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Home » News » Try Canadian Fitness Influencer Natasha Aughey's Beefy Arm Day

Try Canadian Fitness Influencer Natasha Aughey’s Beefy Arm Day

Aughey leverages the stretch and contraction for pull-day gains.

Written by Matt Magnante
Last updated on May 28th, 2025

While two exercises could suffice to train most muscles, they’re hardly enough for a complex system like the back. It comprises several muscles with different functions, and each needs to be accounted for. 

In a recent training vlog, gymfluencer Natasha Aughey shows how to build complete back and muscle endurance with key movements and intensity techniques.

Aughey’s Back, Delts & Biceps Workout 

  • Pull-ups: 3 Sets to Failure
  • Kneeling One-Arm Cable Row: 3 Sets 
  • Machine High Row: 2 Sets x 12-15 & 25 Reps 
  • Machine Shoulder Press: 3 Sets 
  • One-arm Pec Deck Reverse Flye
  • Cable Lateral Raise: 3 Sets x 12-to-15 Reps 
  • Bayesian Curl: 2 Sets 

[Related: 3 Exercises & Training Techniques for Chiseled Back Width]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flPr9lsoA9Q&ab_channel=NatashaAughey

A thorough warm-up is invaluable for boosting performance and preventing injuries. Aughey maximizes mobility and range of motion with plank shoulder taps, band dislocations, and bodyweight I-Y-T raises. 

Assisted vs. Non-Assisted Pull-Ups

Aughey’s program calls for assisted pull-ups, emphasizing slow tempo. She prefers bodyweight pull-ups and believes they are challenging. They’re similarly beneficial, but the latter offers more control for those who lack upper body strength. 

A wider overhand grip, as Aughey demonstrated, biases the lats and teres major to promote a V-taper aesthetic. She pushed all sets to failure. Performing partial reps from a dead hang may provide more growth stimulus. (1)(2)

Kneeling Row, Rest-Pause & Tempo Challenge 

For cable rows, Aughey braced against the bench in a half-kneel, protracting her scapula fully forward for maximum stretch. She prioritizes range of motion over weight, ensuring complete contractions. Single-arm rows with a narrow grip seem to enhance lat width and thickness. (3) 

  • Pull the elbows down and back sweepingly towards the hips for a better lat emphasis.

Moving to shoulder presses, Aughey employed tempo training:

The first set is a 3-second eccentric with a pause at the bottom; the next two are slow on the way down.

Slow eccentrics increase time under tension and muscle damage, which could enhance gains. (4) Moreover, rest-pause sets have been shown to increase training volume, a factor for muscle hypertrophy. 

Unilateral Reverse Fly & Reverse Cable Curl

Aughey experiments with one-arm machine reverse flyes. She sits sideways on the pec deck, grabs the handle across her body, and pulls away from it, providing a better medial deltoid stretch.

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Aughey cable curled facing away from the machine, maintaining a neutral arm position to improve the stretch further, but science says angling the arms behind the body, such as during incline curls may be best.

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References

  1. Pedrosa, G. F., Lima, F. V., Schoenfeld, B. J., Lacerda, L. T., Simões, M. G., Pereira, M. R., Diniz, R. C. R., & Chagas, M. H. (2022). Partial range of motion training elicits favorable improvements in muscular adaptations when carried out at long muscle lengths. European journal of sport science, 22(8), 1250–1260. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2021.1927199
  2. Kassiano, W., Costa, B., Kunevaliki, G., Soares, D., Zacarias, G., Manske, I., Takaki, Y., Ruggiero, M. F., Stavinski, N., Francsuel, J., Tricoli, I., Carneiro, M. A. S., & Cyrino, E. S. (2023). Greater Gastrocnemius Muscle Hypertrophy After Partial Range of Motion Training Performed at Long Muscle Lengths. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 37(9), 1746–1753. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000004460
  3. Lehman, G. J., Buchan, D. D., Lundy, A., Myers, N., & Nalborczyk, A. (2004). Variations in muscle activation levels during traditional latissimus dorsi weight training exercises: An experimental study. Dynamic medicine : DM, 3(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-5918-3-4
  4. Wilk M, Zajac A, Tufano JJ. The Influence of Movement Tempo During Resistance Training on Muscular Strength and Hypertrophy Responses: A Review. Sports Med. 2021 Aug;51(8):1629-1650. doi: 10.1007/s40279-021-01465-2. Epub 2021 May 27. PMID: 34043184; PMCID: PMC8310485.

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About Matt Magnante

Matthew Magnante is a seasoned writer and content editor who has authored hundreds of articles in various categories including bodybuilding, strength sports, CrossFit, general health and fitness, and MMA. His childhood fascination with the 80s and 90s bodybuilding legends fueled his passion for living and breathing weight training, nutrition, and everything in between. Matt was involved in martial arts for most of his youth and is a huge UFC fan. Having beaten the worst of anxiety and chronic stress using natural techniques, he’s also learning just as much about the mind and loves to help others improve their well-being and overall health.

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