Military Press on the Stability Ball

Exercise of the day! There has always been a debate with the military press behind the neck. Whether if it is needed to develop shoulders and will the position cause a shoulder injury. Well it won't cause injury if you execute the exercise correctly, with the right amount of weight. Be careful if you have had injury to your shoulder before when executing this exercise. This exercise is being done on a stability ball so that it will allow you to concentrate on the upper body and strengthen your core at the same time. This targets the primarily the shoulders and secondarily the upper back, triceps and biceps brachii. You can try this at home or at the gym. Always have a spotter at hand especially if you are going heavy.

Reversed One Arm Lat Pull Down

This exercise is a reversed one arm lat pull down. It focuses on one side the lats, biceps and even shoulders. If you were to lean back 45 degrees you would work the lats harder and would target upper and middle back, lats, rhomboids and trapezius muscles. Single arm allows more muscle fibers to work than both arms. It also allows your stronger arm from doing more than half the work. Theses are a must when you are a bodybuilder because for competition you’re judge and symmetry besides conditioning, muscularity and posing. Tries these outs on back or even shoulder day.

Weighted Crunch with Leg Lifts

Weighted crunch with leg lifts. Now this exercise works both top and bottom of the abs. Make sure you use a weight you are comfortable with because you can hurt yourself if it falls on you by accident. Lift with your top portion of your body to work the upper region of the abdominals. Then drop your legs without touching the ground. The leg lifts target your hip flexors, abdonminals, back muscles and thigh muscles.  So many people just do standard crunches and forget there are other muscles to be worked in the abdominal area. Try this out in your next ab session, it is sure to be a stinger.