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Strength 1
uap-preparation

A1. DB Split Squat

  • keep your chest tall and shoulders back
  • as you descend, shoulders and hips should stay in in a line (don't lean forward)
  • hips should go straight down and straigh up.
  • you should have approximately 90 degree angle for both knees
  • back knee should come close, but not touch, the ground

A2. Cable Pull Through

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  • feet are slightly wider than should width. knees are bent about 10 degrees.
  • reach back between your legs with the rope attachement.
  • use your glutes to push your hips forward and stand up.

B1. Semi supinated Chin Up

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  • "semi supinated" means that your palms are facing one another. If you do not have a bar that allows for this, use a supinated grip (palms toward you)
  • keep your chest up. queeze shoulder blades together at the top of the movement.
  • If you do not have an assisted chinup machine, you can use a lat pulldown instead.

B2. One-Arm Semi-sup' Grip Incline DB Bench

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  • Hold a dumbbell only in one hand while performing this exercise.
  • Engage the core to resist rotation.

C1. Stability Ball Hip Raise to Bridge

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  • squeeze the glutes to get the hips off the floor
  • keeping the glutes tight, bring the ball in toward you forming a 90 degree andle of the knees

C2. Bow and Arrow

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  • if you imagine an archer, you will naturally do this exercise correctly
  • stand up tall
  • keep the elbow of the pulling arm up
  • squeeze the shoulder blades together during the iso hold