Learn to Love the Mighty Barbell
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}<b>Front Squat (15 reps):</b> As you descend into a squat, keep your head up and back straight with the barbell resting at shoulder level. (Andrew Meade Photography, Inc. )
<b>Walking Lunges Using the Same Leg (15 reps):</b> With the barbell resting on your shoulder blades, go into a lunge and return to standing. Go into the next lunge using the same leading leg. Then switch for one complete set. (Andrew Meade Photography, Inc. )
<b>Overhead Squats (12 reps):</b> A good test for shoulder flexiblity. Raise the barbell in an overhead press position. Descend into a squat while keeping the barbell high above your head. (Andrew Meade Photography, Inc.)
<b>Unilateral Deadlift to Bicep Curl to Lunge:</b> Balancing on one leg, lower the barbell while keeping your back straight. Feel it work your hamstring and return to standing position and do a bicep curl. Go into a lunge with the barbell in the same position as the front squat.
<b>Jump Squats:</b> Explode up from the bottom of your squat and jump into the air. Land softly and smoothly, go into the next squat. Choose a weight that allows you to get off the ground. (Andrew Meade Photography, Inc. )
<b>Good Morning:</b> Maintaining a straight back, bend forward with the barbell resting on your upper shoulder blades. Rise back up into a standing position. (Andrew Meade Photography, Inc.)
<b>Lunge to Kick:</b> As you come up from your lunge, kick your opposite leg into the air as shown. (Andrew Meade Photography, Inc. )