- Place a BOSU Ball on the ground with the blue rubber side facing up. Carefully, place your elbows on each side of the rubber side. Take a push-up position. Make sure your feet are together, core is tight and hips are level.
- Brace your body on the BOSU Ball while focusing the entire contraction in your core. Keep hips from dipping by driving them up at a slight angle if you feel yourself dropping.
- Hold this position for the entire set.
Tuesday - Upper Body
1 min
·
6 exercises
Bosu Ball Plank
Seated Machine Flyes
Low Cable Back Rows
Wide-Grip Lat Pulldowns
Bent Over Rear Delt Raises
Standing Side Bends
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Tuesday - Upper Body
1 min
·
6 exercises
Bosu Ball Plank
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs, Obliques
Secondary:
Glutes & Hip Flexors
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
- Get into a face down position on the floor supporting your upper body on your forearms. Your elbows should be bent at 90 degrees.
- Extend your legs straight out behind you, supporting them on your toes and balls of your feet.
- Keep your body in a straight line by tightening your abdominal and oblique muscles.
- Hold for as long as possible.
For extra balance training and core strengthening, you can lift one arm or leg.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
- Lie down on a padded surface. Have your arms extended above your head with your feet straight out in front of you. Point the toes down and forward.
- Begin the movement by contracting the core. Simultaneously, move the hands and feet up. Keep the legs and arms straight.
- With your gaze straight ahead, bring your chest and legs off of the ground, focusing all of the tension in your core. Hold this position for as long as you can. Afterward, slowly return to the starting position.
Seated Machine Flyes
Primary muscle group(s):
Chest
Secondary:
Shoulders, Triceps
- Sit on a pec deck machine with your back flat against the back rest.
- Grip the handles and make sure your arms are parallel to the floor. If not parallel,adjust the seat or handles accordingly. This is the start position.
- Exhale and slowly push the handles together squeezing your chest to the middle as you do so. Hold for a count of one.
- Inhale as you return to the starting position in a controlled movement.
- Repeat.
This exercise can be performed using an exercise band or pulleys. There are a variety of different machines with different placement of your forearms. With these, place your forearms on the pad, with your elbow bent to 90 degrees. Perform the exercise by squeezing your elbows together.
Primary muscle group(s):
Chest
Secondary:
Abs, Shoulders, Triceps
- Holding a pair of dumbbells, sit on a flat bench and slowly lower yourself back.
- Keep a tight core as you push the dumbbells above your chest. The dumbbells will be facing one another and held together.
- With a slight bend in the elbow, open up your chest and slowly lower the dumbbells to the sides.
- When the dumbbells are parallel with the ground, pause, and return to the starting position.
Primary muscle group(s):
Chest
Secondary:
Abs, Shoulders, Triceps
- Stand between two cable stations with the dumbbell grip handles attached to the high pulleys on each side of you.
- Hold the handles with an overhand grip. Your arms should be outstretched.
- Bend your knees and hips slightly so that you are leaning forward, but not too far.
- Bend your elbows slightly and rotate your shoulders in towards the centre of your chest a little. Your elbows should be slightly behind you.
- Use a hugging motion, keeping your elbows in a fixed, bent position to bring the grip attachments together in front of your chest.
- Slowly return to the starting position until you feel a slight stretch in your chest muscles.
- Repeat.
Low Cable Back Rows
Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back
Secondary:
Biceps, Shoulders, Upper Back & Lower Traps
- Connect a V-bar attachment to the low pulley on a cable station or cable rowing machine.
- Sit down at the station and place your feet on the foot pads or crossbar provided, while keeping your knees slightly bent.
- Lean forward, keeping your back straight and grip the V-bar handles with both hands.
- Keeping your arms fully extended pull back until your torso is at a 90-degree angle from your legs.
- Your back should be slightly arched, with your chest should be pushed out. This is the start position.
- Keeping your torso stationary, pull the handles back towards you while squeezing your back muscles.
- Keep your arms close to your sides until your hands reach your abdomen. Exhale as you perform this movement.
- Hold for a count of one.
- Inhale as you return to the start position in a smooth movement.
- Repeat.
Do not swing or rock back and forth as you perform this exercise. Doing so can cause lower back injury. <strong></strong> You can perform this exercise using a straight bar instead of a V-Bar. You can use an underhand or overhand grip.
Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back
Secondary:
Abs, Biceps
- Stand tall with a tight core and flat back. Hold a pair of dumbbells at your side with an overhand grip. Bend slightly at the knees as you push your hips back. Keep your chest and head up. Upper body should be almost parallel with the floor.
- With your elbows at a 60-degree angle, bring the dumbbells up. Pause when your upper arm is parallel with the floor. Contract the muscle then slowly return the dumbbells to the starting point.
Primary muscle group(s):
Middle Back / Lats, Upper Back & Lower Traps
Secondary:
Biceps
- Stand tall with a tight core and flat back. Hold a pair of water bottles at your side with an overhand grip. Bend slightly at the knees as you push your hips back. Keep your chest and head up. Upper body should be almost parallel with the floor.
- With your elbows at a 60-degree angle, bring the water bottles up. Pause when your upper arm is parallel with the floor. Contract the muscle then slowly return the water bottles to the starting point.
Primary muscle group(s):
Middle Back / Lats
Secondary:
Abs, Biceps
- Begin the movement by stepping on to a resistance band with your feet at shoulder-width, toes pointed slightly out.
- Bend slightly at the knees and forward at the hips. Maintain a braced core and flat back throughout.
- Leading with your elbows, pull the handles of the resistance band back, bringing your shoulder blades closer together. Hold this contraction and slowly release to the starting position.
Wide-Grip Lat Pulldowns
Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back, Middle Back / Lats
Secondary:
Abs, Biceps
- Set up a cable station with a straight bar attached to the top pulley.
- Sit on the seat facing the station. Keep your feet flat and planted firmly on the floor.
- Using an overhand grip, hold the bar as wide as comfortable. (Your hands should be about 1 1/2 – 2 times body width apart.)
- Lean back slightly without arching your back.
- Pull the bar towards the top of your chest using your shoulders while arcing your elbows out to the sides of your body.
- At the end of the movement squeeze you shoulders together slightly and hold for a count of one.
- Return to the start position by arcing your elbows forward while relaxing your shoulders.
- Repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Lower Back, Upper Back & Lower Traps
Secondary:
Biceps, Forearms, Shoulders
- Standing under a pull-up bar, reach up and hold onto the bar with an overhand grip. Make sure your hands are about twice your shoulder width apart.
- Keep your arms straight and hang from the bar so that your arms are taking all of your weight.
- Keeping your body straight and not swinging your weight, pull your body up towards the bar by pulling your elbows down towards your torso at an angle.
- Continue lifting until your chest is nearly touching the bar. You should feel a “squeeze” at the base of your lats (about midway down your back and to the side) as they contract.
- Once your lats have completely contracted at the top of the movement, slowly lower your body to the starting position.
- Repeat.
By using a wide grip, your lats are doing most of the lift, rather than your biceps. It doesn't matter if you keep your legs straight or bent at the knees with your feet crossed. The important thing is that you do not use your legs to assist in lifting your body weight. As your strength increases, you can add weight by using a weight belt.
Bent Over Rear Delt Raises
Primary muscle group(s):
Neck & Upper Traps, Shoulders
Secondary:
Upper Back & Lower Traps
- Sit on a bench, holding a dumbbell in each hand. Your hands should be at your sides.
- Bend forward at the hips while maintaining a tight core and flat back. Keep your gaze at the ground. Be sure to maintain this position along with a slight bend in your elbows at all times.
- Extend your arms out to the side and guide the weight up. Your arms should come to parallel with the floor.
- Pause, slowly lower the weight back to the starting position. Repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Upper Back & Lower Traps
Secondary:
Middle Back / Lats
- Adjust the cables so that the handles sit at chest height.
- Grip the handle, across your body in a neutral grip, with both hands.
- Keeping only a slight bend at your elbow, pull the cable back across your body using the muscles in your back.
- Hold the flexed position for a full second before allowing the cable to pull you slowly back to the starting position.
Primary muscle group(s):
Shoulders
Secondary:
Abs, Upper Back & Lower Traps
- With a dumbbell in each hand in a neutral grip, lie face down on an incline bench. Your palms should be facing inwards.
- Extend your arms out in front of you so that they are at right angles to the bench. Keep your legs stationary but with pressure on the balls of our feet and toes. This is the start position.
- Keeping a slight bend in your elbows, move the weights away from each other in an arcing motion exhaling as you do so.
- Continue expanding your arms until they are parallel to the floor.
- Hold and squeeze your shoulder blades together
- Return to the starting position inhaling as you do so.
- Repeat .
Primary muscle group(s):
Upper Back & Lower Traps
Secondary:
Shoulders
- Begin by holding a pair of water bottles and standing with a braced core. Bend at the knees slightly and lean forward from the hips. Maintain a flat back throughout.
- Keeping your elbows slightly bent throughout the movement, lift the water bottles up and out to the side. Be sure to focus the contraction in the back of the shoulders.
- Pause at the top of the movement then slowly bring the water bottles to the starting position.
Standing Side Bends
Primary muscle group(s):
Obliques
Secondary:
Abs
- Stand straight, your feet shoulder width apart, while holding a dumbbell in your left hand with your palm facing in to your body.
- Place your right hand on your waist, palm facing in. This is the start position.
- Keeping your back and head straight, bend only from your waist to the right. Inhale as you bend.
- Continue as far as possible, then hold for a count of one.
- Return to the start position, exhaling as you do so.
- Repeat the movement this time bending to the left and returning to the start position.
- Complete all repetitions holding the dumbbell with your left hand before changing hands.
This exercise can be performed with a kettlebell or a plate weight.
Primary muscle group(s):
Obliques
- Lie on a padded surface on your left side. Stack your legs and bring your right hand behind your head. Lie your left arm in front of you or across your body. Brace your core.
- Pulling from the obliques, bring your elbow up and towards your feet. Do NOT pull yourself with your hand.
- Pause and feel the contraction in your obliques then slowly return to the starting position.
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