I did a BodyPump class when they first rolled it out at our gym. It's a whole new way of looking at lifting and is based on more of muscular endurance exercises. I still use it to supplement a full body workout once in a while. I fell in love with what they call the clean and press with dead row move. I would say that has to be my favorite move next to just regular squats. It takes a while to get use to but challenging. You just have to make sure you don't end up doing a reverse curl. This is a link to the clean and press portion of the move that shows what and what not to do - http://www.healthquest-fitness.com/Newsletter/TidyUp/tidyup-6.htm here is the deadrow portion http://www.healthquest-fitness.com/Newsletter/TidyUp/tidyup-5.htm here is the bodypump version of the squat http://www.healthquest-fitness.com/Newsletter/TidyUp/tidyup-2.htm If I do do squats these days I just use my gym squat machine. My joints just can't handle any free weight squats at this point. Ball Squats are really good to with the stability ball for beginners or people recovering from injury - http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase/viewanexercise.asp?table=exercises&ID=90

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Diesel Shrugs are mine and Earls "thing" they are a type of shrug that Dorian Yates does. Long story but that is in a round about way how I got my nickname...Earl calls me "Diesel". I will try to explain them as best I can. Holding dumbbells in each hand, instead of shrugging your shoulders, like when you are saying "I dunno" you try to pull your shoulder blades back and up like you are trying to get them to touch in the middle. Your arms should be bent and the motion should come from your back. You just pull back, hold for a second and release. Does this make sense? Speed benching is what pretty much what Stacy said, but you are only doing 50-65% of what your max bench amount is...for example, if your maximum bench press is 150 pounds, you would only put 75 pounds on the bar for your speed sets. We do 3 reps for 8 sets. Very quick...and minimal rest between sets. It works on your explosiveness which is important in powerlifting. Gotta explode to get that bar back up from the bottom of the lift. Earl can explain power cleans better than I could. That is an olympic style lifting move...I dont do seated machine flyes but I would imagine that is the same as a seated pectoral machine. I prefer free weights for this on a bench. Hope this helps...I like your definitions... power clean..yeah golytely does that to me....ew... Take care, Valerie

Oh man how outstanding! I need this to show exercise movements for people who are too far away for me to show them! Thank you it's becoming a bookmark in my browser! Donna E. www.teklawgirl.biz

Ohh an almost forgot ... this is the best site for animations and types of basic exercises: http://www.bodyforlife.com/exercise/animations.asp