Tip sheet: Victor Martinez

Flex, July, 2009 by Greg Merritt, Jim Stoppani

* "Before a contest, I'll do things like glute raises on a glute machine to tie it all together."

* "I like to finish off my chest with dips. I tuck my chin in and look down to keep myself forward [less upright] to focus more on my pecs and less on my tri's."

* "Growing up, I always worked forearms--and not just with barbell wrist curls. I'd also do reverse wrist curls, hammer curls and one-arm cable wrist curls."

* "I've always done a lot of chinups for back, and I've done them with every kind of grip and style: wide grip, narrow grip, parallel grip. I think the chinup is the exercise that has given me the most width."

Complied by GREG MERRITT and JIM STOPPANI, PHD