Stabilizing muscles are tiny muscles that surround the joints. Joints with a large range of movement such as the shoulders and hips tend to have more stabilizers than other, less mobile joints such as the … Continue reading Stabilizer Muscles

A spotter is a person who ensures safety during weight training, by helping with picking up weights and ensuring help is at hand should the trainee reach muscular failure and cannot complete a repetition. Upon … Continue reading Spotter

Somatotypes are the three basic body shapes, charted by Dr William Sheldon in the 1930’s and 1940’s. The three Somatotypes are Ectomorph- These tend to be long and lean. Low body fat, long, slender, limbs … Continue reading Somatotype

See: Isolation Exercise

A set is a group of repetitions. How many sets of an exercise you perform is dependent on many factors, with most trainees completing anywhere between 1 and 4 sets. Some exercise programs suggest you … Continue reading Set