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Compound exercises for your biceps

5 Best Compound Exercises for the Biceps

Could your biceps training use a jumpstart? Here are five compound exercises that work your biceps in a different way than curls. These exercises also work more muscle groups for more balanced biceps training. Which will you add to your routine?

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Thusters are a total body compound exercise

The Total Body Compound Exercise You Probably Aren’t Doing

Total body exercises that work multiple muscle groups at the same time are a winner in terms of benefits. The more muscles you work, the more you’ll raise your heart rate and the greater the functional benefits of the exercise. Here’s a total body exercise you probably aren’t doing but should be!

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Cathe Friedrich doing compound exercises

Do Compound Exercises Boost Anabolic Hormones?

You may have heard that compound exercises, those that work more than one muscle group at the same time, boosts the release of anabolic hormones that aid in muscle growth. How much truth is there to this idea? Is the anabolic benefits of compound exercises a myth?

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Triceps Training

5 Tips for More Effective Triceps Training

Could your triceps training use an upgrade? Make sure you’re giving them enough attention and not just focusing on your biceps. Here are five tips that will help you get more out of your next triceps training session.

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image of Cathe,Jenn and Brenda doing a barbell upright row in Fit Split Pull Day. The exercise order in this workout video includes only pull exercises.

Does Exercise Order Impact Strength Gains?

There are a variety of training variables you can adjust when you strength train. One such variable is the order in which you do strength-training exercises. Does it really make a difference what order you do your exercises? Here’s what science says.

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