| Bodybuilding.com | Complete Compilation of Weightlifting Exercises (Page 3) | |||
| Abdominals | ||||
| Upper | Crunches | Lay on your back, lift your shoulders off the ground and crunch your abs (There are too many variations to list, some of my favorite are with legs perpendicular to my body, and on a decline bench.) | ||
| Lower | Leg-Lifts | Lay on your back, lift your legs up until they are perpendicular to your body, lower back to a couple of inches above the ground, repeat | ||
| Knee-Ups | Support your body off of the ground by either holding on to a bar, using arm slings, or a leg lift chair, lift knees up to chest and back down while focusing on your abs | |||
| Situps | Lay on your back, lift your legs up until they are perpendicular to your body, lower back to a couple of inches above the ground, repeat (You can do these on a flat surface, on a decline bench, etc.) | |||
| Obliques | Trunk Twists | Grab a bar (a broomstick or light barbell works great), rest it on your traps behind your head, bend the knees slightly, lean forward, and twist your body to the left and then to the right | ||
| Side Crunches | Lay on your side and crunch to your side | |||
| Bobbing and Weaving | Move to the upper body to the left, to the right, to the front, and to the back. Practically, you can do martial arts or box at the same time so you don't look too ridiculous | |||
| Legs | ||||
| Gluteal Muscles | Barbell Squats | Position body so that a barbell is resting on your traps and shoulders, set feet about shoulder width apart, squat down until the top of the leg is close to being parallel with the floor. (Different widths of stance change stress.) | ||
| Smith Machine Squats | Position body so that a barbell is resting on your traps and shoulders, set feet about shoulder width apart, squat down until the top of the leg is close to being parallel with the floor. (Different widths of stance change stress.) | |||
| Barbell Lunges | Rest a barbell on your shoulders, step forward and squat down until knee almost touches the floor, stand back up and alternate | |||
| Dumbbell Lunges | Grab a pair of dumbbells, step forward and squat down until knee almost touches the floor, stand back up and alternate | |||
| Leg Press | Sit down on the leg press, place feet on machine, unlatch safety handles, lower the weight until your knees are bent approximately 90 degrees and drive it back up | |||
| Machine Hack Squats | Place shoulders in pads of the Hack Squat Machine, place feet on the foot rest, unlatch safety handles, squat until your legs are parallel with the floor and drive it back up | |||
| Deadlifts | Grab a bar and stand up with it while keeping your back straight, shoulders back, and chest out. (You can do these in front of your legs or in between and with palms facing your body or opposite of each other.) | |||
| Hamstrings | Lying Leg Curl | Lay down on your stomach on a leg curl machine, put ankles under pads and curl the weight as high as you can through the movement of the machine | ||
| Sitting Leg Curl | Sit down on a seated leg curl machine, put ankles on pads and curl the weight as far as you can through the movement of the machine | |||
| Standing Machine Leg Curl | Step into a standing leg curl machine, put ankles under pads and curl the weight as high as you can through the movement of the machine | |||
| Dumbbell Leg Curl | Lay down on your stomach on a flat bench and have someone place a dumbbell between your feet and go through a leg curl motion (Caution: it isn't easy to hold the weight with your feet! [I don't recommend going heavy on this exercise]) | |||
| Straight-Leg Deadlifts | Grab a bar and stand up with it while keeping your legs and back straight, shoulders back, and chest out. (You can do these in front of your legs or in between and with palms facing your body or opposite of each other.) | |||
| Quadriceps | Barbell Squats | Position body so that a barbell is resting on your traps and shoulders, set feet about shoulder width apart, squat down until the top of the leg is close to being parallel with the floor. (Different widths of stance change stress.) | ||
| Smith Machine Squats | Position body so that a barbell is resting on your traps and shoulders, set feet about shoulder width apart, squat down until the top of the leg is close to being parallel with the floor. (Different widths of stance change stress.) | |||
| Barbell Lunges | Rest a barbell on your shoulders, step forward and squat down until knee almost touches the floor, stand back up and alternate | |||
| Dumbbell Lunges | Grab a pair of dumbbells, step forward and squat down until knee almost touches the floor, stand back up and alternate | |||
| Leg Press | Sit down on the leg press, place feet on machine, unlatch safety handles, lower the weight until your knees are bent approximately 90 degrees and drive it back up | |||
| Machine Hack Squats | Place shoulders in pads of the Hack Squat Machine, place feet on the foot rest, unlatch safety handles, squat until your legs are parallel with the floor and drive it back up | |||
| Deadlifts | Grab a bar and stand up with it while keeping your back straight, shoulders back, and chest out. (You can do these in front of your legs or in between and with palms facing your body or opposite of each other.) | |||
| Leg Extension | Sit down on the leg extension machine, put legs under pad and extend your legs ag the knee through the movement of the machine and squeeze at the top, lower, and repeat | |||
| Calves | Standing Smith Machine Calf Raises | Place a block or book or something on the floor directly under the bar, step on the block or whatever while letting your heels hang over the edge. Let your heels go down as far as possible and then up as far as possible | ||
| Seated Calf Raises | Sit on a seated calf machine and let your heels hang over the edge of the foot rest, unlatch the safety handle, then let your heels go down as far as possible and then up as far as possible | |||
| Leg Press Calf Raises | Sit on a leg press machine and let your heels hang over the edge of the foot rest, unlatch the safety handle, then let your heels go down as far as possible and then up as far as possible | |||
| Donkey Calf Raises | Step onto a donkey calf machine, let your heels hang off the edge of the foot rest, put lower back under pad, unlatch the safety handle, then let your heels go down as far as possible and then up as far as possible | |||
| Single Leg Calf Raises on step | Step onto a step, block, book, etc. and let your heels hang off the edge, then let your heels go down as far as possible and then up as far as possible | |||
| Single Leg Calf Raises on step holding a Dumbbell | Step onto a step, block, book, etc. while holding a dumbbell in one hand and let your heels hang off the edge, then let your heels go down as far as possible and then up as far as possible | |||
| Other Calf Machines | There are a variety of these around, just read the instructions on that particular macine | |||