Remember geometry class in high school? All those theorems about angles and rhomboids and trapezoids and all that other good stuff?

Even if geometry wasn’t your best subject, you can still take advantage of the tines and angles when it comes to developing and shaping muscle. All you need is a basic, Cliffs Notes style version of body geometry.

Basics

You have more than 430 skeletal muscles to move your 206 bones. Each muscle begins on one bone and ends on another. It’s also known as the point of origin and point of Insertion. The direction in which your muscle fibers run between these two points (called pennation) determines the direction of muscle contraction.

Sometimes the point of origin can differ greatly in size from the point of insertion. That’s why doing different exercises from various angles makes a profound effect in your muscular development.

Also, certain muscles cross over multiple joints, like your biceps and triceps, while other complex muscle groups, like your back, are actually made up of a large number of individual muscles whose fibers run in different directions.

Knowing and understanding POO, POI, pennation, fibers, and such would go a long way toward optimizing your development. However, learning all that would take years of schooling.

But you don’t need that,

You see, anatomy is exact science. Training Is not. The bottom line is you need to change your strength training routine by changing the exercises and using different angles to finely sculpt your body, like an artist.

We’ll use the chest, back, and arms as examples.

The Chest

Think of a triangle lying on either side of your chest. The line down the center lathe point of origin and the point of insertion is at the top of your humerus (the bone of your upper arm).

Draw some lines from the origin to the insertion and you’ll see how the fibers run. Moving your arms over and across your chest at different angles stimulates these fibers in a different fashion.

For best chest development, stick with these exercises: db flat bench press, db incline bench press, barbell flat bench press, bb incline bench press, bar dips.

The Back

This is where muscle fibers get a little bit complicated.

Your back is made up of all kinds of smaller muscles that originate and insert in different places. So in order to develop your back the way you want it, you must perform different exercises that vary in the angle of pull. Even these small variations can promote greater effects.

For example, by altering your grip on a 1st pulldown from wide to reverse, you work not only the lats, teres major, and rhomboids (don’t worry about remembering these) that are normally stressed with the standard pulldown, but also the middle trapezius (middle of your upper back).

Point is, the bigger and more complex the muscle group, the more angles you need in your strength training attack. The more angles you use, the better developed your muscle will be.

Exercises: chin ups, pull ups, seated rows, barbell bent over rows, db one­arm rows, pulldowns (front – close, medium, and wide grip), reverse grip pulldown, close grip pulldown.

The Arms

Even though most of your muscles have larger points of ongin than insertion, the muscles in your biceps and triceps do not. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t work them from different angles.

These particular muscles cross over more than one joint, so they too are affected by working them at different angles.

Both muscle groups originate on your shoulder complex and insert on one of your forearm bones. When you do curls or pressdowns, you’re working these muscles as it relates to your elbow joint, but not your shoulders.

Exercises for biceps: barbell standing curl, db standing curt, preacher curl, db seated incline curl, bb reverse curl, Exercises for triceps: triceps cable pressdowns, db kickbacks, lying triceps extensions, overhead triceps extensions, rope pulldowns, dips.

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Muscle Exercise

When I work out I usually make sure that I do exercises that are low impact since I usually have to go to work the next day because I do not want to be so sore when I go to work that I can not concentrate on what I am supposed to do for work. For the working man there are a few low impact exercises that you can do and not be stiff all day at work. These exercises are jumping rope, walking, and side to sides.

The first exercise that is good for a working man to do during the day and that he will not be sore the next day is jump roping because this is a very good low impact exercise that will really get your blood pumping. When you jump rope it works out tons of muscles in your body from your arms biceps and triceps down toward your abs and your calves and quadriceps.

The good thing about jumping rope is that you do not have to do it for very long in order to get a good workout. If you do it for around fifteen minutes a day then you are going to see big changes in the way your body looks.

Another exercise that is good for the everyday working man is walking because you pretty much fit this into your everyday routine. It is not hard when you are getting to work or going to the store to park further away from the office or store that way you are getting a little bit of a walk while you are walking up.

Then if you just make sure that you try to walk some more through the day then if you walk enough throughout the day then you would not have to go for your walks at the end of the day unless you wanted to.

The last exercise that is good for the everyday working man to do is side to sides because these you can pretty much do whenever you want because they do not take anything to get them done. You can simply stand and watch TV while doing side to sides and get a great workout plus not miss your favorite TV show. Side to sides really workout your abs and will help you get rid of the love handles that everyone hates and wants to get rid of.

It is hard for the everyday working man to be able to find time to workout but with these exercises I hope I have made it a little easier for them to workout.

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muscle exercises

There is no doubt that most men want to develop bigger, better defined muscles. For most men it is as a boost in confidence. There is no denying that having well defined muscles can make you feel better about yourself. For other men it is all about making their life a little easier. This is especially true for men who have a labor intensive job. By building stronger muscles these men can often get through their day without being as worn out. For anyone who is looking to improve their muscle tone and develop stronger, better defined muscles it is important to look at build muscle exercises.

In order to get great muscles, making a perfect and well planned muscle building exercises regimen will not only help you to burn excess/unwanted fat but also increase your overall strength and flexibility.

There are also many other benefits of a good exercise plan for building muscle like it helps maintain blood pressure, maintains blood-sugar level and also improves bone strength. In order to maximize your muscle building results set some kind challenging but realistic goals whether you are professional body builder or a newbie hitting the gym for a first time.

Some Effective Build Muscle Exercises

1. Weight lifting is one of the oldest and most widely accepted build muscle exercises on the planet. It is an extremely effective way to build muscle if it is done properly. The key to weight lifting effectively is to vary the type of lifting you do and the way you do the lifting. Some experts feel that lifting with more weight for fewer reps is better while others feel that more reps with less weight is more effective. In most cases varying between the two will get the best results because it will allow the muscles to grow while maintaining densely packed muscle fiber.
2. Pushups are another one of the oldest and most widely accepted build muscle exercises. In fact, pushups may very well be the oldest exercise aimed at strength training because it requires absolutely no special equipment. All you need is the floor. Push ups are extremely good at working the biceps, triceps, pectorals, shoulder muscles and upper back muscles. One of the best benefits of pushups is that they work both the primary muscles and the smaller control muscles which connect to the primary muscles. This effectively builds both sets at the same time.

4. Running is a great form of muscle building exercise which requires no special equipment. It can be done outside your own house. It works the calves and thigh muscles very effectively. It also has the benefit of offering a cardio vascular workout which helps to improve the strength of your heart and lungs.

Build muscle exercises do not all require special equipment. In fact there are a wide variety of different strength training exercises that require nothing more than your own body. Combining home workouts using some simple strength training exercises which don’t require equipment with a gym workout is a great way to build muscle more rapidly.

In order to staying focused with your muscle building plan, break the main / long term goal in to smaller short term/sub goals. This action will eliminate some boring schedules from your muscle building exercise program.

Reward yourself after completing sub goals. Keep track of each workout you complete successfully.

Tips for starting muscle building exercise program:

• In order to avoid injury, perform exercises carefully.
• Do not over load your muscles, if you want to build mass, do fewer reps but include more sets with heavier weights.
• Drink plenty of water/fluid.
• Do not try to do interval training more than 4 times per week
• Rest at least 60 to 90 seconds between sets.
• The key of success is warm up- warm up and only warm up, do not try to skip your warm up session in order to avoid soreness of muscles and muscle injury.
• Use a spotter if you are training with heavy weights.

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