I just wanted put up a quick post about one of my favorite exercise/fitness websites because I find myself coming back to it all the time and thought it would be helpful to others. The site is ExRx.net or “Exercise Prescription.”
ExRx has lots of useful information about all areas of bodybuilding and fitness, but I use it solely for one reason – to quickly look up any exercise for proper form and execution.
I have a very hard time sticking with one routine for longer than a couple months, so I often use routines from Muscle and Fitness, Mens Fitness, Flex or I put one of my routines together. There are just so many exercises available that sometimes I don’t remember exactly what the move is or what the proper form is, and this is where ExRx excels.
You can look up just about any exercise you can possibly think of and the great thing about it is that for every move, they have a small GIF video showing how to do it. One of the things I hate most when I’m trying to figure out how to do a specific move is going to YouTube and watching a 5 minute video of how to do a simple exercise that should only take 20 seconds to explain.
They also list instructions such as preparation, execution and any additional comments on performing the move correctly.
You can search their directory for exercises that target very specific muscles so you can even put together a highly targeted workout routine.
There is one thing I don’t like about the site though and that’s they don’t have an easily accessible search feature. On some of the pages, they list a search link in the footer of the page, but not on all and if you want to search only the exercise directory, you have to use their Search Exercise page. I just wish the search feature was built into the site in a more easily accessible place.
ExRx is not a beautiful site by any means, but I think the simpleness of the design makes it easy to use and more importantly, fast. It’s for all the reasons in this post that I suggest you add ExRx.net to your bookmarks.