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(Ebook) Men's Health - The 15-Minute Muscle-Builder PDF

This document provides a 15-minute full body workout using a barbell that works muscles all over the body. The workout consists of doing 6 repetitions of 5 different exercises - squat and press, good mornings, bent-over rows, upright rows, and bicep curls - without rest between exercises. After completing all the exercises, rest for 1 minute then repeat the circuit for a total body workout in just 15 minutes.

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(Ebook) Men's Health - The 15-Minute Muscle-Builder PDF

This document provides a 15-minute full body workout using a barbell that works muscles all over the body. The workout consists of doing 6 repetitions of 5 different exercises - squat and press, good mornings, bent-over rows, upright rows, and bicep curls - without rest between exercises. After completing all the exercises, rest for 1 minute then repeat the circuit for a total body workout in just 15 minutes.

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MALEGRAMS

FITNESS TIP OF THE MONTH

THE 15-MINUTE MUSCLE-BUILDER


O UR FAVORITE piece of fitness equipment: the classic barbell. You can use it not only for jousting, but also to do this total-body
exercise from Mark Philippi, C.S.C.S., the strength coach at UNLV. Do six repetitions of each move without changing weights and
without rest. After you're finished, rest 1 minute and repeat (give yourself 2 minutes if you're a beginner). The benefit: Hard
work=hard muscle. Start with a 45-pound barbell. Too hard? Try some dumbbells.
I. Squat and press MUSCLES WORKED: entire body
Place the bar behind your head and rest it behind
your shoulders, holding it so that your elbows are
pointing down [A], Slowly sit back as you lower
yourself until your thighs are parallel to the floor
[B]. Pause, then press your heels into the floor,
push yourself back up to the starting position,
and use your upward momentum to drive the
bar over your head to do a shoulder press [C].
Lower the bar to the starting position and
repeat.

2. Good morning MUSCLES WORKED: lower back,


hamstrings From the same starting position as for
the squat and press [A], bend forward at the
waist by moving your hips backward while your
back remains slightly arched and your knees
slightly bent. Lower your chest; your back should
go no farther than parallel to the floor [B]. Return
to the starting position.

3. Bent-over row MUSCLES WORKED: upper back


Hold the bar with an overhand grip, hands
slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Bend
your knees, then bend at your waist, holding the
bar at arm's length. Keep your back flat
throughout the movement [A]. Bend your
elbows to pull the bar to your chest [B]. Pause,
then return to the starting position.

5. Biceps curl MUSCLES WORKED:


4, Upright row MUSCLES WORKED: shoulders duh, biceps Hold the bar with an
Grab the bar with an overhand grip with underhand grip, your hands
your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart [A]. Keep
shoulder-width apart. Rest the bar at arm's your elbows close to your sides and
length on the front of your thighs [A]. Keep curl the weight toward your chest
the bar close to your body and pull the [B]. Pause at the top of the
weight up to your lower chest, keeping your movement, then return to the
elbows above the bar [B]. Pause, then starting position.
return to the starting position.
MEN'S HEALTH 38 MAY 2001
www.menshealth.com

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