All The Barbell Exercises

Many people just use there barbells for their bench presses. Some of them think it is good to create an incline in their laying position.

What this does is effects separate areas of the muscle. By sitting up a little with your bench press, you will start working the lower portion of your pectorals and the lower portion of your trapezius.

By leaning back a little past flat and doing bench presses, you start to exercise higher points of your pecs and your traps. Similarly where you hold your hands on the bar makes a big difference too.

If you have your hands real close to the center of the bar, you are going to work the out ends of your pectorals and deltoids. By holding your hands closer together, you also increase the difficulty of the lift, because you are sacrificing balance that a wider grip would give you.

Wider grips will work the inner portion of your pecs. That will give the definition and create those muscles that really pop.

These is basic barbell knowledge, so now let's get some real tricks out there. A work out you probably haven't heard of is the skull crusher.

This is a routine designed to specifically target triceps. Hold the bar up in the air like you would after doing a bench press.

Now slowly let the bar comedown over your forehead by only letting your arms bend at the elbows. This is an extremely difficult exercise and should be exercised with caution.

For the first few times you do this, you will want to have a spotter make sure you don't actually end up crushing your skull. Implementing this exercise into your routine is a great way to work your triceps.

If you want to switch this routine, simply reverse the way you hold your hands on the bar. Having your palms facing toward your face will make it a lot more of a forearm workout, which some people really like, so I will leave it up to your discretion.

The French press is another intimidating triceps work out. Hold the bar above your head while standing and slowly let it drop behind your head while only letting your arms bend at the elbow.

This is another workout that should be exercised with caution. Have a spotter with you till you find a comfortable weight to exercise at and never go beyond your limit.

These exercises put the barbell in a precarious position and should not be attempted by people who are not competent in their ability to perform. There that is my disclosure, now go exercise your little hearts out.

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