Leg Raise

Primary Muscle Being Worked:        LOWER ABDOMEN
Secondary Muscle Being Worked:    HIP, INNER THIGH

• Lie on your back with your feet placed together
• Place hands to your sides (Beginner should place hands under buttocks)
• Slowly raise legs up to 90* angle (or as high as your hip flexors will allow)
• Hold for one second
• In controlled manner, slowly lower legs to starting position.
• Legs go up (Breathe OUT)
• Legs come down (Breathe IN) 

 

Modified Push-up

Primary Muscle Being Worked:        CHEST
Secondary Muscle Being Worked:    SHOULDER, TRICEP

• Place hands a little wider than shoulder width apart
• Keep your back straight (Draw imaginary straight line from shoulders to knees)
• Slowly lower torso keeping elbows close to body (Breathe IN going down)
• Hover above the floor
• Slowly push up and return to starting position (Breathe OUT going up)

Pulse-Ups

Primary Muscle Being Worked:  UPPER ABDOMINAL

• Lay on back with legs straight up
• Feet position should be parallel to floor
• Hands flat on sides (Beginner should place palms on floor under the buttocks)
• Engage upper abdomen by lifting hips off floor
• Push your lower torso upwards in straight line (Breathe OUT)
• Slowly come back to starting position (Breathe IN)

Barbell Curl

Primary Muscle Being Worked:        BICEP
Secondary Muscle Being Worked:    ANTERIOR DELTOID(Front of shoulder), FOREARM

• Posture is important so stand up straight
• Grab the barbell with your palms facing away from your body
• Hold bar a little closer than shoulder width apart
• Elbows kept at sides entire time (When you curl, elbows should still point down)
• Slowly curl up, slowly come down (many people injure themselves going down, go slow)
• This is your count: 1..2..3..4 going up and 1..2..3..4.. going down.

 

• Dont forget to breathe. Dont hold your breath. 
• When you curl (breathe IN)
• When you come down (breathe OUT)

Barbell Romanian Deadlift

Primary Muscle Being Worked:       LOWER BACK
Secondary Muscle Being Worked:   BUTT, INNER THIGH, QUAD, CALF

Here's How:

• Go slow, focus on your form. 
• Position your feet about shoulder width apart. 
• Your knees should go in alignment with your toes. 
• Make sure your back is flat, not hunched over. 
• Lift up slowly and breathe in. 
• As you start to lower the weight in a controlled slow manner, breathe out. 

 ***It's form before weight people!!! Always remember its your back. You dont want to injure yourself.

I would like to have this blog as an interactive blog. I am not going to spit out fitness jargin to you. I will post things to help make fitness easy for people who are not well versed when it comes to exercises.