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Clean Deadlift
Beginner

Clean Deadlift

Begin standing with a barbell close to your shins. Your feet should be directly under your hips with your feet turned out slightly. Grip the bar with a double overhand grip or hook grip, about shoulder width apart. Squat down to the bar. Your spine should be in full extension, with a back angle that places your shoulders in front of the bar and your back as vertical as possible.

Hamstrings
Forearms
+5
Barbell
Clean from Blocks
Intermediate

Clean from Blocks

With a barbell on boxes or stands of the desired height, take an overhand or hook grip just outside the legs. Lower your hips with the weight focused on the heels, back straight, head facing forward, chest up, with your shoulders just in front of the bar. This will be your starting position.

Quadriceps
Calves
+4
Barbell
Clean Pull
Intermediate

Clean Pull

With a barbell on the floor close to the shins, take an overhand or hook grip just outside the legs. Lower your hips with the weight focused on the heels, back straight, head facing forward, chest up, with your shoulders just in front of the bar. This will be your starting position.

Quadriceps
Forearms
+4
Barbell
Clean Shrug
Beginner

Clean Shrug

Begin with a shoulder width, double overhand or hook grip, with the bar hanging at the mid thigh position. Your back should be straight and inclined slightly forward.

Traps
Forearms
+1
Barbell
Clock Push-Up
Intermediate

Clock Push-Up

Move into a prone position on the floor, supporting your weight on your hands and toes.

Chest
Shoulders
+1
Bodyweight
Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press
Beginner

Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press

Lie back on a flat bench. Using a close grip (around shoulder width), lift the bar from the rack and hold it straight over you with your arms locked. This will be your starting position.

Triceps
Chest
+1
Barbell
Close-Grip Dumbbell Press
Beginner

Close-Grip Dumbbell Press

Place a dumbbell standing up on a flat bench.

Triceps
Chest
+1
Dumbbells
Close-Grip EZ Bar Curl
Beginner

Close-Grip EZ Bar Curl

Stand up with your torso upright while holding an E-Z Curl Bar at the closer inner handle. The palm of your hands should be facing forward and they should be slightly tilted inwards due to the shape of the bar. The elbows should be close to the torso. This will be your starting position.

Biceps
Forearms
Barbell
Close-Grip EZ-Bar Curl with Band
Beginner

Close-Grip EZ-Bar Curl with Band

Attach a band to each end of the bar. Take the bar, placing a foot on the middle of the band. Stand upright with a narrow, supinated grip on the EZ bar. The elbows should be close to the torso. This will be your starting position.

Biceps
Forearms
EZ Bar
Close-Grip EZ-Bar Press
Beginner

Close-Grip EZ-Bar Press

Lie on a flat bench with an EZ bar loaded to an appropriate weight.

Triceps
Chest
+1
EZ Bar
Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown
Beginner

Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown

Sit down on a pull-down machine with a wide bar attached to the top pulley. Make sure that you adjust the knee pad of the machine to fit your height. These pads will prevent your body from being raised by the resistance attached to the bar.

Lats
Biceps
+2
Cable Machine
Close-Grip Push-Up off of a Dumbbell
Intermediate

Close-Grip Push-Up off of a Dumbbell

The Close-Grip Push-Up off a Dumbbell is a compound upper-body exercise that increases triceps and chest activation by limiting the range of motion and adding an element of instability. It effectively builds pushing strength and core stability.

Triceps
Chest
+1
Bodyweight
Close-Grip Standing Barbell Curl
Beginner

Close-Grip Standing Barbell Curl

Hold a barbell with both hands, palms up and a few inches apart.

Biceps
Forearms
Barbell
Cocoons
Beginner

Cocoons

Cocoons is a dynamic core exercise that combines a leg tuck with a spinal curl, challenging abdominal strength and coordination. It's an effective movement for beginners to learn pelvic tilting and spinal flexion in a controlled, supine position.

Abs
Bodyweight
Conan's Wheel
Intermediate

Conan's Wheel

With the weight loaded, take a zurcher hold on the end of the implement. Place the bar in the crook of the elbow and hold onto your wrist. Try to keep the weight off of the forearms.

Quadriceps
Core
+6
Other
Concentration Curls
Beginner

Concentration Curls

The Concentration Curl is an isolation exercise for the biceps, performed seated with the working arm braced against the inner thigh. This position minimizes momentum and body english, allowing for a strict, focused contraction on the biceps muscle.

Biceps
Dumbbells
Intermediate

Copenhagen Plank

A side plank variant with the top leg supported on a bench, training adductor strength and trunk stability. The strongest groin-injury prevention drill in the literature for cutting / running sports — particularly relevant for runners with tight or weak inner thighs.

Bodyweight
Cross-Body Crunch
Beginner

Cross-Body Crunch

The Cross-Body Crunch is a dynamic core exercise that combines a crunch with a torso rotation. It primarily targets the abdominal muscles and obliques, enhancing core strength and stability through a cross-body patterning movement.

Abs
Obliques
Bodyweight
Cross Body Hammer Curl
Beginner

Cross Body Hammer Curl

Stand up straight with a dumbbell in each hand. Your hands should be down at your side with your palms facing in.

Biceps
Forearms
Dumbbells
Crossover Reverse Lunge
Intermediate

Crossover Reverse Lunge

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. This will be your starting position.

Lower Back
Core
+4
Bodyweight
Cross Over - With Bands
Beginner

Cross Over - With Bands

The Banded Chest Crossover is a resistance band exercise that targets the chest muscles through a horizontal adduction movement. It mimics the cable crossover machine, providing constant tension to build chest strength and definition.

Chest
Resistance Bands
Crucifix
Beginner

Crucifix

The Crucifix is a static hold exercise that challenges shoulder endurance and stability by holding weights out to the sides at shoulder height. It primarily develops the deltoids and upper back, while also engaging the core and grip. This exercise is foundational for building the shoulder stamina required in strongman events and general athletic conditioning.

Shoulders
Other
Crunches
Beginner

Crunches

Lie flat on your back with your feet flat on the ground, or resting on a bench with your knees bent at a 90 degree angle. If you are resting your feet on a bench, place them three to four inches apart and point your toes inward so they touch.

Core
Bodyweight
Crunch - Hands Overhead
Beginner

Crunch - Hands Overhead

The Hands Overhead Crunch is a core strengthening exercise that increases abdominal activation by extending the lever arm. This variation is more challenging than a standard crunch, making it effective for building midsection stability and muscular endurance.

Abs
Bodyweight
Crunch - Legs On Exercise Ball
Beginner

Crunch - Legs On Exercise Ball

The Crunch - Legs On Exercise Ball is a core stability variation of the traditional crunch. By placing the feet on an unstable surface, it increases the activation demand on the abdominal muscles to maintain body position while performing the flexion movement.

Abs
Bodyweight
Cuban Press
Intermediate

Cuban Press

The Cuban Press is a compound shoulder exercise that combines an external rotation with an overhead press. It primarily develops rotator cuff strength and shoulder stability while also targeting the deltoids. This movement is excellent for athletes looking to improve shoulder health and overhead pressing power.

Shoulders
Dumbbells
Dancer's Stretch
Beginner

Dancer's Stretch

Sit up on the floor.

Lower Back
Abductors
+1
Bodyweight
Intermediate

Dead Bug with Rotation

A core-stability drill that adds rotational loading to the standard dead bug. The contralateral arm-leg pattern with controlled trunk rotation builds anti-rotation strength relevant for rotational sports.

Bodyweight
Deadlift with Bands
Advanced

Deadlift with Bands

To deadlift with short bands, simply loop them over the bar before you start, and step into them to set up. For long bands, they will need to be anchored to a secure base, such as heavy dumbbells or a rack.

Lower Back
Forearms
+5
Barbell
Deadlift with Chains
Advanced

Deadlift with Chains

You can attach the chains to the sleeves of the bar, or just drape the middle over the bar so there is a greater weight increase as you lift.

Lower Back
Forearms
+5
Barbell