Posts by Michael Tros

Standing calf raises are done by rising onto the balls of your feet with straight knees, pausing at the top, and lowering slowly until your heels drop below the step.…

The best cable back exercises are the lat pulldown, seated cable row, single-arm cable row, straight-arm pulldown, and face pull. Between them, they work your lats, rhomboids, traps, and rear…

What is muscular strength? It is the maximum force a muscle or muscle group can produce in a single effort, like lifting a weight you could only lift once. In…

The short head bicep is the inner portion of the biceps brachii, the muscle that starts at your shoulder blade and runs down the inside of your upper arm. It…

A goblet squat is a squat where you hold one dumbbell or kettlebell against your chest, sit down between your hips, and stand back up. It works your quads, glutes,…