Target Every Muscle

Work Your Whole Body With These Moves.

- Nathane L. Jackson

Getting to the gym is the easy part. Putting in the work isn’t. But effort alone won’t be enough to win in the gym. In fact, if you don’t know how to hit all the major muscles in your body, then you won’t see any gains. Here are our best picks for moves that target your whole body.

Trap Bar Deadlift (Hips and Hamstrings)

There’s no better exercise than the deadlift. It’s king of the hip hinge, hitting nearly every muscle on the posterior chain starting from the prime movers – hips and hamstrings – to all the muscles of the lower, mid and upper back that are used to stabilize.

The trap bar sets the lifter in a safe, lower back friendly, yet powerful position.

Anterior Loaded Static Front Lunge (Quadriceps)