The Program to Improve Your Fitness, Week 14
September 17, 2008 by Sal Marinello
Filed under Fitness Tips
This time when I say this is the last exercise in Level 1 of my free online exercise program, I mean it. This week – the real last week of Level 1 – you’ll learn how to do the standing dumbbell row.
As a personal trainer and in my own training, I prefer the standing dumbbell row rather than the traditional dumbbell row exercise, in which you use a bench for stability, because the standing row requires that you provide your own stability. This is always better.
In the standing position, more demand is placed on the muscles of the trunk, especially the midsection. When you try this exercise, you will feel the stress of maintaining the proper position in your abdominal muscles. The standing dumbbell row is a great example of why ground-based exercises are more demanding, and as a result more effective than the alternatives.
The standing dumbbell row is a great exercise to develop strength in the muscles of the back and is more efficient than the traditional dumbbell row that is performed using a bench for stability.
Thanks to the hard work that you’ve put in over the duration of this first level of my program you are in better shape and are ready to handle the rigors of future levels of my program. Keep working on the Level 1 exercises and your fitness level will continue to improve.
Think about adding a pair of adjustable dumbbells to your home gym.
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