Start by engaging your core, with the barbell on your upper back, slowly step back into a reverse lunge, making sure not to slam your knee on the floor, press through the heel of your front foot to stand back to starting position. You can do all on one leg first, or do them alternating.
Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
Intermediate: 10-25lb plates on each side of the barbell
Advanced: 30-55lb plates on each side of the barbell
*Modification: use no weight on the bar, or do these 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-... -
GOBLET SQUAT (4x12)
Start with your heels slightly elevated on a 1-2" platform, hold a dumbell in front of your chest, and with a narrow stance squat up and down, making sure to keep you chest up, pushing the weight through your quads!
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 5-10lbs
Intermediate: 12-30lbs
Advanced: 35-6... -
LATERAL LUNGE HAMMER CURL PRESS (3x10)
Step out into a side lunge while curling the weights (palms facing in), then press the weights overhead as you step back to the center.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 5-10lbs
Intermediate: 12-20lbs
Advanced: 25-45lbs