Video: Exercises That Work Muscle Against Muscle

Exercises That Work Muscle Against Muscle

Working muscle against muscle is a great way to keep your body guessing, which itself is a great way to tone. Learn about exercises that work muscle against muscle with help from a professional belly dance performer and instructor in this free video clip.

Video Transcript

Hi, this is Jennifer. I'm a personal trainer and a belly dancer, and today's topic is exercises that work muscle against muscle. So a good idea when you are working out is to put two exercises back to back that work opposing muscle groups. So in this video I'm going to show you an exercise that works your bicep muscle and then we're going to pair that back to back with an exercise that works the tricep muscle in the back. So you want to grab your dumbbells or your barbell and with both exercises you're going to have your arms in your side starting with the biceps curl. I'm going to just draw the dumbbells up towards my shoulder, just like that. I want to keep my upper arms pretty stable. So that's working the bicep here in the front. Now I'm going to turn and we're going to do a tricep which works the back of the arm so we're working the front and then the back. So I'm just going to bend a little bit in my knees and lean my upper body forward just a little bit, shoulder blades down and back and I'm just going to straighten my arms here. I want to keep my elbows in this same position. I don't want to let my arms come forward. I'm keeping my shoulders and my elbows stable and I'm just straightening and bending my arms, working the triceps muscle. So those are two really effective exercises working opposing muscle groups, the biceps and the triceps. I hope you enjoyed this video. Again this is Jennifer and you can find me at Hipbellydancer.com.

Exercises That Work Muscle Against Muscle

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