Right to Bare Arms: Upper-Body Workout

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Right to Bare Arms: Upper-Body Workout

Pass Under

Targets: Arms, butt, and legs

Stand with feet hip-width apart, a dumbbell in right hand, arms by sides.
Lunge forward with right leg, bending both knees 90 degrees, and pass dumbbell under right thigh from right hand to left hand.
Return to start, then quickly lunge forward with left leg, passing dumbbell under left thigh from left hand to right hand, to complete 1 rep.
Do 2 sets of 16 reps.

Quickly press dumbbells directly overhead, arms extended, then lower to start position.
Do 2 sets of 16 reps.

Originally published in FITNESS magazine, November/December 2010.

Watch a video demonstration of this exercise