Chic Shaping » Dumbbells http://chicshaping.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Dumbbell Back Rows http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/dumbbell-back-rows/ http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/dumbbell-back-rows/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:40:45 +0000 cleo http://chicshaping.com/exercise-of-the-week/dumbbell-back-rows/ The exercise Dumbbell Back Rows help strengthening the rhombus shaped muscles more commonly known as rhomboids. The exercise also helps firming the shoulder muscles and the spine resulting in a toned back and a great back posture. So after performing this exercise on day to day basis you’ll be able wear backless dresses with an enormous amount of confidence.

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· Take a stability or medicine ball.

· Also take 2 dumbbells each weighing 6-8 pounds.

· Now position your butt on the stability ball with your legs making an angle of ninety degrees with the floor and holding the dumbbells in both the hands.

· Tilt your waist until the spine and torso are parallel to the ground.

· The chest should touch the knees and arms should be perpendicular to the ground.

· Now start bending the elbows upwards and downwards creating tension in the upper arm.

· While doing this bring the shoulder blades nearer to each other at the back.

· Repeat the above steps for a few times.

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