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: 20-35 plates on each side
Advanced: 40-60+ plates on each side
*Modification: you can use a seated row machine or do bent over dumbbell rows
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THRUSTERS (4x12)
Start standing with a fixed bar or dumbbells in hands by your shoulders. Sit into a squat, as you stand up, push the weight above your head & as you return back to a squat lower the weight back to your shoulders.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 5-10lbs
Intermediate: 12-30lbs
Advanced: 35-65+... -
REVERSE LUNGE CURLS (4x10)
Start standing with weights in hand, step back into a reverse lunge & as you do, curl the dumbbells, as you step back up, return the dumbbells. Do alternating legs!
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: Bodyweight-7lbs
Intermediate: 10-25lbs
Advanced: 30-65+ lbs*Modification: split this exercise ...
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GLUTE BRIDGES (4x12)
Lie on your back with knees bent and feet flat on the floor, holding a dumbbell across your hips. Press through your heels to lift your hips toward the ceiling, squeezing your glutes at the top before lowering with control.
Weight Recommendations
Beginner: 5-10lb
Intermediate: 15-30lb
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