The workout routines presented here can be performed using barbell exercises and will allow you to target muscles in a specific region of your body. They are presented here to highlight how effective working out with barbell exercises can be.
Perform the following exercises in order to enlarge your chest muscles.
Together they target the upper, lower, inner and outer pectoral muscles.
The Bench Press - Close-Grip and Bench Press - Wide-Grip barbell exercise will target your inner and outer pectorals.
The Bench Press - Incline and Bench Press - Decline will target your upper and lower pectorals.
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Bench Press - Close-Grip |  |
Bench Press - Wide-Grip |
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Bench Press - Incline |  |
Bench Press - Decline |
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Use this workout routine to workout your shoulder muscles.
The barbell exercises here will target the front, outer and rear deltoid muscles.
The Barbell Rear Deltoid Raise - Prone barbell exercise will target your rear deltoid muscles while
the Military Press - Standing will mainly target your front deltoid muscles.
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Barbell Upright Row |  |
Military Press - Standing |
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Barbell Front Deltoid Raise - to Vertical |  |
Barbell Rear Deltoid Raise - Prone |
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The following workout routine will help you strengthen the muscles in your arms.
The routine specifically targets the biceps, triceps and forearm muscles.
The Barbell Biceps Curl - Standing barbell exercise will work your biceps and the Barbell Triceps Extension - Seated targets your triceps.
Barbell Wrist Curl will target your inner forearms and Barbell Wrist Extension your outer forearm muscles.
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Barbell Biceps Curl - Standing |  |
Barbell Triceps Extension - Seated |
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Barbell Wrist Curl |  |
Barbell Wrist Extension |
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Barbell exercises aren't especially well suited for abdominal workouts. Nevertheless, these two barbell exercises strengthen your abdominal muscles (i.e. your abs).
They mostly target the obliques.
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Barbell Trunk Rotation |  |
Barbell Side Bend |
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Use this workout routine to strengthen your back muscles.
It targets your lower and upper back as well as your lats (latissimus dorsis).
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Barbell Row - Prone; Wide-Grip |  |
Barbell Deadlift - Stiff-Legged |
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High Pull |  |
Barbell Shrug |
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This routine will be helpful if you want to exercise your leg muscles.
It will target your upper, lower and inner thigh muscles as well as your calves.
The Side Lunge barbell exercise will target your inner thighs while the Toe Raise targets your calf muscles.
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Barbell Squat |  |
Barbell Hack Squat - Wide-Stance |
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Barbell Front Lunge |  |
Barbell Calf Raise - Standing |
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