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Table of Contents + Instructions Expert Tips Workout Programming Mike's Take Preacher Curl Alternatives 4 Preacher Curl Workouts More Biceps Exercises Instructions Adjust a preacher curl station so the top of the pad sits in your armpits when you’re seated. Grab an EZ-bar (as shown in the videos above) or straight bar with your palms facing up and slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, rest your upper arms on the pad, and extend your elbows until your arms are nearly straight. Keeping your upper arms on the pad, curl the bar toward your shoulders until you can’t curl the bar any further. Hold this position for a brief moment, then lower the bar and return to the starting position. Expert Tips Make sure you keep the backs of your arms and elbows glued to the pad throughout the entire rep. Some folks cheat on this exercise by jerking their torsos backward and lifting up their elbows or pushing their shoulders forward, which defeats the point of using a ...

Table of Contents + Instructions (Floating-Bar Hip Thrust Machine) Instructions (Lever Hip Thrust Machine) Expert Tips Workout Programming Mike's Take Machine Hip Thrust Alternatives 3 Machine Hip Thrust Workouts More Leg and Glute Exercises Instructions (Floating-Bar Hip Thrust Machine) Sit with your upper back against the machine’s padded backrest and place your feet on the footplate. Position the padded bar across the top of your hips. Position your feet about shoulder-width apart with your toes pointed slightly out. Adjust your foot position so your shins are roughly vertical and your knees are bent about 90 degrees at the top of each rep. Grip the bar and roll your wrists backward (like revving a motorcycle) and slightly elevate your hips to release the hooks supporting the weight. Lower your hips until your butt just barely touches the floor (or as low as you comfortably can without letting your back slip off the pad), then thrust your hips up by press...

Table of Contents + Instructions Expert Tips Workout Programming Mike's Take Front Squat Alternatives 3 Front Squat Workouts Muscles Worked by the Front Squat More Leg Exercises Instructions Position a barbell in a squat rack at about the height of your collarbone and grip it with your palms facing the floor about shoulder-width apart. Squat down, press the tops of your shoulders against the underside of the bar, and push your elbows up and out in front of the bar. Stand up so the bar is resting on your shoulders and take one step back with each foot, setting your feet about shoulder-width apart with your toes pointed out about 45 degrees. Sit down by pushing your hips backward and bending your knees at the same time until your thighs are parallel to the floor or slightly lower. Stand up to return to the starting position, keeping your elbows high throughout each rep. On the last rep of a set, finish it fully (legs straight, bar motionless), then move the bar bac...

Nearly every doctor, researcher, and health expert agrees that nearly everyone should take fish oil . It’s well-established that it can support heart, blood vessel, brain, immune, and joint health, as well as mood and memory. Emerging research shows that fish oil may also support strength, muscle gain, and workout recovery. One of the best examples of this comes from a 2023 study conducted by researchers at Baylor University on 28 men and women with at least six months of weightlifting experience. One group took 4.5 g of fish oil daily (~2.3 g of EPA and ~1.6 g of DHA), and the other took a placebo for 10 weeks. During the study, participants trained 3 times weekly on nonconsecutive days, doing 3–4 sets of the squat , leg press , leg extension or leg curl , bench press , shoulder press , seated cable row , and lat pulldown in each workout. The results showed that the fish oil group experienced a 73% greater increase in their bench press one-rep max relative to the placebo group ...

In 5 months of Legion’s body transformation coaching , Eddie lost 38 pounds, 20% body fat, and gained significant muscle and strength. Eddie is no stranger to hard work. He’s a former college hockey player and a dad of four competitive athletes. Between long days at the office and a packed family schedule, his own health kept landing at the bottom of the list, and he spent years trying to fix this. He bought several Legion custom meal plans and liked them a lot, but a plan on paper wasn’t enough on its own, and his weight barely budged. So he turned to Legion coaching for help. Here are his results: Eddie’s Journey By the time he reached out about coaching, he’d had enough. “I’m fed up with feeling gross. I can use help with programming and accountability,” he said. His diet was the weak spot. “I’ve been winging it, no plan and eating like a 12-year-old,” he admitted. He signed up with a clear goal to lose 30 to 35 pounds of fat. His biggest challenge wa...

Table of Contents + Instructions Expert Tips Workout Programming Mike's Take Incline Dumbbell Curl Alternatives 3 Incline Dumbbell Curl Workouts Muscles Worked by the Incline Dumbbell Curl More Biceps Exercises Instructions Sit back on a bench set to about 45 degrees. Hold a dumbbell in each hand and let your arms hang straight down with your palms facing forward. Curl the dumbbell in your right hand up as close to your shoulder as you can without letting your elbows move forward. Pause for a brief moment and then lower the dumbbell and return to the starting position. Repeat with your left hand, and continue alternating like this until you’ve completed your desired number of reps for each arm. Expert Tips Keep your elbows behind your torso—avoid the temptation to push your elbows forward at the top of each rep to eke out a bit more range of motion. This does increase the range of motion, but it’s mostly your shoulders doing the extra work, not your...