WGBJ 3 - Workout 32

Workout 32: Shoulder & Abs

Sit on a military press bench, or any utility bench that has a back support, and hold two dumbbells upright on the top of your thighs.
With your palms facing each other, lift the dumbbells up (one at a time) to shoulder-level.
Then, rotate your wrists so that your palms are facing upward toward the ceiling.
Press your dumbbells up and toward each other, without jerking your back.
Slowly lower them until they return to the starting position.

Stand upright with your feet shoulder-width apart and dumbbells aligned with your feet at arm's length. Make sure your palms are facing inward towards your sides.
Keep your torso stationary and raise the dumbbells to your side with a slight bend at your elbow. Lift your arms until they are slightly parallel to the ground, or around shoulder-level, and pause for a second at the top.
Slowly lower the dumbbells back to the starting position.

Take a weighted plate and hold it with both hands out in front of your body with a slight bend in your elbows.
Take the weight and rotate it clockwise around the back of your head and back out to starting position.
Repeat for the desired amount of repetitions.

On the reverse fly machine (which sometimes doubles as a chest fly machine), adjust the handles so that they are fully facing the rear (closest together). Adjust the seat height to make the handles at your shoulder-level. Sit on the seat with your chest against the pad and grasp the handles with your palms facing inwards.
Pull your hands out to your sides and back as far as possible. This should make a semicircular motion where you should feel a stretch in your shoulders.
Pause at the back of the movement, and slowly return the weight to the starting position.

Start off standing with your side next to a high pulley cable machine with a grip attachment connected to the machine.
Grasp the handle with one of your hands, with your feet shoulder width apart and the other arm rested at your side.
Slowly pull down with the arm grasping the cable with your obliques until you feel a stretch in your abs.
Return back to the starting position and repeat. Only when you’re done with one side, move to the opposite side.
Repeat!

Caution: Do not choose a weight that is too heavy. This can result in straining your lower back.

Find a cable station and attach a rope handle to the top pulley. Grasp the rope attachment at each end, and kneel down so your knees are bent at a 90° angle.
Your arms should be stretched over your head. Your palms should be facing each other when holding the rope and your hands should be placed next to your face.
Slightly flex your hips forward. There should be tension on the cable, and you should feel a stretch in your abs.
Keep your hips stationary, contract your abs, and crunch your chest towards your hips until your head is between your knees. Your elbows should be approaching the middle of your thighs. After reaching this point, hold the contraction for a second.
Slowly reverse back to the starting position. Keep as much tension in your abs during this whole movement.

Get in a tabletop position with your hands directly beneath your shoulders. Hold your body up off the floor in this position. Hold a light dumbbell in your right hand.
From this position, extend your right arm out in front of you and extend your left leg straight out behind you.
Next, crunch your abs by bringing your right elbow to meet your left knee in the middle of your body.
Extend them again and repeat.
Make sure to finish one side before switching hands and doing the other side.

Position yourself face-down on the ground and place your hands shoulder width apart. Keeping your back as straight as possible, push your body off the ground, through your hands.
Inhale as you lower yourself downward, until your chest nearly touches the ground.
Exhale and press your upper body back up to the starting position while squeezing your chest, arms, and abdominal muscles.