Triceps Kickback Exercises for Aerobic Dancing Workouts

Video Transcript

"Hi there! My name is Connie Hale. Thanks for joining me here at expertvillage.com. Today we’re getting into some beginning aerobic dance and workout. Please discuss with your doctor anything that you want to take on as far as your exercise routine goes before you begin. Today we’re going to work on some tricep kickbacks. Ladies, tricep, if you don’t know what that is it’s the lovely jelly giggle that you get underneath the arm. When you wave, it goes giggle, giggle, giggle. Nobody likes that, so let’s work on that and get rid of it. Get a chair, nice and sturdy, place a knee on it so you’re nice and comfortable. What I want you to do is go down onto your forearm so you’re landing right across the top of the chair, weight is in your hand. A couple key things here; before your kick it back, I want to you to make sure; number one, your shoulder is square facing forward, both shoulders. Your elbow is staying high above your ribcage. Notice when I kick it back, you can see the space between my elbow and my ribs. Also, when you slide it in, slide it in close along the body along the ribcage. This is your proper positioning for a tricep kickback. Again, we’re resting it down. Weight is ready, we lean it back, and in, and back, and in. I recommend starting with 3 pound weights. If you feel you’re ready and that’s not challenging enough, go ahead and move to 5 pounds and you do what’s comfortable for you. Another position we could do is flip it so your palm is facing front. Again, that elbow is staying above your ribcage and we’re just going to kick it back, pressing it up to the sky and in, back and in, back and in. That’s your tricep kickbacks. Let’s work on the other side. We’re going to flip our chair around to the side. Opposite hand, same position, knee down, forearm, shoulders are square, elbows above the ribcage, and we kick it back and in. Keep that elbow up. I don’t want to see any sagginess. I know cheating; I’ve done it myself. Alright, elbow is up and kick it back. Again, flip palm up, straight up and in, up and in. Alright, those are your tricep kick backs. "