Yahoo Finance This Simple, 2-Move Dumbbell Session Has A Fat-Burning Sting In The Tail
Your goal today is a simple one: work through 100 dumbbell snatches as quickly as possible with good form. There is, of course, a catch. At the end of each minute you must drop and race through 10 travelling press-ups over the dumbbell before you can get back to the snatches to chip away at that total.
"It's decision time," says Men's Health editor Andrew Tracey. "Go out too hard and you risk burning out and having to break far too often. Go too slow and you’ll pay the price for dallying. With the currency either way being those press-ups, try to find a balanced pace that let's you move consistently, without totally blowing up."
Start a running clock and drop down every time a new minute rolls around. Your score is your total time.
1) Alternate Dumbbell Snatch x 100
Begin with your dumbbell on the ground between your legs. Squat down and grab the weight (A). Drive up through your hips, generating momentum to pull the dumbbell towards the ceiling in one motion, finishing overhead in full lockout (B). Squat down and return the weight to the start position. Alternate hands each rep.
2) Push-Up Over the Dumbbell x 10
On the minute mark, drop to the floor. Set up with one hand on the dumbbell and the other on the ground. Perform a single press-up (A). At the top of the rep, move laterally and switch hands (B). Perform another press-up. That’s two reps. Repeat, switching sides each rep.
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