Strength and Physique

The straight body pull (also known as the front lever raise to inverted hang) works on maximal lat and ab contraction.  This is the body weight parallel to the stiff arm pulldown.

Q: OK, so I finished the 8x8 program and burned a lot of fat. Now I'm wanting to get on the 5x5 program.  Is it okay to incorporate 2 exercises for [the] chest on my chest day instead of one? My chest is real wide but not very thick. Any suggestions on this at all? I was thinking of doing dumbbell flyes. -Brad My Answer: Yes, you can add flyes to your chest workout.  You have 2 options: 1) Do 3 sets of 12 reps for flyes after your 5 sets of 5 reps for your chest. 2) Add flyes as a set extender to your 5 sets of 5 reps.  In other words, bench for 5 reps, immediately pick a pair of dumbbells and do 10 reps of flyes, rest.  So on and so forth until you achieve 5 compound sets.