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Home Back Workout | Dumbbells Only | Myprotein
Jan 30, 2025
This dumbbell back workout is ideal for helping you work on those gains even while you can’t get to the gym. It’s a killer session led by personal trainer, Calvin Crooks, who has Level 3 Personal Trainer, Level 4 Strength & Conditioning, and Advanced Personal Trainer qualifications. All you need is a pair of dumbbells and twenty minutes of dedication and you’ll be set for some serious muscle building. You ready? ** See more from Calvin here: https://bit.ly/3qbJ6PK ** At Myprotein it’s our mission to #FuelYourAmbition and push you forwards on your #ForeverFit journey. We’re here for active men and women who want to invest in themselves mentally and physically — for the long run. Only expert-backed advice. No quick fixes — just the facts. Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MyproteinUK Shop Myprotein https://www.myprotein.com/ Download the Myprotein App https://www.myprotein.com/myprotein-app.list Stay connected with us:
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welcome back guys calvin crooks here
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today we're doing a dumbbell
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back workout brought to you by my
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protein
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guys all you guys will need for this
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workout is dumbbells
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two pairs ideally if you have it if you
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don't that's fair enough
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um what we're going to do we're going to
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work for 45 seconds on 15 off
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so what we're going to do first is
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dumbbell rows so all we're going to do
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guys
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i'm going to be shoulder width apart big
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squeeze of your core
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and we're just going to squeeze our
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shoulder blades back like so our chest
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is going to be up
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big squeeze good big squeeze your core
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guys remember
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every workout that you do is an ab
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workout indeed
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let's work
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last 20. keep it up
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that's it last 10. like i said guys if
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you want to make it harder then make
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sure you add more weight
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or if you add a two-second hold and then
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down
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good last five
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big squeeze and relax drop down now guys
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we're going to do dead lifts
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in 10 seconds i want you to up your
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weight it's always better when you up
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your weights when you do your deadlift
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now with our deadlifts we're going to be
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working on lower back so we're going to
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be shoulder width apart again
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now your dumbbells are going to go
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towards your shins make sure you pick up
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the dumbbells
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with your back okay so we're gonna go
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down like so
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and don't use your biceps to pick up the
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weight make sure you use your back take
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your time
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chest up big squeeze forward good so as
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soon as you feel that tension right in
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your hamstrings right in your back
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big squeeze good make sure that back is
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arch you don't want it like this
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make sure your chest is up and arched
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good big squeeze out if you want to
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squeeze the tempo down go down for three
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one two three big squeeze up good
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perfect
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last five four three
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two and relax well done guys so 15
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seconds what we're going to do now
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we're going to add both of those
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workouts together and what we're going
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to do we're going to go down
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we're going to row we're going to come
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down and then come up
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very very simple all right get ready
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five seconds
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dumbbell row with a deadlift let's do it
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right all the way down
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big row in and then up good
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big squeeze
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like i said guys holidays are coming up
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soon vacations coming up soon
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big squeeze chest up high breathing out
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on the way up good tempo
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that's 10. again if you want to make it
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harder you can add two rows
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then coming up and relax we have 15
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seconds
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next thing we have guys the reverse
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flies we're just gonna drop the weight
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down
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yeah now your feet will be together your
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chest will be up you're just going to
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squeeze your shoulder blades together
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and off we go big squeeze at your
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shoulder blades
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and then back chest up high
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that's it keep it going we have 35
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seconds come on
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keep it going this ain't an easy workout
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it's not easy like i said that's why i
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suggest you guys drop the weight down
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especially with this one
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and focus on the squeeze of your
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shoulder blades focus on the squeeze
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perfect
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chest up high last eight last fifteen
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sorry
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big squeeze your abs chest up high
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less work last ten
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years burning i can feel it already and
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we got two more sets come on
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and relax now guys what we're doing now
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is a rear delt
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fly so similar to the rose we're gonna
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be
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shoulder width apart and now instead of
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rolling back
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we're just going to come up big squeeze
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of our shoulder blades all right
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three seconds get ready let's work
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big squeeze good make sure your chest is
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up high looking straight ahead
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big squeeze with those shoulder blades
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make sure that chest is up those hips
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are back
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30 seconds again if you want to make it
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harder make sure you use heavier weights
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just keep that tempo last 20.
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that's it come on last 15.
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last ten come on shoulder width apart
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abs up
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excuse your abs good last five
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last 15 seconds we're gonna break
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now what we're gonna do guys we're gonna
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do a renegade row with a push-up
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so we're gonna be in a push-up position
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and all we're gonna do
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we're gonna push up down and then we're
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gonna roll
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all right let's do this so we're gonna
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push it down
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and then roll now guys if you can't do
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it for whatever reason
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just push up down like so make sure your
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chest is up
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but then i still want you to come up and
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roll
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okay so you can still push it down on
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your knees
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just make sure you're still coming up
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all right
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25 seconds left big squeezing core
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breathing out
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perfect last 15.
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good
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last five let's work gonna make it
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harder add two push-ups
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and let's catch your breath 15 seconds
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guys
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we're gonna go from
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gonna go back to dumbbell rows yeah
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three seconds let's make it good be
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shorter with the part squeeze your core
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let's do this big row
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so those knuckles should be facing the
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floor you know
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ultimately what you could do you could
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twist and bring it in towards
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your belly button if you like yeah
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we'll do it this way big squeeze
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perfect 20 seconds let's work
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keep it up chest up high
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breathing out
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good last ten
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last five
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now drop down 15 seconds guys
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dead lifts up your weight let's make it
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good
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again feet shoulder width apart let's do
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it
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five seconds take your time on this one
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chest up high and let's work
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shoulder width apart and then make sure
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again use your lower back to pick up the
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block
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to pick up the dumbbells okay chest up
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high
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again i don't want to see this make sure
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your chest is up
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your hips are back drive up
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25 well done
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that's it 20 seconds make sure those
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shoulders are relaxed
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last 10 seconds let's work
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y'all are thinking at the end of this i
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promise just work with me
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last fry
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and relax 15 seconds
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shake it out shake it off shake it out
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now we're going to do dumbbell row with
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a deadlift
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let's make it work three seconds and do
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your nose out to your mouth
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let's do it shoulder width apart again
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big row then dead lift big squeeze of
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your glutes if you want on the way up
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no problem chest up
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perfect
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[Music]
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30 seconds
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boy this is a workout and a half 25 come
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on
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knows i know it's not easy but
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this is what it takes guys come on this
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is what it takes
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last 10 seconds
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drive up drive up you don't see it
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perfect
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last five seconds push
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15 seconds break cool i needed that
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break i ain't gonna lie
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i needed that one make sure you guys use
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your break because i will
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five seconds reverse five feet together
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touched up
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let's do this big squeeze of those
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shoulder blades come on
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two second hold this time yep guys i'm
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i'm picking it up a bit
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you know and i'm picking it up
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two seconds hold now nice and
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concentrated take your time
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notice my chest is high up the whole
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time notice my chest isn't down i'm
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doing it make sure your chest is up
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big squeeze good
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big squeeze of those blades 15.
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big squeeze of that core
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two second hole say eight seconds
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and relax like i said guys take them
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use those 15 seconds i'm giving you
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because this is no joke use those 15
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seconds 10 seconds
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we're gonna do rear delt fly
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so again shoulder width apart big
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squeeze your shoulder blades let's do it
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45 seconds
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make sure you're coming back make sure
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you're not coming up i want you guys
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coming
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back like so a lot of people i've been
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seeing lately always going up and that
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works your shoulders we don't want that
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all right so make sure you're coming
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back
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because that's what we're training
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good 25.
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energy love that
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best work keep it up last 15 come on
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so make sure those hips are fired back
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make sure those knees are slightly bent
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five seconds
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[Music]
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and relax last one renegade row with a
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push-up
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one of my favorite ones let's do it
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again guys alternatively
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if you want you could go on to your
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knees
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like so and you can do your push-up that
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way
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yeah you can do your push-up this way
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and then you can come up
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and roll all right i'm just going to
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show you that one more time
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you can go down come up
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and then roll all right let's do it
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30 seconds
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good chest up high like i said guys this
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ain't easy but
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i tell you you reap the rewards after
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that's it let's work last ten seconds
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give me two in between
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two push-ups in between with a roll
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last 15 seconds guys this the last set
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please give it your all and we're done
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eight seconds dumbbell rows feet
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shoulder width apart
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let's do this
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guys last set
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last set then you could shower
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you could chill play ps5 lord knows i
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wanted a ps4
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but you know hopefully christmas time
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will get one of those
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anywho big roads chest up high
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big squeegee of course 25 seconds left
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let's make it work again now we're gonna
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do two second hold
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and then down
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and back into your singles last ten
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last five
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and relax 15 seconds up your weights
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ladies and ghouls 10 seconds
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deadlifts you're done though five
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seconds
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let's do it that's good
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big squeeze good make sure that chest is
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up
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again use that lower back to pick up the
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dumbbells
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i don't want to see your biceps picking
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it up that's not the point of the
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exercise
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chest up high
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perfect use your hips
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to thrust forward last 18 let's work
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come on a couple more exercises and
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we're done
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last ten push through
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last five let's go
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and drop down 15 seconds lower your
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weight if you want to
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we're gonna do dumbbell row to deadlift
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i am sweating let's do it
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45 seconds big roll
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and then up perfect big row
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and then uh now we're gonna do two rows
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guys it's the last round i gotta go for
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it
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last thirty and you should too man
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last round make it work push yourself 25
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let's go
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20 seconds
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that's it last 15. drive those shoulder
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blades hard as you can
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that's the point last ten
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that's five
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and relax fifteen seconds
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last 10 seconds into your nose out
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through your mouth control your
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breathing
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reverse flies five seconds
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three minutes left to work think about
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it like that that's all we got left only
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three minutes
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three more exercises and then you're
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done
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35 seconds chest up big squeeze little
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shoulder blades take your time
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again tempo is everything sometimes guys
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gonna make it harder
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slow your tempo focus on the squeeze
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then back in
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so out for three one two three
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and back in elbow should be at your
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sides big squeeze then
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last ten
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that's it last five
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last three 15 seconds guys we're gonna
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do rear delt fly
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we have two more two minutes left of
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work
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yeah technically a minute and a half but
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you know
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i'm a numbers guy so real they'll fly
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let's go
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40 seconds good take your time
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make sure your chest is up make sure
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you're squeezing your core
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that's it we're almost there come on
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keep it up
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almost there
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let's go last 25 big squeeze your core
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make sure that back is arched
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chest up
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that's it 15. make it work come on
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push through it last ten that's
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five
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and relax last one of the day guys and
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we're finished
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renegade roll with a push-up
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let's make it work i'm using my time
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guys you should too
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this is no joke now let's work
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push up down roll up
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chest up high good
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last one you're done 35 seconds
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25.
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perfect man again alternatively you want
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to go down on your knees
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do what you need to do but make sure
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you're coming up
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and rolling so down on your knees
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push it down come up and roll
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last five seconds let's work
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[Music]
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and relax well done guys
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