Exercise: Today's exercise is quite different but still has the same great effect, more muscle. The exercise today is for your forearms, and its called the Plate Pinch. Instead of two dumbbells you need two weight plates (that you would put on a bench press or curling bar).
1. Grab two plates and put them together. Your starting position is: using your fingers to grip the outside part of the plate and your thumb for the other side thus holding both plates together.
2. Squeeze the plate with your thumb and fingers and hold this position in the air for as long as you can. Try to hold this for 60-90 secs.
3. Repeat.
*Note: Don't rest the weights against your thighs.*
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Daily Exercise
Exercise: Today's exercise is for your obliques. Obliques are the muscle on the outside of your abs, they are just as important as your abs even though many people ignore simply them. Today's exercise can be performed with one kettle-bell or one heavier dumbbell.
1. Hold the bell in your hand, palm facing inwards. Let the dumbbell hang by your side and stand straight up, looking forward. This will be your starting position.
2. At your hips bend sideways until you can't bend sideways anymore. Then at the same pace, bend back upwards to your starting position.
3. Repeat.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Daily Exercise
Exercise: Today's exercise is for your lower back, and it's actually quite dangerous. It's called the Barbell Deadlift. If you perform this exercise right it can be your best friend, but if you do it wrong it can be your worst enemy. You only need a straight barbell.
1. Stand in front of the loaded barbell.
2. While keeping your back as straight as possible, bend your knees, bend forward and grasp the bar using a shoulder width overhand grip. This is your starting position.
3. While holding the bar, start the lift by pushing with your legs while simultaneously getting your torso to the upright position. In the upright position, stick your chest out and contract the back by bringing your shoulder blades back. If you do not know what this mean think of how the soldiers in the military look when they are in standing in attention.
4. Go back to the starting position by bending at the knees while simultaneously leaning your torso forward at the waist while keeping your back straight. When the weights on the bar touch the floor you are back at the starting position and ready to perform another rep.
5. Repeat.
1. Stand in front of the loaded barbell.
2. While keeping your back as straight as possible, bend your knees, bend forward and grasp the bar using a shoulder width overhand grip. This is your starting position.
3. While holding the bar, start the lift by pushing with your legs while simultaneously getting your torso to the upright position. In the upright position, stick your chest out and contract the back by bringing your shoulder blades back. If you do not know what this mean think of how the soldiers in the military look when they are in standing in attention.
4. Go back to the starting position by bending at the knees while simultaneously leaning your torso forward at the waist while keeping your back straight. When the weights on the bar touch the floor you are back at the starting position and ready to perform another rep.
5. Repeat.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Daily Exercise
Exercise: Forearms, forearms, forearms. Believe me, it's on everybody minds, and today's exercise will help them grow big and strong. It's called seated dumbbell wrist curls. It sounds complicated but if you just analyze the name, you can see its quite simple. To perform this you need a place to sit and a dumbbell.
1. Sit down on your seat and grip the dumbbell in one hand like you are going to curl it. Rest your elbow on your thigh so that (starting at your wrist) your hand is hanging in the air.
2. Slowly, bending only your wrist, curl the dumbbell. This will use work only your forearms.
3. Repeat.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Daily Exercise
Exercise: Today's exercise works your chest like no other, they're called Around The Worlds. They are so effective because the work all of your chest muscles, not just the main pectoral. A lot of people prefer to do this exercise after bench pressing, but it will still be effective anytime in your workout. You need a flat bench and a pair of dumbbells.
1. After laying on the bench grip the dumbbells like you are about to curl them and put your arms straight out so that the dumbbells are at your hip.
2. Keeping your arms parallel to the floor (for the whole exercise), slowly bring your arms back (keeping them straight) until they touch behind your head.
3. Slowly bring them back to your starting position and repeat.
1. After laying on the bench grip the dumbbells like you are about to curl them and put your arms straight out so that the dumbbells are at your hip.
2. Keeping your arms parallel to the floor (for the whole exercise), slowly bring your arms back (keeping them straight) until they touch behind your head.
3. Slowly bring them back to your starting position and repeat.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
New Workout!
New Workout added today! Check it out! It's a old-time classic workout that combines hard work and no rest for a amazing gain in muscle and a loss in excess flab. It's called the Total Body Blast Test!
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Daily Exercise
Exercise: Today's exercise is all legs, and when I say legs I your mean quadriceps (front of legs). They exercise is called Frog Hops, and they're brutal. They sound like a little kid move, but just get somewhere to jump and you'll see how "little kid" they are.
1. Your starting position will be standing with your hands behind your head, and squatting down keeping your torso upright and your head straight.
2. Jump forward as far as you can, avoiding unnecessary height. As your feet hit the ground, absorb the impact with your legs, and jump again. Repeat this 5-10 times.
1. Your starting position will be standing with your hands behind your head, and squatting down keeping your torso upright and your head straight.
2. Jump forward as far as you can, avoiding unnecessary height. As your feet hit the ground, absorb the impact with your legs, and jump again. Repeat this 5-10 times.
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