Floor Press with Leg Raise

Floor Press with Leg Raise (Tricep and Abdominal Exercise)

1) Start with laying with your back on the floor with legs straight out in front of you with a dumbbell in each hand on the side of your body with elbows close to your body and wrists facing in

 

2) Press arms up until they are fully extended

 

3) Bring Arms back down to the starting position (make sure to keep elbows in)

 

4) Twist your wrists to be facing out as you raise your legs up (note: this is an ab exercise you should feel your abs raising your lower body up)

 

5) Once legs fully extended above you, and parallel with your arms, lower both back down to the ground to get in the starting position

 

6) Repeat the exercise for the desired number of sets and reps


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Simple 30 minute Full Body Workout

Start and end your workout with 5 minutes each on any cardio machine (treadmill, elliptical, bike, stair master, etc.) then perform these 3 exercises and you’ll have a quick full body workout done in 30 minutes!

Row to Squat
(working quads, glutes, and lats)
-Set up cable machine to the height of your chest
-Use a handle or rope attachment that you can easily grab and pull to your body in a rowing motion
-Set the weight you intend to use, grab the handles, and step back so that your arms are fully extended
-As you pull your arms back and squeeze your shoulder blades together (This is a back exercise)
-As you start to extend your arms lower your body into your squat
-When you come back up from your squat, pull your arms back again, this time squeeze your back AND your glutes
-Repeat for 12 reps for 4 sets

Sumo Squat to Shoulder Press
(working quads, glutes, and shoulders)
-Hold a dumbbell or barbell with both hands close to chest
-Stand at a wide stance with feet turned out
-Perform sumo squat
-When coming up from the squat squeeze glutes at top of squat
-Push weight straight up and lower it back to your chest
-Repeat for 12 reps for 4 sets

Bent Over Bicep Curl to Tricep Extension
(working biceps and triceps but bent over to have some tension on hamstrings and practice stabilizing the core)
-Grab 2 dumbbells that you can curl and extend
-Bend knees and hips but keep back flat and core tight, you want everything stable so that just your arms are working
-Start by curling dumbbells up to shoulders to work the biceps
-Next extend arms straight to work the triceps
-Repeat for 12 reps for 4 sets