Tick Tocks with Arm Lift
The Standing Tick Tock with Arm Lift works your back along with your obliques and adds the arm as a bonus.
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Step-by-step instructions
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Stand tall holding a dumbbell in each hand. You can actually execute the movement without any weight. Tighten your core throughout this entire exercise — booty, belly, back.
- 2
Lower the weight in your right hand straight down the side of your right thigh, getting as deep of a bend as your body will allow. As you bend to the right, lift your left arm/dumbbell up the side of your body.
- 3
Straighten your body so that you are standing straight and tall with both dumbbells at arm's length.
- 4
Bend your body the opposite direction, lowering the weight in your left hand down the side of your left thigh. As you bend to the left, lift your right arm/dumbbell up the side of your body.
- 5
Straighten your body so that you are standing straight and tall with both dumbbells at arm's length.
- 6
Rest. Repeat.
Notes
This should not bother your back. If it does, stop doing it. This exercise is going to increase your range of motion, tighten your core — abs, bum, obliques — and help increase your balance.
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