Olympic Chest Workout
In honor of the upcoming London games, Crunch has been offering a new fitness class, The Decathlon, at one of its Manhattan locations. Each 60-minute sweat session draws inspiration from one of 10 sports (including track, swimming, boxing, and gymnastics) for its total-body exercise routine. Since we're guessing not everyone can make it to the Big Apple to try the course firsthand, its instructor Vladimir—who by day conducts cancer research—has shared with us four Olympics-inspired workouts. (More: Olympic Legs Workout)
Olympic Chest Workout
Inspired by Olympic events: Cycling, boxing, judo, swimming
Body parts trained: Chest, shoulders, and arms
How to do it:
1. Start in a narrow plank: With your hands and feet (or knees) on the floor, position your arms close to your body and place your feet together
2. Lower your body almost to the ground and hover above the floor
3. Push the floor away and walk your legs and arms farther apart into a wide-stance plank
4. Lower your body toward the floor
5. Push the floor away and walk your arms and legs closer to the body
Do as many times as possible with proper body alignment
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