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Exercise of the Month July 2008

The Complete Upper Body Workout
Fitness Level: General

The Complete Upper Body Workout
The Complete Upper Body Workout

Start Position

Stand with your feet hip-width apart, a slight bend in your knees and your core engaged. Hold the weights by your side with your palms facing your hips.

Action

Bend your elbows and rotate your arms so that your palms move up to face your shoulders. Then slowly lift and straighten your arms above your head, before gently lowering the weights behind you. Push the weights back up towards the ceiling straightening your arms, then gently bend you elbows lowering them to your side with your palms facing your shoulders. Finally lower your forearms back to their starting position. Repeat 10 to 20 times.

Benefits

This is a wonderful upper body exercise for toning your biceps, shoulders and triceps. It is especially useful if you are short of training time as you strengthen a large proportion of your upper body with one simple exercise.

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