BICEPS
DUMBBELL CURL
- 1. Stand holding a dumbbell in each hand with palms facing your sides.
- 2. Keep your weight on your heels and lean forward slightly.
- 3. Without letting your upper arms drift forward, curl the weights, rotating your wrists outward so that your palms face you in the top position.
- 4. Hold the top for a moment and squeeze your biceps.
- 5. Lower the weights back down and flex your triceps hard in the bottom position.
DRAG CURL
- 1. Perform as you would a conventional dumbbell curl, but stand tall and drive your elbows back.
- 2. As you curl so the head of each dumbbell touches the front of your body throughout the rep.
- 3. It should look as though you’re dragging the weights up along your torso.
CABLE CURL
- 1. Keep your elbows tucked in by your sides and don't allow them to come forward as you curl the weight up.
- 2. Don't "rest" at the bottom of the movement. When you complete a rep move straight into the next rep!
- 3. Keep the rep timing slow and control the weight as you lower it.
PUSH UPS
- 1. Set yourself on a mat stomach-down, and place your hands at shoulder level and slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- 2. Set your feet up so that your legs are straight back behind you and the tips of your shoes are touching the ground.
- 3. Push up on your arms to bring your body to an elevated position at the full extension of your arms.
- 4. Your body should stay in a straight line. Brace your abs as you push up.
- 5. Once you reach the full extent of your arms, carefully lower yourself until your elbows are at a 90 degree angle.
- 6. Repeat the exercise for the recommended amount of reps, or until your body gets tired.