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The Eternal Beach-Body Plan: Workout 6

Tune up your shoulders, legs, and lower back with this mobility-enhancing session.

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Bench Barbell Press
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Bench Barbell Press
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The beginning stages of the Eternal Beach-Body Workout Plan are all about creating a foundation for later muscular development. And while “foundation” typically refers to baseline strength or musculature, this workout plan is also dedicated to enhancing your mobility, particularly in sensitive joints like your shoulders and hips.

Without fluid hips and shoulders, foundation-building exercises like the bench press and lat pulldown are all but impossible—so focusing on these mobility exercises will be especially important in the long run.

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, 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 6: Hips and shoulder tune-up

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 1 of 12

Resistance Band Pull-apart Shoulders Drill

Equipment
Resistance Band
Sets
2
Reps
12
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 2 of 12

Vertical Foam Roll Shoulders Drill

Equipment
Foam Roller
Sets
2
Reps
12
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 3 of 12

Neutral-Grip Lat Pulldown

Equipment
Lat Pulldown Bar
Sets
2
Reps
10
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 4 of 12

Stiff-leg Deadlift

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

Dumbbell Curl

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
2
Reps
10
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 6 of 12

Lying Triceps Extension

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
2
Reps
10
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 7 of 12

Kneeling Hip Flexor Mobilization

Equipment
No Equipment
Sets
2
Reps
15
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 8 of 12

Rollout

Equipment
Swiss Ball
Sets
2
Reps
15
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 9 of 12

Dumbbell Split Squat

Equipment
Dumbbells
Sets
2
Reps
12
Rest
45 sec.
Exercise 10 of 12

Deep Squat Hold

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

Plank

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

Swiss Ball Crunch

Equipment
Swiss Ball
Sets
2
Reps
20
Rest
45 sec.
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