When you combine upper and lower body work together, it becomes a compound move. There are numerous benefits to these types of exercises. I love to do them because they are super efficient because you are hitting more than one area at once. In addition, your heart rate becomes elevated, thus increasing your caloric burn while toning and sculpting. In this Move of the Week, using one heavy weight will challenge your obliques, shoulders and biceps as you enlist your quads, glutes and hamstrings to execute the series successfully. The benefits of compound moves will become apparent to you as you hold your core to stabilize and balance and the sweat beads on your forehead as you work through the sets.
Get to work!
