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Single-Leg Scarecrow

This exercise challenges your balance while working your shoulders. Start with a light weight, or no weights at all, as this move fires up the small rotator cuff muscles that keep the shoulder joints stable.

  • Stand on your left leg, and lift your right knee up until it is level with your hip. Holding a dumbbell in each hand, raise your arms out to the sides until your upper arms are parallel to the ground. Bend your elbows to 90 degrees.
  • Maintaining a strong sense of balance, rotate your upper arms forward to bring your fists to the floor, then rotate your upper arms backward to bring your fists up. Do not lower or raise your upper arms; keep them parallel to the floor.
  • This completes one rep.
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