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Have you been trying to find exercises that help with building your strength? Usually any type of exercise would help, but there are some that are strictly made for the strength of the body. Here are a few good choices and how to perform them to ensure good results.

1. Parallel Squats

Step 1: Position bar to make it rest on the muscles at the top of your back.

Step 2: Take your hands over the back, grab the bar until you are stable.

Step 3: Bend at knees, straighten your back, prepare to take the weight off the rack.

Step 4: Lower your body down slowly, but don’t lean forward.

Step 5: Squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor and slowly raise your body back up.

2. Bench Press

Step 1: Set the height of the rack (if it’s adjustable) and add the weight you are going to use.

Step 2: Lie back, use a medium width grip, palms facing forward, prepare to lift the bar from the rack.

Step 3: Lower the bar to the middle of your chest, do not let it touch your chest.

Step 4: Pause for a minute then slowly raise the bar back up. Do not lock your elbows or rest, go back to the starting position and repeat.

Step 5: After you have finished, place the bar back onto the rack slowly.

3. Weighted Dips

Step 1: Attach weight belt to your waist, choose the appropriate amount of weight.

Step 2: Grab the dip bars with your palms facing inward.

Step 3: Jump up and take your bodyweight while crossing your legs and leaning forward.

Step 4: Keep elbows in while lowering your body

Step 5: Pause then push back up slowly to the starting position.

4. Seated Dumbbell Press

Step 1: Get an adjustable angle bench and set the back to 90 degrees.

Step 2: Grab dumbbells, sit down on the bench with the ends of the dumbbells on your thighs.

Step 3: Raise the dumbbells above your head while twisting your palms to face forward.

Step 4: Lower dumbbells to your side, contract the shoulder muscles as you raise the dumbbells.

Step 5: Begin lowering the dumbbells back down to repeat the exercise.

5. Pull Ups

Step 1: Grasp the pull up bar with an overhand grip.

Step 2: Bend at the knees to take your weight off the floor.

Step 3: Slowly pull yourself up until your chin in over the bar.

Step 4: lower yourself back to starting position

Step 5: Repeat at least 10x

6. Seated Barbell Press

Step 1: Load barbell with appropriate weight, set the back to 90 degrees.

Step 2: Grab bar with overhand grip, palms facing forward.

Step 3: Slowly lower the bar to your upper chest

Step 4: Pause, then push the bar back to the starting position

Step 5: Repeat at least 5x

7. Standing Barbell Curl

Step 1: Grab a barbell using an underhand grip

Step 2: Stand with your feet together, back straight, arms fully extended.

Step 3: Keep eyes facing forward, elbows to your sides, body still, slowly curl the bar up

Step 4: Squeeze your biceps at the top and slowly lower it back down

Step 5: Repeat at least 10x

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