Popsugar Health & Fitness Workouts What Are Compound Exercises? If You Want to Burn More Fat and Calories, These Are the Exercises You Need to Be Doing 8 October 2018 by Tamara Pridgett View On One Page Photo 8 of 16 ADVERTISEMENT () Start Slideshow Share This Link Copy ← Use Arrow Keys → 8 Dumbbell Thrusters Stand with your legs just slightly wider than hip-distance apart, arms raised to shoulder height with elbows bent, holding weights by your ears. Bend your knees as if you were sitting in a chair, keeping weight on your heels. Press the dumbbells overhead as you straighten your knees to return to standing. Previous Next Start Slideshow Trainer TipsFitness TipsStrength TrainingWorkouts