Laying on a mat, face up, knees bent and feet on floor. Holding dumbbells in each hand, begin with arms straight up to the ceiling. Simultaneously, bend each arm inward and down, forming right angles. Engage the tricep as you straighten both arms back to the top and begin again.
Model: Sheila Hutchinson
Begin in a push-up position behind step. Place your right hand on the step first, followed by your left hand. Keep your feet in the same spot. Once you are on the step with both hands, come back off the way you went on, with your right hand followed by your left.
Turn your body so your feet are on the step and you are in push-up position. Hands located directly under your shoulders. Slowly lower your body toward the ground, hold for two seconds, and push back up to where you started.
Model: Michael Friedman
Model: Sheila Hutchinson
Model: Frannie Danzinger
Model: Frannie Danzinger
Standing with feet hip distance apart, weighted bar in hand with an overhand grip. Elbows positioned next to hips. Curl the bar in reverse up toward your chest, keeping the elbows in the same position. Reverse back down and repeat.
Stand with feet hip-width apart, arms extended at sides, holding a dumbbell in each hand with palms facing in. Slowly curl weights toward your shoulders. Reverse movement, lowering weights back to start.
Model: Frannie Danzinger
Model: Frannie Danzinger
Model: Frannie Danzinger
Stand on tube with one foot, both handles in right hand. Feet hip-width apart, knees soft, elbow firmly positioned next to hip. Raise arm up toward shoulder, keeping body steady. Take arm two inches shy of the shoulder, maintain resistance, and release until two inches from your leg, maintaining resistance the whole time. You can reduce the intensity by gripping one tube in the working hand, and one tube in the resting hand.
This bicep curl can be done either kneeling or standing. If kneeling, shoulder and hips are squarely located over knees. If standing, feet are hip distance apart. Start with weights in hand, raising arms shoulder height, parallel to the ground. Simultaneously, curl the palms in toward your shoulder, while contracting the bicep. Maintain resistance, and open the arms back to parallel. This exercise can be done one arm at a time.
Model: Brig Carr
Model: Brig Carr
Model: Michael Friedman
Holding a dumbbell in each hand, kneel with torso and upper arms on ball. Extend arms, palms up. Curl dumbbells toward chin; lower arms to start.
Standing with left foot forward and right foot back, with enough distance to drop down into a lunge. Begin with weight in right hand, left leg (opposite leg) forward for the lunge. As you dip down into the lunge, back knee toward the ground, front knee on top of your ankle, right arm cuts across the front of your body into a bicep curl. Slowly retreat the bicep back as you come out of the lunge. Repeat until fatigue on one side, and then repeat on the opposite side.
Model: Beth Rowell
Model: Beth Rowell