Exercises
Advanced exercises
Moves graded hard or extreme: heavy, fast, inverted or highly skilled. Most have stepping stones; use them.
Advanced exercises 157
3D demoAb wheel rollout from the kneesAdvanced · An ab wheel
3D demoActive pancake lift offAdvanced · No equipment
3D demoAir bike intervalsAdvanced · Cardio machine
3D demoAlternate-leg boundingAdvanced · No equipment
3D demoArcher push-upAdvanced · No equipment
3D demoATG split squatAdvanced · No equipment
3D demoBack squat with bandsAdvanced · A barbell + A band
3D demoBack squat with chainsAdvanced · A barbell + Other / check instructions
3D demoBarbell back squatAdvanced · A barbell
3D demoBarbell Bulgarian split squatAdvanced · A barbell + A bench or box
3D demoBarbell deadliftAdvanced · A barbell
3D demoBarbell front squatAdvanced · A barbell- Barbell rear-delt row · Advanced
- Barbell rollout from the knees · Advanced
- Barbell snatch · Advanced
- Barbell walking lunge · Advanced
- Bench press with bands · Advanced
- Bench press with chains · Advanced
- Bent-over barbell row · Advanced
- Burpee · Advanced
- Cable wood chop · Advanced
- Chin-up · Advanced
- Clap push-up · Advanced
- Clean · Advanced
- Clean and jerk · Advanced
- Clean from blocks · Advanced
- Copenhagen plank · Advanced
- Deadlift with bands · Advanced
- Deadlift with chains · Advanced
- Deficit deadlift · Advanced
- Deficit reverse lunge (from a platform) · Advanced
- Depth jump · Advanced
- Depth jump to a second box · Advanced
- Diagonal bounds · Advanced
- Double kettlebell clean · Advanced
- Double kettlebell jerk · Advanced
- Feet-elevated push-up · Advanced
- Glute-ham raise · Advanced
- Hang clean · Advanced
- Hang clean below the knees · Advanced
- Hang power clean · Advanced
- Hang snatch · Advanced
- Hang snatch below the knees · Advanced
- Hanging pike · Advanced
- Hanging straight-leg raise · Advanced
- Hill sprints · Advanced
- Hip airplane · Advanced
- Horizontal back extension (hyperextension, Roman chair) · Advanced
- Jackknife sit-up (V-up) · Advanced
- Jefferson curl · Advanced
- Kettlebell snatch · Advanced
- L-sit · Advanced
- Lateral box jump · Advanced
- Mixed-grip chin-up · Advanced
- Narrow-stance barbell squat · Advanced
- Nordic curl · Advanced
- Olympic squat (high-bar back squat) · Advanced
- One-arm kettlebell jerk · Advanced
- Otis-up · Advanced
- Overhead squat · Advanced
- Parallel bar dip · Advanced
- Pistol squat · Advanced
- Plank walk-up · Advanced
- Plyometric push-up · Advanced
- Power clean · Advanced
- Power clean from blocks · Advanced
- Power jerk (push jerk) · Advanced
- Power snatch · Advanced
- Power snatch from blocks · Advanced
- Prone Swimmers · Advanced
- Pseudo planche push-up · Advanced
- Pull-up · Advanced
- Push-up with the feet on an exercise ball · Advanced
- Rack pull · Advanced
- Rack pull with bands · Advanced
- Renegade row · Advanced
- Repeated box jumps · Advanced
- Reverse hyperextension · Advanced
- Reverse Nordic · Advanced
- Ring dip · Advanced
- Romanian deadlift from a deficit · Advanced
- Shuttle runs · Advanced
- Side plank with leg lift · Advanced
- Single-leg cone hops · Advanced
- Single-leg lateral hop · Advanced
- Single-leg pogo hops · Advanced
- Single-leg push-up · Advanced
- Single-leg Romanian deadlift · Advanced
- Skater squat · Advanced
- Snatch from blocks · Advanced
- Sots Press · Advanced
- Split clean · Advanced
- Split jerk · Advanced
- Split snatch · Advanced
- Split squat jump · Advanced
- Sprint intervals · Advanced
- Squat jerk · Advanced
- Stability ball knee tuck · Advanced
- Standing cable lift · Advanced
- Stiff-legged barbell deadlift · Advanced
- Sumo deadlift · Advanced
- Suspended knee tuck · Advanced
- Suspended split squat · Advanced
- T-bar row · Advanced
- Towel one-arm chin-up · Advanced
- Tuck front lever · Advanced
- Turkish get-up · Advanced
- Underhand bent-over barbell row · Advanced
- Wall walk · Advanced
- Weighted jump squat · Advanced
- Weighted pull-up · Advanced
- Wide-stance barbell squat · Advanced
- Yoke walk · Advanced
- Barbell Squat To A Bench · Advanced
- Box Squat with Bands · Advanced
- Box Squat with Chains · Advanced
- Double Kettlebell Snatch · Advanced
- Kettlebell Pistol Squat · Advanced
- One-Arm Kettlebell Snatch · Advanced
- One-Arm Kettlebell Split Snatch · Advanced
- One-Arm Overhead Kettlebell Squats · Advanced
- Press Sit-Up · Advanced
- Reverse Band Deadlift · Advanced
- Reverse Band Power Squat · Advanced
- Reverse Band Sumo Deadlift · Advanced
- Speed Squats · Advanced
- Weighted Sissy Squat · Advanced
- Double Unders · Advanced
- False grip hang · Advanced
- German Hang · Advanced
- Ring fly · Advanced
- Tuck back lever · Advanced
- Atlas Stones · Advanced
- Bent Press · Advanced
- Circus Bell · Advanced
- Kneeling Jump Squat · Advanced
- One-Arm Side Deadlift · Advanced
- Open Palm Kettlebell Clean · Advanced
- Plyo Kettlebell Pushups · Advanced
- Zercher Squats · Advanced
- Dragon flag · Expert
- Freestanding handstand · Expert
- Front lever · Expert
- Full Nordic curl · Expert
- GHD sit-up · Expert
- Muscle-up · Expert
- One-arm dead hang · Expert
- One-arm push-up · Expert
- Shrimp Squat · Expert
- Standing ab wheel rollout · Expert
- Tuck planche · Expert
- V-sit · Expert
- Wall handstand push-up · Expert
- Back lever · Expert
- Human flag · Expert
- Ring muscle up · Expert
- Skin the Cat · Expert
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Questions people ask
Can I do advanced exercises at home without equipment?
Yes. 35 of the 157 moves here need nothing but your body, a floor, a wall or a step, for example Active pancake lift off, Alternate-leg bounding, Archer push-up.
What are the hardest advanced exercises?
Moves graded advanced or expert include Dragon flag, Freestanding handstand, Front lever. Most have stepping stones; open a guide to see its easier options.
How do I choose the right level?
Pick a move you can do for the planned reps or time with control and a couple of reps in reserve. If it is easy, step up; if your form slips, step down. Every guide shows an easier and a harder option when one exists.
Movement education, not medical advice. Difficulty grades for imported entries are source-assigned and await editorial review. Stop for sharp or increasing pain, numbness or tingling. Health disclaimer.