This bridge variation will work your entire body: lower, upper, and core.
- Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor roughly hip-width apart. Hold a dumbbell in each hand, near your chest.
- Squeeze your glutes and push your pelvis toward the ceiling, coming into a bridge. Keep your core engaged and aim to form a straight line from shoulders to knees.
- Holding the bridge, press the weights to the ceiling directly, then lower them with control, aiming to keep your hands in line with your shoulders. Be sure to keep your hips from dipping. That's one rep.
Tamara Pridgett was an associate editor with PS Fitness. She's a NASM-certified personal trainer and Precision Nutrition level 1 coach, and was a Division 1 All-American sprinter.
Mirel Zaman is the health and fitness director at PS. She has nearly 15 years of experience working in the health and wellness space, writing and editing articles about fitness, general health, mental health, relationships and sex, food and nutrition, astrology, spirituality, family and parenting, culture, and news.
