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All you need are dumbbells to crush this 28-day workout challenge with Ariel Belgrave, CPT, featuring 20-minute upper-, lower-, and full-body strength workouts.
Looking to work the arms, legs, glutes, and core? This effective, 30-minute full-body workout from Denise and Katie Austin needs only dumbbells and a yoga mat.
Abdominal exercises are a type of strength exercise that affect the abdominal muscles (colloquially known as the stomach muscles or "abs"). Human abdominal consist of four muscles which are the rectus abdomens, internal oblique, external oblique, and transversus abdominis. [ 1 ]
If a weight is used, then it rests upon the shoulders, or is held in the hand(s). This is an isolation exercise for the calves; it particularly emphasises the gastrocnemius muscle, and recruits the soleus muscle. [6] Equipment Body weight, dumbbells, barbell, Smith machine or standing calf raise machine. Major variants
Research has shown that both sit-ups and crunches are mediocre strength-building exercises and have injured many people. [3] In a crunch, unlike a sit-up, the lower back stays on the floor. This is said to eliminate any involvement by the hip flexors, and make the crunch an effective isolation exercise for the abdominals. [5]
Digital Art by Sofia Kraushaar. Muscles Worked: A plank is a full-body exercise, but specifically, it works your transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis (aka the six-pack), internal and external ...
Dumbbell burpee The athlete holds a pair of dumbbells while performing the exercise. [10] Devil-press burpee The athlete performs a non-jumping burpee with dumbbells and then overhead presses the dumbbells. [citation needed] Eight-count push-up [11] or double burpee The athlete performs two push-ups after assuming the plank position.