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Leg squeezepushup

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LEG-SQUEEZE PUSHUP

Works: Chest, Core, Inner thighs● Get in a pushup position with your shins on top of a stability ball.● Slide your legs down the sides of the ball until they are about halfway down.● Squeeze your inner thighs together, keeping tension on the ball.● Perform a pushup.● Perform two sets of 20 reps. 

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RESISTANCE BAND PLYO ROW

Works: Core, Back, Legs● Place a resistance band around a fixed structure in line with your sternum. Step back until you feel tension.● Grab each handle of the band with your palms facing inward, feet shoulder-width apart, and knees slightly bent. Squat down and extend your arms forward.● As you rise from the squat, jump up and pull both elbows back simultaneously until your hands reach the sides of your body.● Land in a squat and extend your arms, keeping your torso straight.● Perform two sets of 25 reps.Tip: Keep your back flat and your core tight throughtout the exercise.

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DUMBBELL BENCH PRESS & BALL LIFT

Works: Chest, Core, Inner thighs● Grasp a dumbbell in each hand, elbows bent 90 degrees, and place a stability ball between your ankles with your legs extended. Lie back on a bench.● Press the dumbbells upward, extending your arms, and simulta­neously lift the stability ball by squeezing your inner thighs until it reaches the dumbbells.● Lower the dumbbells and ball back to the start position at the same time.● Perform three sets (with 20, 16, and 12 reps), increasing the dumbbell weight as the reps get lower.Tip: Roll through your spine to lift and lower your torso, squeezing your abs at the top.

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BENCH HOP-OVER

Works: Shoulders, Core, Quads, Hamstrings, Calves● Stand on the right side of the bench with your knees bent and feet together.● Grasp the bench on each side approximately eight inches from the end.● Pulse your knees downward, then propel yourself laterally over the bench.● Land on the balls of your feet with your knees soft. Repeat movement, jumping laterally to the right.● Avoid pausing more than one second on each side to keep movement constant.● Perform two sets of 20 jumps per side.Tip: Keep your eyes focused toward the floor a few feet in front of you.

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HAMMER & FLUTTER

Works: Triceps, Abs● Lie back with your legs extended about six inches off the floor, grasping a dumbbell in each hand with palms facing each ear. To make the exercise more challenging, lift your head slightly off of the floor.● Extend your left arm upward while also lifting your right leg up just shy of 90 degrees.● In one smooth motion, return left arm and right leg to start position and immediately perform the same movement with your right arm and left leg.● Keep your arms and legs moving continuously as a unit for the entire set.● Perform two sets of 30 reps (15 each side). 

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DUMBBELL DEAD LUNGE WITH CURL

Works: Arms, Core, Legs● Stand with dumbbells at your thighs and your palms facing the rear.● Step back with your right leg into a long lunge until your left knee is bent at least 90 degrees. Simultaneously lower the dumbbells to just above your left heel.● Push out of the lunge and draw your right knee forward and upward until your knee is bent 90 degrees and your leg is suspended. Simultaneously perform a biceps curl.● Return dumbbells to each side of left thigh and return right leg into a deep lunge.● Perform two sets (one of 16, then one of 12 reps) on each leg.

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KETTLEBELL GET-UP

Works: Shoulder stability, Core● Lie faceup on a mat with your left leg extended and your right leg bent so that your right foot is alongside your left knee.● Grasp a kettlebell in your right hand and extend your right arm completely, keeping kettlebell in line with your shoulder.● Contracting your abdominals, crunch toward the ceiling and sit up until your torso is almost perpendicular to floor, keeping your arm extended upward and eyes fixed on the kettlebell.● Slowly lower your torso to the floor until your back is on the mat; your right shoulder stays slightly elevated.● Perform two sets of 12 reps on each arm, keeping the movements slow and under control.Tip: Keep your wrist straight to support the kettlebell.

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LEG-SQUEEZE PUSHUP

Works: Chest, Core, Inner thighs

● Get in a pushup position with your shins on top of a stability ball.

● Slide your legs down the sides of the ball until they are about halfway down.

● Squeeze your inner thighs together, keeping tension on the ball.

● Perform a pushup.

● Perform two sets of 20 reps.

 

RESISTANCE BAND PLYO ROW

Works: Core, Back, Legs

● Place a resistance band around a fixed structure in line with your sternum. Step back until you feel tension.

● Grab each handle of the band with your palms facing inward, feet shoulder-width apart, and knees slightly bent. Squat down and extend your arms forward.

● As you rise from the squat, jump up and pull both elbows back simultaneously until your hands reach the sides of your body.

● Land in a squat and extend your arms, keeping your torso straight.

● Perform two sets of 25 reps.

Tip: Keep your back flat and your core tight throughtout the exercise.

DUMBBELL BENCH PRESS & BALL LIFT

Works: Chest, Core, Inner thighs

● Grasp a dumbbell in each hand, elbows bent 90 degrees, and place a stability ball between your ankles with your legs extended. Lie back on a bench.

● Press the dumbbells upward, extending your arms, and simulta­neously lift the stability ball by squeezing your inner thighs until it reaches the dumbbells.

● Lower the dumbbells and ball back to the start position at the same time.

● Perform three sets (with 20, 16, and 12 reps), increasing the dumbbell weight as the reps get lower.

Tip: Roll through your spine to lift and lower your torso, squeezing your abs at the top.

BENCH HOP-OVER

Works: Shoulders, Core, Quads, Hamstrings, Calves

● Stand on the right side of the bench with your knees bent and feet together.

● Grasp the bench on each side approximately eight inches from the end.

● Pulse your knees downward, then propel yourself laterally over the bench.

● Land on the balls of your feet with your knees soft. Repeat movement, jumping laterally to the right.

● Avoid pausing more than one second on each side to keep movement constant.

● Perform two sets of 20 jumps per side.

Tip: Keep your eyes focused toward the floor a few feet in front of you.

HAMMER & FLUTTER

Works: Triceps, Abs

● Lie back with your legs extended about six inches off the floor, grasping a dumbbell in each hand with palms facing each ear. To make the exercise more challenging, lift your head slightly off of the floor.

● Extend your left arm upward while also lifting your right leg up just shy of 90 degrees.

● In one smooth motion, return left arm and right leg to start position and immediately perform the same movement with your right arm and left leg.

● Keep your arms and legs moving continuously as a unit for the entire set.

● Perform two sets of 30 reps (15 each side).

 

DUMBBELL DEAD LUNGE WITH CURL

Works: Arms, Core, Legs

● Stand with dumbbells at your thighs and your palms facing the rear.

● Step back with your right leg into a long lunge until your left knee is bent at least 90 degrees. Simultaneously lower the dumbbells to just above your left heel.

● Push out of the lunge and draw your right knee forward and upward until your knee is bent 90 degrees and your leg is suspended. Simultaneously perform a biceps curl.

● Return dumbbells to each side of left thigh and return right leg into a deep lunge.

● Perform two sets (one of 16, then one of 12 reps) on each leg.

KETTLEBELL GET-UP

Works: Shoulder stability, Core

● Lie faceup on a mat with your left leg extended and your right leg bent so that your right foot is alongside your left knee.

● Grasp a kettlebell in your right hand and extend your right arm completely, keeping kettlebell in line with your shoulder.

● Contracting your abdominals, crunch toward the ceiling and sit up until your torso is almost perpendicular to floor, keeping your arm extended upward and eyes fixed on the kettlebell.

● Slowly lower your torso to the floor until your back is on the mat; your right shoulder stays slightly elevated.

● Perform two sets of 12 reps on each arm, keeping the movements slow and under control.

Tip: Keep your wrist straight to support the kettlebell.

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