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: 20-45lbs
Intermediate: 50-75lbs
Advanced: 80-130+lbs
*Modification: you can use dumbbells and do a bent over row instead.
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SHOULDER PRESS (3x8)
Start seated with dumbbells in your hands, bend the elbows at 90 degrees, engage your core & push the dumbbells up meeting at the top, then slowly lower back to starting position.
Weight Recommendation:
Beginner: 5-7lb
Intermediate: 10-15lb
Advanced: 20-35+lb -
BANDED GLUTE BRIDGE ABDUCTION (3x25)
Lie on your back with a band around your thighs and knees bent. Lift into a glute bridge, then press your knees out against the band and bring them back in while keeping hips lifted.
Equipment: Resistance band
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 10-20lb
Intermediate: 25-50lb
Advanced: 65-135+lb -
WEIGHTED DEAD BUGS (3x8) PER SIDE
Engage your core and lie on your back holding a dumbbell in each hand with arms up and knees bent at 90 degrees. Slowly extend the opposite arm and leg away from your body, then return and switch sides, keeping your low back pressed into the floor.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 3-5lbs each
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