Have a bench in front of you to place one arm and lean over to create an almost table-top position. Hold a dumbbell in your working hand, keep your hips and shoulders squared to the floor as you pull the dumbbell up and in toward your hipbone.
Weight Recommendation:
Beginner: 7-10lbs
Intermediate: 12-35lbs
Advanced: 40-60+lbs
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LATERAL RAISES (4X10)
Raise your arms up and to the side until you reach about shoulder height, keeping the slighted bend in your elbows & core engaged the whole time
Weight Recommendation:
Beginner: 3-7lbs Intermediate: 10-15lbs
Advanced: 20-50+lbs -
CROSS BODY TO REGULAR BICEP CURL (4X8)
Start with a single arm curl across your body to the opposite shoulder, then on the opposite side. To finish up the movement, curl both dumbbells in a regular bicep curl! That is 1 rep!
Weight Recommendation:
Beginner: 3-7lbs
Intermediate: 10-15lbs
Advanced: 20-50+lbs -
PUSHUPS (3X10)
Perform bodyweight pushups in a tricep variation by keeping your elbows in close to your torso. Do these regular or on your knees!
