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Intermediate

Intermediate Exercises

For those with some training experience.

Showing 151–180 of 335 exercises

Kettlebell Sumo High Pull

Place a kettlebell on the ground between your feet. Position your feet in a wide stance, and grasp the kettlebell with two hands. Set your hips back as far as possible, with your knees bent. Keep your chest and head up. This will be your starting position.

Traps
Adductors
Glutes
Intermediate

Kettlebell Swing

A two-handed kettlebell swing — the foundational kettlebell exercise. A hip-hinge pattern that develops explosive glute and hamstring power, posterior chain conditioning, and grip strength.

Intermediate

Kettlebell Thruster

Clean two kettlebells to your shoulders. Clean the kettlebells to your shoulders by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebells towards your shoulders. Rotate your wrists as you do so. This will be your starting position.

Shoulders
Quadriceps
Triceps
Intermediate

Kettlebell Turkish Get-Up (Lunge style)

Lie on your back on the floor and press a kettlebell to the top position by extending the elbow. Bend the knee on the same side as the kettlebell.

Shoulders
Core
Hamstrings
Intermediate

Kettlebell Turkish Get-Up (Squat style)

Lie on your back on the floor and press a kettlebell to the top position by extending the elbow. Bend the knee on the same side as the kettlebell.

Shoulders
Core
Calves
Intermediate

Kettlebell Windmill

Place a kettlebell in front of your lead foot and clean and press it overhead with your opposite arm. Clean the kettlebell to your shoulder by extending through the legs and hips as you pull the kettlebell towards your shoulders. Rotate your wrist as you do so, so that the palm faces forward. Press it overhead by extending the elbow.

Core
Glutes
Hamstrings
Intermediate

Kipping Muscle Up

Grip the rings using a false grip, with the base of your palms on top of the rings.

Lats
Core
Biceps
Intermediate

Kneeling Cable Triceps Extension

Place a bench sideways in front of a high pulley machine.

Triceps
Intermediate

Kneeling Rotational Throw

A half-kneeling rotational throw that eliminates lower-body involvement, isolating thoracic and core rotation. Helps isolate trunk rotation by reducing the contribution of leg drive. Distinct from any standing rotational throw.

Intermediate

Kneeling Squat

Set the bar to the proper height in a power rack. Kneel behind the bar; it may be beneficial to put a mat down to pad your knees. Slide under the bar, racking it across the back of your shoulders. Your shoulder blades should be retracted and the bar tight across your back. Unrack the weight.

Glutes
Core
Hamstrings
Intermediate

Landmine Linear Jammer

Position a bar into landmine or, lacking one, securely anchor it in a corner. Load the bar to an appropriate weight and position the handle attachment on the bar.

Shoulders
Core
Calves
Intermediate

Landmine Press

A standing or half-kneeling pressing movement using a barbell anchored in a landmine attachment. The arc travels diagonally from shoulder to overhead — easier on the shoulders than a strict overhead barbell press, with built-in core anti-extension demand. Distinct from Landmine 180s (horizontal rotation) and Landmine Linear Jammer (horizontal jammer push).

Intermediate

Leg-Over Floor Press

Lie on the floor with one kettlebell in place on your chest, holding it by the handle. Extend leg on working side over leg on non-working side.Your free arm can be extended out to your side for support.

Chest
Shoulders
Triceps
Intermediate

Linear Depth Jump

You will need two boxes or benches spaced a few feet away from each other. Begin by standing on one box facing towards the other platform.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Log Lift

Begin standing with the log in front of you. Grasp the handles, and begin to clean the log. As you are bent over to start the clean, attempt to get the log as high as possible, pulling it into your chest. Extend through the hips and knees to bring it up to complete the clean.

Shoulders
Core
Chest
Intermediate

London Bridges

Attach a climbing rope to a high beam or cross member. Below it, ensure that the smith machine bar is locked in place with the safeties and cannot move. Alternatively, a secure box could also be utilized.

Lats
Biceps
Forearms
Intermediate

Lunge Pass Through

Stand with your torso upright holding a kettlebell in your right hand. This will be your starting position.

Hamstrings
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Lunge Sprint

Adjust a bar in a Smith machine to an appropriate height. Position yourself under the bar, racking it across the back of your shoulders. Unrack the bar, and then split your feet, moving one foot forward and one foot back. This will be your starting position.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Lying Cable Curl

Grab a straight bar or E-Z bar attachment that is attached to the low pulley with both hands, using an underhand (palms facing up) shoulder-width grip.

Biceps
Intermediate

Lying Close-Grip Barbell Triceps Extension Behind The Head

While holding a barbell or EZ Curl bar with a pronated grip (palms facing forward), lie on your back on a flat bench with your head close to the end of the bench. Tip: If you are holding a barbell grab it using a shoulder-width grip and if you are using an E-Z Bar grab it on the inner handles.

Triceps
Intermediate

Lying Close-Grip Barbell Triceps Press To Chin

While holding a barbell or EZ Curl bar with a pronated grip (palms facing forward), lie on your back on a flat bench with your head off the end of the bench. Tip: If you are holding a barbell grab it using a shoulder-width grip and if you are using an E-Z Bar grab it on the inner handles.

Triceps
Intermediate

Lying Dumbbell Tricep Extension

Lie on a flat bench while holding two dumbbells directly in front of you. Your arms should be fully extended at a 90-degree angle from your torso and the floor. The palms should be facing in and the elbows should be tucked in. This is the starting position.

Triceps
Chest
Shoulders
Intermediate

Lying Face Down Plate Neck Resistance

Lie face down with your whole body straight on a flat bench while holding a weight plate behind your head. Tip: You will need to position yourself so that your shoulders are slightly above the end of a flat bench in order for the upper chest, neck and face to be off the bench. This will be your starting position.

Neck
Intermediate

Lying Face Up Plate Neck Resistance

Lie face up with your whole body straight on a flat bench while holding a weight plate on top of your forehead. Tip: You will need to position yourself so that your shoulders are slightly above the end of a flat bench in order for the traps, neck and head to be off the bench. This will be your starting position.

Neck
Intermediate

Lying High Bench Barbell Curl

Lie face forward on a tall flat bench while holding a barbell with a supinated grip (palms facing up). Tip: If you are holding a barbell grab it using a shoulder-width grip and if you are using an E-Z Bar grab it on the inner handles. Your upper body should be positioned in a way that the upper chest is over the end of the bench and the barbell is hanging in front of you with the arms extended and perpendicular to the floor. This will be your starting position.

Biceps
Intermediate

Lying Machine Squat

Adjust the leg machine to a height that will allow you to get inside it with your knees bent and the thighs slightly below parallel.

Quadriceps
Calves
Glutes
Intermediate

Lying One-Arm Lateral Raise

While holding a dumbbell in one hand, lay with your chest down on a flat bench. The other hand can be used to hold to the leg of the bench for stability.

Shoulders
Intermediate

Lying Rear Delt Raise

While holding a dumbbell in each hand, lay with your chest down on a flat bench.

Shoulders
Intermediate

Lying T-Bar Row

Load up the T-bar Row Machine with the desired weight and adjust the leg height so that your upper chest is at the top of the pad. Tip: In some machines all you can do is stand on the appropriate step that allows you to be at a height that has the upper chest at the top of the pad.

Middle Back
Biceps
Lats
Intermediate

Lying Triceps Press

Lie on a flat bench with either an e-z bar (my preference) or a straight bar placed on the floor behind your head and your feet on the floor.

Triceps
Intermediate