Get out some light to medium hand weights (or some heavy soup cans if you don't have any). Stand with your feet hip width apart, your knees slightly bent, while drawing in your lower abdomen. Perform each of these moves 12 to 15 times, working up to 3 sets.
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Start with your hands in front of your thighs, knuckles towards your body. Slowly raise both dumbbells (with straight arms), stopping no higher than shoulder height. Lower SLOWLY back to starting position, and repeat.
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Raise dumbbells toward your chin, coming straight up the front of your body. Stop when the weights are level with your chest. Your elbows should be slightly higher than your hands. Lower slowly, and repeat.
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3. Lateral Raise
Start with the dumbbells in front of your body with your knuckles touching. Raise your arms slowly to the side of your body (with a slight bend in the elbows). Sloooowly return to the starting position, and repeat.
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Note: I've NEVER posed as an exercise model...I just thought these moves needed pictures. Rather than focusing on proper form, I was focusing on trying not to laugh, deciding whether or not to smile, trying to look away from the camera, keeping my belly in, etc. Hopefully you get the idea. The moves really do work!
5 comments:
Hey, this one was particularly great. I know a lot of exercises with free weights, but I hardly know any for my shoulders. Up until know, I knew about two of them. This was very cool. I've been meaning to look up more, but you know how that one goes. Very nice... very nice indeed. Thanks Robyn for posing! I like to see pictures with explinations; it's just easier for me to understand that way. Also, you look great! :)
Thanks for the tips! LOVED the photos...you look AMAZING, no belly to suck in!
Thanks! Notice that most of the pictures are cropped ABOVE my belly...so you don't see what my non-sucked in version looks like!
Who's the hottie?!
Great photographer.
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