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COMBINATION CIRCUIT This session is designed to work all muscle groups of your upper body, as an endurance / toning circuit and also to increase the heart rate sufficiently to provide you with a sweat. Aim to work at a fast comfortable pace within your own limits, taking minimal rest between the different exercises, this circuit is only suitable for persons use to weights.Use the following table as a guide to the amount of reps, sets and rest time for each exercise. Aim to use this session ideally once a week, aiming to change the exercises you do, in order to create new and challenging workouts - Netfit Members have access to over 1,000 different exercises and new training programs. |
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| INTERMEDIATE | 12-15 | 30 SEC | 10-15 | 30 SEC | - | - | - | - |
| ADVANCED | 15-20 | 20 SEC | 15-20 | 20 SEC | 12-15 | 20 SEC | - | - |
| ATHLETIC | 20-25 | 10 SEC | 20-25 | 10 SEC | 15 -20 | 15 SEC | 15-20 | 15 SEC |
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Wide
Arm Press-Up. Take your
hands out at double shoulder width, with your palms facing forward. Dependent
on your fitness level, choose your style to work in, i.e. 3/4 position
for intermediates and full position for advanced. |
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1 Arm Row. Support your body by placing your left hand and knee on a bench, whilst placing the weight in your right hand, with the right foot securely on the floor. Aim to keep your back parallel to the floor, whilst lifting the weighted elbow from a straight position to an angle of 90 degrees or more, aiming to take the elbow high without rotation. |
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Biceps Curl, again if possible perform in a seated position to limit excessive body swing. For intermediates and advanced aim to perform the movement in the 3 following actions, normal / hammer / and reverse, full descriptions of all the exercises can be found in the members area. |
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Tricep Dips, place your hands either side of your buttocks, with fingers
facing forward. Bend at your elbows, taking them backwards. Perform on
a secure bench with feet on the floor for intermediates, and feet on another
bench for advanced. Focus on taking your elbows behind you. |
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Breast Stroke. Control the movement, ideally standing with feet shoulder width apart. Keep your head up looking straight ahead, with elbows at shoulder height. LIGHTWEIGHT Make smooth controlled breast stroke swimming movements, whilst focusing on keeping your elbows at shoulder height. |
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Bench Press Aim to perform the exercises in either a close arm normal or wide stance exercise. Again you can adapt the exercise by using an incline / decline / or flat bench, whilst working with either dumbbells or a barbell. Focus on a complete range of movement, lowering the weight down to your chest, however never use a weight that is too heavy so you can't lift it back up. |
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Tricep Kick Backs. Sit on a secure bench with your feet firmly on the floor, leaning over as far as possible, ideally to a position that enables your body to be parallel to the floor. LIGHTWEIGHT Smoothly extend the arm back from a bent position, in order to straighten the arm, focusing on keeping your upper arm horizontal whilst keeping your elbow tucked into your side. |
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Reverse
Fly's. Support your back on either
an inclined bench or the thigh of one leg. Keeping a bend in your arms
lift the weight up no higher than shoulder height in a smooth motion, before
lowering under control. LIGHTWEIGHT |
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Lateral Raise. Holding suitable dumbbells in each hand, smoothly lift the weights up from your side, to a horizontal position out to your sides, aiming to keep a slight bend in your arms, hands inline with your shoulders. For best results, certainly for beginners, aim to work on a declined bench so that you have some support for your lower back. |
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Close
Arm Press-Ups. Beginners
should perform in a box style press-up, as this is a hard exercise. Aim
to make a triangle with your fingers and thumbs, taking your elbows out
to the side. Your hands should be under your chest. |
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Normal Fly's. Work on either a flat or incline bench, taking the weights from a central position, out to your sides, in line with your shoulders. Keep a slight bend in the arms at the elbow, lowering the weights no lower than your shoulders. |
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Shoulder Press. Aim to work in a seated position on an inclined bench for
support for your back. Lift the weights from your shoulders, up above your
head, keeping the palms of your hands facing forward. Make sure the weights
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The weights that use, should reflex on your current strength levels, for safety reasons, start with a lightweight establishing good technique before increasing gradually.
If you find that you're struggling to lift the weight during the first set, then you have probably started with a weight that is to heavy, so I would advise to lower the weight. A LIGHTWEIGHT is certainly recommended for some of the exercises, personally when I perform this routine, I have two different dumbbell weights to work with. At the end of each set, take in some fluid, and have a minimum of two minutes rest before performing the next session. Keep warm with either a sweatshirt or towel, and if necessary stretch your upper body. Use the following table to record and monitor your progress, with your aim being to gradually increase the amount of reps that you can perform. |
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