Bazu exercise guides

Exercise Guides for Stronger, Cleaner Lifting

Learn proper form, muscles worked, common mistakes, useful variations, and progression rules for the lifts you track in Bazu.

barbell back squat exercise showing start and bottom position
Compound
Barbell and squat rack

How to Squat: Form, Muscles Worked, and Progression

Learn how to squat with proper form, what muscles it works, common mistakes to avoid, and how to progress for strength and muscle.

QuadricepsGlutesAdductors
barbell bench press exercise showing bottom and start position
Compound
Barbell, bench, and rack

How to Bench Press: Form, Muscles Worked, and Progression

Learn how to bench press with proper form, what muscles it works, common mistakes to avoid, and how to progress for upper-body strength and muscle.

ChestTricepsFront delts
barbell deadlift exercise showing start and lockout position
Compound
Barbell and plates

How to Deadlift: Form, Muscles Worked, and Progression

Learn how to deadlift with proper form, what muscles it works, common mistakes to avoid, and how to progress for strength and muscle.

GlutesHamstringsSpinal erectors
barbell overhead press exercise showing start and lockout position
Compound
Barbell and rack

How to Overhead Press: Form, Muscles Worked, and Progression

Learn how to overhead press with proper barbell form, what muscles it works, common mistakes to avoid, and how to progress for stronger shoulders and triceps.

Front deltsSide deltsTriceps
strict overhand pull-up exercise showing start and top position
Compound
Pull-up bar

How to Do Pull-Ups: Form, Muscles Worked, and Progression

Learn how to do pull-ups with proper form, what muscles they work, common mistakes to avoid, and how to progress from assisted reps to stronger pull-ups.

LatsUpper backBiceps
chest dip exercise showing top support and bottom position on parallel bars
Compound
Parallel bars or dip station

How to Do Chest Dips: Form, Muscles Worked, and Progression

Learn how to do chest dips with proper form, what muscles they work, common mistakes to avoid, and how to progress for stronger chest, shoulders, and triceps.

ChestTricepsFront delts
standard push-up exercise showing top plank and bottom position
Compound
Floor

How to Do Push-Ups: Form, Muscles Worked, and Progression

Learn how to do push-ups with proper form, what muscles they work, common mistakes to avoid, and how to progress from incline reps to stronger standard and weighted push-ups.

ChestTricepsFront delts
bent-over barbell row showing bottom position and top pulled-to-torso position
Compound
Barbell

How to Do Barbell Rows: Form, Muscles Worked, and Progression

Learn how to do bent-over barbell rows with proper form, what muscles they work, common mistakes to avoid, and how to progress for a stronger back and better pulling strength.

LatsUpper backRear delts
seated cable lat pulldown showing top position and bar-to-upper-chest position
Compound
Cable lat pulldown machine

How to Do Lat Pulldowns: Form, Muscles Worked, and Progression

Learn how to do cable lat pulldowns with proper form, what muscles they work, common mistakes to avoid, and how to progress for a stronger, wider back.

LatsUpper backBiceps
standing barbell curl showing bottom arms-extended position and top curled position
Isolation
Barbell

How to Do Barbell Curls: Form, Muscles Worked, and Progression

Learn how to do barbell curls with proper form, what muscles they work, common mistakes to avoid, and how to progress for stronger biceps, forearms, and grip.

BicepsBrachialisForearms