5-Minute Workout: Triple Your Workout Results
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- The Benefit
- 1. Push-Up Row
- 2. Lateral Lunge with Side Raise
- 3. Squat with Biceps Curl
- 4. Stationary Lunge with Triceps Kickback
- 5. Reverse Lunge with Front Raise
Combining dumbbells and resistance bands can double -- and even triple -- your upper- and lower-body strength. Try this express workout for fast results.
The Benefit
Research shows combining dumbbells and resistance bands can increase lower-body strength three times as fast (and upper-body strength twice as quickly) as dumbbells alone. That's because the bands' elasticity challenges the muscles throughout a greater range of motion, says Gary Sforzo, PhD, a professor of exercise and sport sciences at Ithaca College. Try these moves from Keli Roberts, group fitness manager at Equinox Fitness Club in Pasadena, California, twice a week for three weeks for quick sculpting results.
Next: 1. Push-Up Row
Does anyone honestly believe 4-6 reps is going to accomplish anything?
1/21/2010 02:53:36 PM Report AbuseI agree...I like the pictures too. It is important for me to see if I have the correct form and understand the instuction.
1/21/2010 11:52:23 AM Report AbuseI appreciate the simple instructions along with the pictures. For me, pictures are important. I can then see what each excerise should look like. Thank you.
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