Discover exercises for every goal — strength, endurance, flexibility, or fat loss.
How it works: Use the filters to find the right exercise for your equipment, skill level, and target muscle group. These exercises feature in our challenges, workouts, and workout plans - but we’ve also made them available for you to browse and learn from. They’re great for discovering individual exercises that target specific muscles or for finding effective alternatives.
Barbell Shrug primarily targets the traps and also engages both core abdominal muscles and the forearm. While lifting the weight, your core activates to stabilize your upper body. In addition, the barbell shrug improves your forearm strength.
Barbell Siff Squat is a free weight exercise that primarily targets the quads and, to a lesser degree, also targets the glutes and hamstrings. It improves stability, balance, and coordination due to the nature of foot positioning.
Barbell Snatch is a dynamite exercise that strengthens the posterior chain and can help you attain an upright posture: straight back, shoulders retracted, tight core, and a potentially less painful low back. The tall posture and balance of the lift begin i...
Barbell Split Jerk is a full-body exercise that specifically targets the quadriceps, glutes, and calves. It also provides strength to the leg and core as well as develops effective mass.
Barbell Split Squat is a popular unilateral lower body movement used by strength, power, and fitness athletes to increase muscle mass, strength, and injury resilience. However, it increases the strength in the muscles of the legs, including the quads, hams...
Barbell Squat with Heels Raised is a variation of the standard squat. It activates the muscle fibers of your quads because it increases the range of motion at the knee while decreasing the range of motion at the hip. It is a great alternative for those who...
Barbell Stepover is a multi-joint exercise that explicitly targets glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps. It also increases functionality and mobility throughout the hips.
Barbell Step-Up activates muscle groups throughout your lower body, including your quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and adductors. It is a great single-leg strength exercise that also improves balance and core strength.
Barbell Straight-Leg Deadlift is a great exercise that affects your posterior chain. By strengthening it, you benefit your posture and lower back strength and your explosive power, jumping, leg press, and incline running capability.
Barbell Straight-Leg Deadlift to Row is a strength training exercise that changes the conventional deadlift form. The straight-leg deadlift to row engages your posterior chain, a group of muscles on your backside, including the glutes, calves, lats, and ha...
Barbell Towel Bench Press builds size and strength in the chest and triceps. Using a towel during this movement reduces the extra layer of fat around the belly and helps you become stronger in the area where you try to move the weight.
Barbell Upright Row is an effective upper body exercise. It builds strength in the shoulders and upper back. Barbell upright row is a pull exercise, meaning you''ll be pulling the weight toward you and targeting your posterior chain or the muscles on the b...
