As the name suggests, a push/pull workout routine involves two different workouts: a push workout and a pull workout. The push workout consists of pushing movements for the upper body, which involve the chest, shoulders, and abdomen. The pull workout is based around pulling movements for the upper body, which involve the back and biceps. A push/pull workout routine is ideal for people who don’t like leg days. Tips on how to make this exercise work for you:

• Do all push moves on one workout day and all pull moves on the next workout day. 
• This can be done 2-4 days a week (as long as the number of push and pull days are equal) 
• 5-8 exercises in a workout day, 
• 3 sets of each exercise,
• Maintain good form, pick a weight that is challenging to lift.

If the deadlift isn't part of your regular routine, it should be. Regularly doing deadlifts not only helps with abdominal muscle toning, but it also does wonders for your posture.
How to perform a Deadlift properly:

• Bend your knees until your shins touch the bar.
• Grip the barbell with a shoulder-width grip.
• Lift your chest up and straighten your lower back.
• Deep Breath and Brace.
• Stand Up with the Weight.
• Push the Floor Away.
• Squeeze the Glutes to Finish Lockout.
• Set the Barbell Down.

The bench press is a part of the ‘Big Three exercises’ in powerlifting. It is a great exercise to help build up strength and tone your upper body, especially your abdomen, chest and arms.

Start out perfecting your form first with JUST the bar and NO WEIGHTS! The bar itself weighs 45 pounds, so it’s not like it will be super lightweight. 

How to Bench Press correctly:

• Lie on the bench with your eyes under the bar.
• Grab the bar with a medium grip width.
• Unrack the bar by straightening your arms.
• Lower the bar to your mid-chest.
• Press the bar back up until your arms are straight.