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+ lbs
Modification: do this with dumbbells or no weight at all
*You should always seek clearance from a licensed healthcare provider before beginning a new exercise program.
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12 RDLs
Start standing with dumbbells in each hand and feet shoulder width apart, engage your core, hinge your hips back & glide the dumbbells down to about middle-of-shin height, keeping your spine neutral. As you stand back up, squeeze your glutes and hamstrings.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 5-1...
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12 LATERAL RAISES
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*You should always seek clearance from a licensed healthcare provi...
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12 HIP THRUST ADBUCTIONS
Sit with your upper back resting against a bench, feet flat on the floor hip width apart and a resistance band just above your knees. Drive through your heels to lift your hips up into a hip thrust position, squeezing your glutes at the top. At the top of the movement, press your knees out agains...
