One of my personal claims to fame in this industry as a bodybuilder and coach has been my keen ability to both find ways to make basic exercises more effective and to tweak various movements so that they affect the target muscle in a somewhat unique manner.

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The following exercises are great muscle builders as is, but with just slight manipulations, they may prove to work even better. Here are 15 of my favorite exercise tricks that will invariably lead to better muscle-building and body-chiseling results.