Grab the bar with your palms facing forward, as you pull, slightly lean back to pull the bar into your chest & make sure to engage your lats & your core throughout the movement!
Beginner: 30-50lbs
Intermediate: 55-70lbs
Advanced: 70-100+lbs
*Modification: do tricep extensions with dumbbells
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SEATED ROW (4x12)
Sit up tall with a flat back / engaged core & and pull your elbows back toward your hipbones pinching your shoulder blades together & squeezing your back muscles the whole time. Slowly return to starting position.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 10-15lbs plates on each side
Intermediate: 20... -
ARNOLD PRESS (4x12)
Sit on the bench or chair, start with your dumbbells in hands, bent elbows, palms facing your face, as you push up into a shoulder press, rotate your wrists so that your palms are facing forward at the top of the motion. Slowly return to starting position.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 3-7lb... -
SINGLE ARM BICEP CURLS (4x10)
Hold the dumbbells by your side, as you lift, slightly rotate your palm to face forward. Keep the elbow close to your body as you curl the dumbbell up toward your shoulders. Squeeze your biceps at the top of the movement then slowly return to starting position.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner:...
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