rydra_wong: 19th-C strongwoman and trapeze artist Charmion flexes her biceps while wearing a marvellous feathery hat (strength -- strongwoman)
rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote in [community profile] lifting_heavy_things 2011-10-17 02:53 pm (UTC)

Turkish get-ups are the awesomest

What they said re: pulling exercises.

For an overhead push movement -- you could just do an overhead press, of course, but personally I'd be inclined to press one weight and then do a windmill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6651sjanpxI

Just because it's more interesting and has a nice stretching component (without the weight, it's pretty much trikonasana/triangle pose). And I have the attention span of a gnat.

Or you could squat with two kettlebells/dumbbells and press them when you're in the bottom position of the squat, which is called a Sott press and is evil.

For a horizontal push -- your most portable option would probably be a push-up (at whatever level works for you):

http://www.stumptuous.com/mistressing-the-pushup

If you like planks, one nice variation with some stability work in it is: push-up --> side-plank --> push-up --> side-plank on the other side --> repeat as long as arms and desire permit.

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