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“[Planks] are an exercise lazy people made up to give themselves the illusion they’re training their abs. They’re doing nothing at all,” hypertrophy expert Dr. Mike Israetel said in a recent YouTube video. Is it a hot take? Possibly. But he didn’t stop there. Here are five exercises Dr. Israetel says to avoid, along with…
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The biceps get too much credit. Don’t get us wrong; training your biceps is a must for bigger and stronger arms. But your triceps make up two-thirds of your upper arm mass and cover the entirety of the back of your arm. That’s a chunk of prime real estate. With that in mind, here are…
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