Sit down on a leg press machine and place your legs on the platform with your feet at approximately one shoulder widths distance from one another. After unracking the leg press machine, lower the safety bars and straighten your legs until your knees are nearly locked. At this point, your…
Stand upright with a dumbbell in each of your hands. Place the balls of your feet on a sturdy board with your heels hanging off of the structure and touching the floor. This is the starting position of the exercise. Raise your heels off of the floor by contracting the…
Place a block (or a stack of weights underneath the bar of a Smith machine. Ensure that the bar is set to an appropriate height so that you can comfortable position yourself underneath it. After loading the bar with the desired amount of weight, step onto the block (or stack…
If you have access to a donkey calf raise machine, you should start by positioning your lower back and hip region underneath the padded region of the apparatus. The contact point between your body and the machine should be directly at your tailbone. Put your arms on the side handles…
Place a block about a foot in front of a flat bench. Sit down on the end of the flat bench with the balls of your feet on the block. Then, place a barbell across your upper thighs (I usually place the barbell about 2 to 4 inches away from…
