My FAVOURITE movements for each muscle group!

I thought let you all in on my FAVOURITE movements & exercises which I tend to incorporate into my training programs which give me the best mind muscle connection & an awesome pump!!

Shoulders - I have a pretty bad shoulder injury which is basically permanent now (tendinitis which caused impingement which has lead to a build up of scar tissue) so I have to be super careful when training shoulders. But it's my FAVOURITE body part to train & my favourite shoulder movement is definitely lat raises! These tend to give me the BIGGEST pump - & you gotta love the pump! I prefer to do them seated with dumbbells as it reduces the amount of room for using the rest of your body & the 'swing' to get the dumbbells up! It also means I HAVE to go from the sides of the body as oppose to the front, working on the lateral delt & the cap! My delts are one of my weaker parts aesthetically so I have concentrate on keeping the eccentric slow & the motion constant.

Back - my back is probably the strongest feature I have currently & I find the movement which gives me the most mind muscle connection is T-Bar Rows. I feel like personally it helps me develop thickness & width through rolling out my lats at the end of the movement - it feels particularly good doing heavy drop sets!

Arms - I struggle with training arms big style. My shoulder injury means I find it quite difficult, so again I'm very careful when training arms. But I LOVE incline curls. Because of the bench behind me it tends to mean I have to stabilize less & also have less chance of rolling my shoulder during reps. Again it gives me a good pump & I tend to do these at the start of a session to increase the feeling in other movements.

Hamstrings - I have to be boring here & say leg curls are my favourite. Generally I prefer a lying leg curl but the most important thing to me for this movement is HEAVILY utilising the eccentric/negatives. I do at least ten super, superrrrr slow negative full range of motion reps followed by ten regular, or slightly shorter motion reps.

Quads - again, boring. Leg extensions. Leg extensions are the best & the worst of the movements. They just always seem to hurt so incredibly & give the craziest pumps. My leg days tend to include volume, so I will normally do 20 reps as heavy & controlled as I can. This will often include a rest pause if I really need it!

Glutes - more of a compound movement but split squats are amazing but HARD. I tend to start a session with split squats to get my glutes firing nicely for the rest of the session. They look so simple but require so much balance & always make it burn! I normally do them with a dumbbell in each hand, with my rear foot on a bench to be able to lunge/squat deeper.

Hope you're all found this interesting & you give these all a go! :)

(P.s all these images are from bodybuilding.com & it's gigantic selection of exercise guides so if you're ever feeling uninspired writing your programs go here!)