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The 30 Most Powerful Arm Exercises For Titanic, Toned Arms

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Arms Exercise 25: Horizontal Cable Row


Horizontal Cable Row

How To:

Primary Muscles: Back, Biceps

  • Sit at a cable station with a narrow-grip attachment. Lean back slightly with bent knees.
  • Maintain a flat back and tight core, contract your biceps, and pull the cable into your chest. Don’t swing or use momentum.
  • Hold 1s, return to full extension, and repeat.

 

Video Demo — Horizontal Cable Row

 

 

Arms Exercise 26: French Press


How To:

Primary Muscles: Triceps

  • Sit on a bench and raise a barbell overhead with an overhand grip. Your hands should be slightly narrower than shoulder width.
  • Keep your upper arms in place, maintain a tight core and lower back, bend your elbows, and slowly lower the weight until your forearms are below parallel.
  • Powerfully contract your triceps and press the weight overhead. Hold 1s and repeat.

 

Video Demo — French Press

 

 

Arms Exercise 27: Cable Rope Triceps Extension


How To:

Primary Muscles: Triceps

  • Stand at a cable station with a rope attachment.
  • Pin your upper arms into your sides and powerfully pull the rope down, squeezing your triceps for 1s at the bottom. Stand up tall without leaning forward.
  • Slowly raise the rope back up to start and repeat.

 

Video Demo — Cable Rope Triceps Extension
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Bryan DiSanto

Bryan DiSanto

Founder & Editor-in-Chief at Lean It UP
ELLO ELLO I'm Bryan DiSanto. I'm the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Lean It UP, a CPT/CSN/Fitness Coach, Chef trained at Le Cordon Bleu – Paris, NYU graduate, ex-fat kid, and all-around fitness junkie.

I also contribute to Men's Health Magazine.

When I'm not working on my abs (or somebody else’s), whipping up avocado roses and avocado toast, or running a Tough Mudder, I'm probably yelling at a Carolina Panthers game somewhere.

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