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: 3-7lbs
Intermediate: 10-15lbs
Advanced: 20-35lbs
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CROSS BODY BICEP CURL (4x12)
Start with a single arm curl across your body to the opposite shoulder, then on the opposite side. That is 1 rep.
Weight Recommendation:
Beginner: 3-7lbs
Intermediate: 10-15lbs
Advanced: 20-50+lbs -
L RAISE (4x12)
Start standing tall, cor engaged. Lift the dumbbells up into an ”L”shape: 1 arm in a front raise while the other arm goes into a lateral raise, then return to the starting position, and repeat on the opposite side- that is 1 rep. Make sure not to swing the weights, but actually lift!
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CABLE STRAIGHT ARM PULL DOWN (4x12)
Stand facing the cable machine and, keeping your arms locked straight, pull the bar from shoulder height down to your thighs using your back muscles.
Beginner: 3-10lbs
Intermediate: 12-35lbs
Advanced: 40-65+ lbs*Modification: Upright row with dumbbells
