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The Eternal Beach-Body Plan: Workout 5

Focus on your back, biceps, and legs with this balanced workout.

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Barbell Curl
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Barbell Curl
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While most of the workouts in the Eternal Beach-Body Workout Plan are designed to hit several parts of your body, a few of the workouts do concentrate on more traditional bodybuilding splits. This workout, for example—the fifth in Phase I of the plan—concentrates on your back and biceps, with a few complementary arm exercises (like triceps pushdowns) and core exercises (like planks and Swiss ball crunches) to round out your muscular development.

Directions

Do each exercise as straight sets; complete all sets of each exercise before moving on to the next.

Make sure you pay attention to the designated rest—45 seconds isn’t a lot of time, and you’ll be well served by tracking your rest periods on your watch or your phone.

When doing mobility exercises like the supermans and the hip drill, make sure you use light weights, if you use weights at all. You’ll be training small stabilizing muscles, so you don’t need much weight to benefit.

Routine

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The Eternal Beach-Body Workout Plan

Workout 5: Back, biceps, and legs

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 1 of 11

Superman

Equipment
No Equipment
Sets
2
Reps
12
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 2 of 11

One-Arm Dumbbell Row

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
2
Reps
15
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 3 of 11

One-arm reverse-grip cable row

Equipment
Cable Machine
Sets
2
Reps
15
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 4 of 11

Stiff-leg Deadlift

Equipment
Sets
2
Reps
12
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 5 of 11

Preacher Curl

Equipment
EZ-Bar
Sets
2
Reps
10
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 6 of 11

Seated Incline Dumbbell Curl

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
2
Reps
10
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 7 of 11

Triceps Pushdown

Equipment
Elastic Band
Sets
2
Reps
10
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 8 of 11

Single-Leg Hip Extension

Equipment
Bench
Sets
2
Reps
15
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 9 of 11

Wall Squat

Equipment
Swiss Ball
Sets
2
Reps
120 sec.
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 10 of 11

Side Plank

Equipment
Medicine Ball
Sets
2
Reps
90 sec.
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 11 of 11

Swiss Ball Crunch

Equipment
Swiss Ball
Sets
2
Reps
20
Rest
45 sec.
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