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