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Kettlebell swings are a fantastic exercise for building strength and endurance in the legs, glutes, and core. They’re great for your overall fitness and fat loss too. But if you don’t have access to kettlebells you can get the same benefit from swings using dumbbells too. In this post I’m going to walk you through how to do swings with dumbbells instead of kettlebells.
Whether you are working out at home, in a hotel gym, or your regular spot this is a great workout that will challenge your full body, build your work capacity and keep you strong. All you need to get started is one dumbbell and a few minutes to get moving.
Bodyweight exercises like push ups are challenging sometimes because you can’t always add the smallest weights to make a little bit of progress. Sometimes the change from one push up variation to the next is a little too challenging to do well. These exercises will help you bridge the gap between variations and help you keep making progress to do your first push up or more push ups, but better!
If you struggle to do push ups from the ground you need to bookmark this article. We break down strategies to go from doing push ups elevated to any height and progressively work down to the ground. Along the way you’ll learn exercises to help you correct the most common push up problems. There’s also a free downloadable push up training sheet to help you keep track of your progress and stay accountable to your push up practice routine. You’ll be doing your first push up in no time.
Instead of simply saying your “going to lose weight” this year, use these strategies to set better goals with results you’ll be able to sustain well after 2020.
Trying to think of what to get your friend loves to workout? Check out this holiday gift guide for ideas that should please anyone that is just getting started working out or has been lifting forever.
When you live in San Diego active opportunities are everywhere. But being a craft beer mecca, San Diego is also rife with delicious beverages that can sabotage your fitness goals. Balance your social life and fitness with some of these lower calorie beer options.
If you’ve got fitness goals, but aren’t sure where to start, read on. This post has lots of healthy habits you can start today. Pick one and make it a goal to do it a little better every day for a month.
