This full body movement builds strength and stamina when you need to move and lift things, making you one bad mamma jamma!
HOW TO DO IT:
- Hold a dumbbell in each hand
- Stand with feet about shoulder width apart
- Point toes straight forward and let dumbbells hang by your sides
- Keep back and neck straight – don’t look up or down
- Push hips back to begin squat and go as low as you can
- Stand back up, curling the weights up to your shoulders as you go
- Press the dumbbells straight up overhead
- Lower weights, then release the curl as you lower back into another squat
- Combine everything into one fluid movement
- Repeat
MAKE IT COUNT:
- Do as many as you can
- Literally – don’t stop until you can’t safely complete another rep
MAKE IT EASIER:
- Do it without the weights
- Only lower yourself into a partial squat
MAKE IT HARDER:
- Use heavier weights
- Go slower
MAKE IT FUN:
- Share this with a friend so you have a workout buddy!
PRACTICAL USES:
- Lifting your suitcase and stowing it overhead
- Picking up groceries and putting them on a high shelf
- Throwing small children in the air to entertain them
- Shot put
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