Today's TIU21 Workout ~ Yoga Arm Tone with Chevy!
By Katrina Scott onYoga Arm Workout With Chevy
Grab a set of dumbbells for these 5 exercises, which fuse a yoga pose with an upper body move. Focus on your breath as you move. Do 2 - 3 rounds of the circuit below. You got this babe!
Goddess Pose + Arnold Press
Targets your shoulders from every angle, your core, and your legs!
Begin in Goddess Pose, feet wider than hip-width apart and toes pointed slightly outward. Holding a dumbbell in each hand, bring your elbows up to shoulder height in front of you and bent 90 degrees, palms facing you. Lower down into your goddess squat, weight in your heels and shoulders over hips and knees over ankles. Open your arms out to the sides of your body, palms facing outward, then press the weights overhead. As you move your arms overhead, straighten your legs. Lower back into your squat as your bring your arms back down to shoulder height and then back together in front of your body.
Do 12 reps.
Goddess Pose + Tricep Extension
Tones your triceps, core, and legs!
Begin in Goddess Pose, feet wider than hip-width apart and toes pointed slightly outward. Lower into a shallow squat by bending your knees, keeping weight in your heels, shoulders over hips, and knees over ankles. Holding a dumbbell in each hand, bring the weights together overhead, palms facing each other. Bend your elbows, taking your weights behind your head for a tricep extension. Straighten them back overhead. Stay in your goddess squat the entire time.
Do 12 reps.
Crescent Lunge + Hammer Curl
Sculpts your legs and biceps!
Begin with your right foot a few steps in front of your left, with your left heel lifted behind you. Holding a dumbbell in each hand, bring your arms down by your sides, palms facing you. Lower straight down into a lunge position, both knees bending 90 degrees. Press off your front heel to straighten back up, and as you stand, curl your dumbbells up to your shoulders. Lower back down.
Do 10 reps on each side.
Side Angle + Row + Press
Tones your chest, back, shoulders, and legs!
Begin standing. Step your right leg out wider than hip-width and point your toes out 45 degrees. Bend your right knee about 90 degrees and lean over to rest your right elbow on your right thigh. With two light dumbbells or one heavy dumbbell in your left hand, reach down toward your right foot, squaring your shoulders off to face your foot. Then, pull your left elbow back, bringing the weights to your shoulder and rotating your shoulders to face the front. Then, press the weights overhead, palms facing outward. Bring the weights back to your shoulder, then back down toward your foot.
Do 12 reps on each side.
Goddess Pose + Twist
Works your legs, shoulders, and obliques!
Begin in Goddess Pose, feet wider than hip-width apart and toes pointed slightly outward. Lower into a shallow squat by bending your knees, keeping weight in your heels, shoulders over hips, and knees over ankles. Holding a dumbbell in each hand, bring weights together at your chest, elbows bent and held at shoulder height out to the sides. Twist from your torso to the right, then back to center. Twist from your torso to the left, then back to center.
Do 12 reps on each side.