6 EXERCISES THAT WORK YOUR ARMS AND LEGS

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Crunched for time? Try these multi-purpose moves…
1. Jumping Jacks With Overhead Dumbbell Press:

Hold a 3- to 5-pound dumbbell in each hand and stand with your feet together. Lift the dumbbells just above your shoulders with your palms facing forward. From this position, jump your feet apart as you simultaneously extend your arms straight up into a V shape. Jump back to start to complete one rep.

2. Alternating Curtsy Lunge With Bicep Curls:

Grab a set of 5- to 10-pound dumbbells and hold them along your sides with your palms facing your body. Start with both feet together and your toes facing forward. From this position, lift your right foot and take a large step diagonally behind you. Keeping your front knee behind your front toes and your shoulders stacked over your hips, curl both weights up toward your shoulders as you simultaneously bend each knee to a 90-degree angle. Press into your front heel to come back up to stand with both feet together and facing forward, and release both weights along your sides. Complete a second bicep curl as you repeat the lunge on the opposite side, this time stepping backward with your left leg. Return to starting position to complete one rep.

3. Split Squat With Overhead Dumbbell Press:

Grab a 1- to 3-pound dumbbell in each hand. That’s one rep. Do all your reps, then step over the rail, and do the same number with your right foot on the ground and your left toes on the seat.

4. Overhead Triceps Pulses:

Grab a set of 3- to 5-pound dumbbells. Start with your feet together and a dumbbell in each hand with your palms facing each other. Lift your right foot off the ground and take a large step diagonally behind your left leg. Press the dumbbells together and bring them up over your head with your elbows bent about 90 degrees and stacked above your shoulders. Keeping your shoulders directly over your hips, bend both knees as you simultaneously lower your body and bring the weights down a few inches. Then, push up through your left heel and right toes to raise your body and the weights up a few inches. That’s one rep. Perform all your reps, then switch legs and complete the same number on the opposite side.

5. Squat Press and Twist:

Grab a 5- to 10-pound dumbbell in each hand, and stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulders-width apart, toes facing forward. Bring the dumbbells up to your shoulders with your palms facing your ears. Keeping your chest up and your knees behind your toes, sit back into squat. In one fluid motion, lift up out of the squat and pivot on your right foot to twist toward the left as you raise both dumbbells into the air and turn your palms to face forward. Turn back toward the center as you sit back into the squat and lower your arms back to starting position. Repeat on the other side, this time twisting to your right and pivoting on your left foot. Return to starting position to complete one rep.

6. Triceps Dips With Side Kick:

Sit on a mat with your knees bent and the soles of your feet on the ground near your butt. Place your palms on the ground behind you with your fingers facing your body and your elbows slightly bent. Extend your elbows and lift your hips up off the ground. Next, lift your right foot, point your toes, and extend the leg straight up toward the ceiling. From this position, keep your hips square to the ground as you open your raised leg out to the side and simultaneously bend your elbows. To return to starting position, extend the elbows as you bring your right leg back in with toes pointing toward the ceiling. That’s one rep. Complete all your reps with your right leg, then switch legs and repeat the same number. Keyword: arms and legs