Wrist Bend

The wrist bend stretches the wrist and forearm muscles. This exercise can be performed seated or standing. Tight forearm muscles can lead to pain and discomfort in the wrists. The wrist bend stretch should be included in your daily routine or after a hard upper body pulling workout.

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Lunge Touchdown and Thrust – Alternating

Lunge touchdown and thrust alternating legs is a great full-body conditioning exercise. This exercise can be used to strengthen the hips, shoulders, torso and arms. The lunge touchdown integrates upper and lower body movement which transfers well to sport and life. This exercise can be performed slowly for emphasis on muscular development or faster to develop the neuromuscular system.

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Overhead Squat

The overhead squat is a great exercise that stretches and strengthens at the same time. In addition to strengthening your body it also teaches your upper and lower body to work together. For most people just using a broom stick of piece of pvc pipe will be challenging. AS your flexibility and strength improves you can add weight. I truly believe the overhead squat is one of the toughest exercises.

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Push Jerk

The push Jerk is an efficient way to press a lot of weight. It forces the upper and lower body to work together and is very challenging for the core musculature. Flexibility may be a limiting factor for many people. If that is the case then work on your flexibility and you may be more successful with the Split Jerk.

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