On the search for back exercises with dumbbells?
These two, full-body workouts will check that your spine gets just as strong as the rest of you.
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These imbalances only contribute to worse poor posture and can lead to pain and potential injury, she says.
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So if your current workout plan is all pull-ups, its time to refresh.
Below, Tucker and Batt offer two full workouts that will bring your back into the full-body mix.
Perform them each once a week, and youve got your back covered.
Maintain a neutral spine throughout and avoid collapsing forward as you squat down.
Engage your core to come back up to standing.
Plyometric lunges: Explosively perform jumping lunges with both knees bent to 90 degrees.
Maintain an upright chest and send the hips straight down.
Drive through the heel to switch sides.
Pull the weights towards your body.
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Press them up into the air.
Bodyweight push-ups:Start in a high plank with your hands directly under your shoulders.
Maintain a flat back and avoid sagging hips as you perform your push up.
Keep your elbows close to your sides.
Superset 4
Dumbbell upright row:Hold the weights at your hips with an overhand grip.
Bodyweight lying supermans:Lie face down and extend your arms to the front and legs to the back.
Engage your glutes and lower back as you raise your chest and legs off the floor.
Hold for two counts then reset and repeat.
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Superset 5
Dumbbell Romanian deadlifts:Start standing, holding the dumbbells with an overhand grip.
Hinge at the hips sending your butt straight back.
Lower your weights to mid-shin and maintain a straight back throughout the movement.
Squeeze your quads and glutes as you return to the starting position.
Bodyweight inchworms:Start by bending down, hinging at the hips and knees.
Walk forward through the hands into an extended plank and back to starting position.
Avoid swinging the weights and keep your elbows forward and close to your sides.
Bicycle crunches:Lie on your back.
Pull your belly button into the floor and lift your shoulders off the ground.
Alternate side through controlled movement.
15-minute AKT-inspired workout
Repeat each circuit three times.
Roll down plank:Start with the feet together.
Unclasp the hands and tuck the chin as you roll down.
Walk your hands out to a Plank.
Then walk back in, roll up, and repeat.
Raise your arms up and down like youre doing a jumping jack.
Kick one leg at a time alternating sides.
kick off the arms out to the sides, focusing on the middle of the back.
Keep the shoulders away from your ears to keep the trapezius as relaxed as possible.
Staggered stance dumbbell power rows:Stand in a mini lunge, hinging forward about 45 degrees.
Pull your elbows back, bringing the weights to your hips and hugging the elbows into the body.
Grab one dumbbell in each hand.
The top arm will extend overhead while the top leg is straight and the toe is on the floor.
Then, lower the leg and stretch the arm back overhead.
Lift your arms up and pulse, trying to keep them above your hips.
Mountain climbers:Begin in a high plank position with your shoulders over your wrists.
I would say that you should really put your back into itbut that would be cheesy.
Also you could try this quick weighted HIIT workout:
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