{"id":435,"date":"2026-03-01T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:49:15","slug":"my-top-3-muscle-building-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/my-top-3-muscle-building-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"My Top 3 Muscle-Building Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar26.2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445\" width=\"517\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar26.2.webp 867w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar26.2-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar26.2-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar26.2-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mar26.2-700x700.webp 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If I had to choose just three lifts to build muscle, it would be these: the deadlift, the pull-up, and the bench press. They\u2019re compound, powerful, and time-tested. These moves train multiple muscle groups, build strength, and teach proper mechanics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deadlifts build your posterior chain\u2014back, glutes, hamstrings. Pull-ups challenge your upper body and core. Bench press targets the chest, shoulders, and triceps. Mastering these pays off in every way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I always warm up well, focus on form, and progressively overload. Simplicity + consistency = results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Paul Rivas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I had to choose just three lifts to build muscle, it would be these: the deadlift, the pull-up, and the bench press. They\u2019re compound, powerful, and time-tested. These moves train multiple muscle groups, build strength, and teach proper mechanics. Deadlifts build your posterior chain\u2014back, glutes, hamstrings. Pull-ups challenge your upper body and core. Bench [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}