A few days ago, I re-aggravated an old shoulder injury.
While doing some one arm dumbbell rows--I do these because they hit the area directly--I had a crazy idea,
Could I put together a simple dumbbell routine--one that does not take too much time--for when time is tight.
NOTE:
I like to do work one arm at a time, as I feel it helps to bring the abs into play more, but, please feel free to do the exercises bellow in whatever way works best for you.
The routine I came up with is this.
One arm dumbbell rows, followed by, one arm overhead presses, one arm dead lifts, one leg at a time almost stiff legged dead lifts, one arm biceps curs and overhead triceps extensions.
If you like you can end the "routine" with a set or two of knee-ups off the end of a chair.
That's it!
The idea here is not to break any strength records--just to get a good pump and a sweat going.
Start with ten reps per side, and work up to doing one set of 25 reps.
When you reach this, you can either increase the weight you are using or add in another set.
ANOTHER NOTE:
You may have noticed that this routine does not work the chest, well, that is not really true, as you will get some from the overhead press, but, if you want to finish off with a set of push-ups, any variety will do, go for it.
LAST POINT:
As stated above, this is not a routine that is going to give a a crazy workout, but, that is not the idea, it is just something you can do--do get in a quick workout.
I will use it at the end of my workout--to finish things off.
You might want to give this a try.
GO FOR IT!