WORKOUT I LOVE THIS MONTH

So my Workout Corner this time around isn’t going to be that lengthy. I hurt my back at the beginning of the month and was unable to workout. Not quite sure what happened or what I did but it put a little of a glitch in my workout schedule. I tried working out - like an ass - but my body shortly let me know that it wasn’t a good idea so...rest was required. Two weeks. I’m not gonna lie resting is hard for me. Sometimes my body just craves some kinda of movement but...I did it. After 2 weeks my first class was a spinning class - figured there was no lying down in the class so it would be a good class to start with. Then I did an at home work out. I took it back to the basics and did some unilateral training.

UNILATERAL TRAINING: training one limb/side of the body at a time.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS:

improves balance
forces each arm and leg to do its share of the work
helps improve muscular and strength imbalances
you wil recruit (fast- twitch) and work more muscle fibers than with two-sided exercise
and the best - core muscles are heavily recruited - obliques, quadratus lumborum, spinal erectors and multifidus

WORKOUT:

weights: 8lbs
rounds: 3 - with a 90 sec break in between each round
Start with weight in right hand
12 Bicep curls (optional
12 Bicep curls with Shoulder press
12 Rear Fly - love this cause its rear delts, rhomboids (primary muscle) and mid traps being used
12 Tricep Kickbacks
Transfer weight to left hand
12 Weighted lateral lunges (reach left hand to right foot) with knee lift on the return
Weight is already in the left hand now so...Hit it!!!

***Totally optional and it may be silly but during my 90sec break I turned on some tunes and...danced...my ass off.

***Only muscle I didn’t really hit was Pecs but...I still felt good about my workout. If you wanted to include chest you could do 12 One arm Wall Push-ups (no weight) or 12 Un-even Push-ups right after the 12 Tricep Kickbacks.