1. Grab the pull-up bar with a grip that is slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and your palms facing away from your body.

2. Engage your back muscles and pull your body up towards the bar until your chin is over the bar.

3. Slowly lower yourself back down to the starting position, with your arms fully extended and your shoulders relaxed.

1. Load an appropriate weight onto the end of the T-bar.

2. Stand over the bar so that it’s in between your legs and your chest is resting on the pad (if your machine has one). Keep your back flat and make sure you have a firm grip on the bar or V-grip handle.

3. Lift to remove the bar from rest. Keep your chest up, hips back, and feet wider than shoulder-width apart.

4. After you reach maximum contraction, slowly allow the weight of the bar to lower down until your arms are almost straight before repeating the movement for the desired number of repetitions.

1. Sit at a lat pulldown machine and adjust the knee pad to fi t comfortably against your thighs.

2. Grasp the wide bar attachment with your palms facing away from you and your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.

3. Keeping your back straight, exhale and pull the bar down towards your chest, keeping your elbows close to your body and squeezing your shoulder blades together at the bottom of the movement.

4. Hold the bottom position for a moment, then inhale and slowly release the bar back to the starting position.

1. Attach a close grip handle to a cable machine and adjust the weight to your desired resistance level.

2. Sit facing the cable machine with your feet shoulder-width apart and your knees slightly bent.

3. Grasp the handle with both hands, palms facing towards each other, and extend your arms straight out in front of you.

4. Keeping your back straight, pull the handle towards your chest, squeezing your shoulder blades together at the top of the movement.

5. Hold the top position for a moment, then slowly lower the handle back to the starting position.

1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand with your palms facing inward.

2. Raise your arms out to the sides, keeping them straight, until they are parallel to the floor.

3. Pause for a moment at the top of the movement, then slowly lower the dumbbells back to the starting position with control.

4. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold a dumbbell in each hand with palms facing your thighs.

2. Keeping your arms straight, exhale and lift the weights up to shoulder height in front of your body, stopping just before your arms become parallel to the floor.

3. Hold this position for a second, then slowly lower the weights back down to the starting position.

1. On the reverse fly machine (which sometimes doubles as a chest fly machine), adjust the handles so that they are fully facing the rear (closest together). Adjust the seat height to make the handles at your shoulder-level. Sit on the seat with your chest against the pad and grasp the handles with your palms facing inwards.

2. Pull your hands out to your sides and back as far as possible. This should make a semicircular motion where you should feel a stretch in your shoulders.

3. Pause at the back of the movement, and slowly return the weight to the starting position.

1. Sit on a bench with your feet flat on the floor and your back straight. Hold a dumbbell in each hand at shoulder level, with your palms facing forward and your elbows bent.

2. Press the dumbbells up above your head, extending your arms fully and keeping your palms facing forward.

3. Slowly lower the dumbbells back down to shoulder level, making sure to maintain controlled resistance.