By training your major muscles in every session, you’ll ignite a surge of fat burning hormones, for crystal clear muscle definition from head to toe. 1. Barbell Squat Stand holding a barbell across the back of your shoulders with an overhand grip, your hands wider than shoulder-width apart. Keeping your back naturally arched, bend at the hips and knees to lower your body. Push back up to a standing position. 2. Dead Lift Stand with a barbell on the floor in front of you, with the bar over your toes. Bend your knees and grasp the bar with an overhand grip. Keeping your back straight, stand up. Keep the bar close to your body as you lift it. Slowly lower the bar. 3. Dumbbell Clean and Press From the starting position, dip your hips and explode upwards, forcefully pulling the weights up. As the weights near your chest, dip under and ‘catch’ them on top of your shoulders. Stand, press the weights overhead, then reverse the move. 4. Dumbbell Squat Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold a pair of dumbbells at your sides. Keeping your back naturally arched, bend at the hips and knees to lower yourself until your thighs are parallel to the floor. Push back up to a standing position. 5. Dumbbell Single-arm Row Holding a dumbbell in your right hand, place your left hand and left knee on a bench. Hold the weight with your arm straight. Use your upper-back muscles to pull the dumbbell up and back towards your hip. Pause, then slowly lower the weight. 6. Burpee A. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. B. Bend at the hips and knees to lower your body as far as you can, then C, place your hands on the floor and straighten your legs behind you. D. Perform a push-up, then draw your knees back towards your chest until your feet are beneath you, and stand up. 7. Farmer's Walk Stand holding a pair of heavy dumbbells at your sides at arm's length. Keeping your body upright, walk for the amount of time specified in your workout. If you're short on space, walk in a circle or figure eight. Don't lean forwards or back. 8. Single-leg Romanian Dead Lift Stand on your left foot with your right foot raised behind you and your arms hanging in front of you Keeping a natural arch in your spine, push your hips back as you lower your hands and upper body. Squeeze your glutes and press your heel into the floor to return an upright position. Complete your reps on one leg before repeating the other leg. Sandra Prior runs her own bodybuilding website at http://bodybuild.rr.nu.
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