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Body Building Exercises

Today, Body Building is a Necessity

Because we have become a fairly sendentry society, with the increase in office jobs and a decrease in the kind of work that maintains mucle structure, there is a growing need for weight lifting and body building exercises. Without them, our body's natural need of weight-bearing in order to maintain a healthly structure goes unheeded, resulting in complecations down the road.

Body Building Exercises

We have collected a number of body building / weight lifting exercises for all of the major muscle groups. Some require only a barbell while others require a particular machine. Click on a group below or on a colored muscle group in the picture to the right to view the exercises.

Click a muscle group below to see exercises