Stance should be slightly wider than shoulder width, toes pointed diagonally out. Engage your core as you sit back into a chair, drive the weight through your heels in the floor as you come back up to standing position.
Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
Intermediate: 10-35lb plates on each side of the barbell
Advanced: 40-65lb plates on each side of the barbell
*Modification: do this squat with dumbbells
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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... -
CROSS BODY BICEP CURL (4x10)
Start with a single arm curl across your body to the opposite shoulder, then on the opposite side.
Weight Recommendation:
Beginner: 3-7lbs
Intermediate: 10-15lbs
Advanced: 20-50+lbs -
SINGLE ARM MODIFIED SNATCH (4x12)
Hold a dumbbell in one hand, squat slightly, then explosively drive upward to bring the weight from your hip to straight overhead in one fluid motion. Repeat on the other arm.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 5-10lbs
Intermediate: 12-20lbs
Advanced: 25-40+lbs
