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Exercise library
69 exercises for the gym and home, each explained in three steps: set up, move, finish. Every page lists the muscles worked and the mistakes we see most.
Most exercises have our own illustration of the start and finish positions; the rest have written cues only for now. New to the gym? Start with your first day or the 12-week home plan.
Squats, lunges and legs
- Goblet squatQuads · glutes · trunkWith drawing
- Tempo squatQuads · glutes · trunkWith drawing
- Walking lungeQuads · glutes · hamstrings · trunkWith drawing
- Reverse lungeQuads · glutes · hamstrings · trunkWith drawing
- Leg pressQuads · glutes · inner thighsWith drawing
- Split squatQuads · glutes · balanceWith drawing
- Bulgarian split squatQuads · glutes · balanceWith drawing
- Step-upQuads · glutes · balanceWith drawing
- Standing calf raiseCalves · ankle controlWith drawing
- Leg extensionQuadsWith drawing
- Hack squatQuads · glutesWith drawing
- Back squatQuads · glutes · trunkWith drawing
- Seated calf raiseCalves (mainly the soleus)With drawing
- Cossack squat to rangeInner thighs · glutes · quadsWith drawing
Hinges, bridges and glutes
Pushing: chest, shoulders and triceps
- Push-upChest · triceps · shoulders · trunkWith drawing
- Incline push-upChest · triceps · shoulders · trunkWith drawing
- Dumbbell bench pressChest · triceps · front shouldersWith drawing
- Bench pressChest · triceps · front shouldersWith drawing
- Lateral raiseSide shouldersWith drawing
- Dumbbell shoulder pressShoulders · triceps · trunkWith drawing
- Standing overhead pressShoulders · triceps · trunkWith drawing
- Overhead triceps extensionTricepsWith drawing
- Incline dumbbell pressUpper chest · shoulders · tricepsWith drawing
- Machine chest pressChest · shoulders · tricepsWith drawing
- Machine shoulder pressShoulders · tricepsWith drawing
- Cable triceps pressdownTricepsWith drawing
- Close-grip floor pressTriceps · chestWith drawing
- Floor pressChest · triceps · shouldersWith drawing
Pulling: back and biceps
- One-arm dumbbell rowLats · upper back · bicepsWith drawing
- Dumbbell curlBiceps · forearmsWith drawing
- Bent-over dumbbell rowUpper back · lats · bicepsWith drawing
- Seated cable rowUpper back · lats · bicepsWith drawing
- Lat pulldownLats · upper back · bicepsWith drawing
- Neutral-grip pulldownLats · upper back · bicepsWith drawing
- Assisted pull-upLats · upper back · bicepsWith drawing
- Band pull-apartRear shoulders · upper backWith drawing
- Barbell rowUpper back · lats · trunkWith drawing
- Chest-supported rowUpper back · lats · bicepsWith drawing
- Face pullRear shoulders · upper backWith drawing
- Rear-delt flyRear shoulders · upper backWith drawing
Core and carries
- Forearm plankAbdominals · obliques · trunkWith drawing
- Side plankObliques · trunk · shoulder stabilisersWith drawing
- Slow mountain climberTrunk · hip flexors · shouldersWith drawing
- Dead bugAbdominals · trunk controlWith drawing
- Bird dogTrunk · glutes · back stabilisersWith drawing
- Suitcase carryObliques · grip · trunkWith drawing
- Farmer carryGrip · upper back · trunkWith drawing
- Pallof pressObliques · trunkWith drawing
- Ab wheelAbdominals · trunkWith drawing
- Cable crunchAbdominalsWith drawing
Mobility and stretches
- Child’s pose breathingBack · hips · relaxed breathingWith drawing
- Cat–cowSpinal mobility · breathingWith drawing
- Hamstring flossHamstrings · nerve mobilityWith drawing
- Calf stretchCalves · anklesWith drawing
- Hip flexor stretchHip flexors · quadsWith drawing
- Open booksUpper back · chestWith drawing
- Wall slidesShoulders · upper backWith drawing
- Deep squat hold with supportHips · anklesWith drawing
- Thoracic rotationsUpper backWith drawing
- Neck turns (look left and right)NeckWith drawing
- Shoulder circlesShoulders · upper backWith drawing
- World’s greatest stretchHips · hamstrings · upper backWith drawing
- Hip airplanes with supportHips · glutes · balanceWith drawing