Grab the bar with your palms facing forward, as you pull, slightly lean back to pull the bar into your chest & make sure to engage your lats & your core throughout the movement!
Beginner: 30-50lbs
Intermediate: 55-70lbs
Advanced: 70-100+lbs
*Modification: do tricep extensions 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... -
BENT OVER SINGLE ARM ROWS (4x12)
Have a bench in front of you to place one arm and lean over to create an almost table-top position. Hold a dumbbell in your working hand, keep your hips and shoulders squared to the floor as you pull the dumbbell up and in toward your hipbone.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 5-10lbs
Intermedi... -
FRONT RAISE (4x12)
Stand tall holding a dumbbell in each hand at your sides. With straight arms, lift the dumbbells in front of you to shoulder height for a front raise, then lower them back down.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 5-10lb
Intermediate: 15-30lb
Advanced: 35-45lb
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