Want to maximize chest recruitment? Do 5-angle flyes.
Various angles of adduction are necessary to maximally recruit the pecs from the clavicle to the sternum. This exercise will hit most of them to stimulate new growth.
As you fatigue in one position, adjust the angle to a new position: high, mid, low or someone between those angles. You can even go back to a previous angle. This also allows you to extend the time under tension, one of the key components of hypertrophy training.
Ah, the elusive art of abs. These days, the "lift shirt and crunch" has replaced flexed biceps as the choice method for proving that you are, indeed, a studly man-beast. Despite this latest "muscle of the moment" craze, Americans are getting fatter. Want to know the secret reason? Okay, I'll tell you...but this is just between you and me, deal?
Most people train the big lifts once or twice per week. But the strongest people in the world use a much higher frequency. Here’s what you can learn from them.