Today’s workout is a strength building workout! These are great exercises that anyone can do – watch the video for all the modifications, starting from beginner to advanced.
5 rounds SLOW:
- 5 reps – negative push-ups
- 5 rep – negative romanian deadlifts
Be sure to make each rep a high quality rep and make each rep last as long as you can go with good form. For the push-up, keep your abdomen tight, legs together and back flat while letting elbows pass close to your body. For romanian deadlift, keep the supporting leg fairly straight, core tight, and back flat with hips square to the floor.
Equipment…
Not much for this one…
For Push-ups
- none if you do them on the floor, otherwise a bench, box, chair or even the wall. The higher the surface, the less of your body weight you have to support.
For Romanian Deadlifts
- a shopping bag with some weight in it – short handled ideally so you don’t run into the floor early
- a paint can with a handle
- any heavy-is handled object that’s no too awkward to hold will do
- a dumbbell or kettlebell if you have it and/or would like to go for a little more weight
Scaling up…
- increase range motion (lower to the ground for push-up and therefore greater percentage of body weight, deeper in the romanian deadlift, but there’s a reasonable maximum there – only go until you feel tightness in the back of the supporting leg
- slow down – yeah, make each rep even longer
- go heavier – for push-ups, closer to the floor does this automatically. with Romanian deadlifts, it a matter of holding onto more weight as long as you can maintain all the other points of performance