
- Adjacent thighs to the special organ from the sitting position.
- Thigh abductions in the special sitting position.
HAMSTRINGS AND HIPS (GLUTEAL MUSCLES)
- In prone position special machine, leg bends.
- In the sitting position, leg bends.
- On the special organ from upright, bending one leg.
CALF MUSCLES
- In sitting position on the special instrument, lifting the heels.
- In the upright position, bar tiptoes.
- In upright position, lift one heel.
- All of the above variants to Smith.
CARDIO EQUIPMENT
- Bicycle (all kinds).
- Cross Training.
- Step machine.
- Rows machine.