Being physically fit is one of the best things you can do for your body and mind. it helps you control and manage your weight, it also strengthens your muscles, and allows you to do day-to-day activities with a lot more ease. With that being said, leading an active lifestyle is easier said than done. That’s because it’s challenging to find the motivation to train. It happens to me all the time, I just don’t feel like getting up in the morning to do my daily jog or to go to the gym. When that happens, it’s usually a sign to change things up and add a little spice to my workouts. One example of doing that is by performing a series of exercises that start with the same letter, let’s take the example of the letter T.
Here is a list of the best exercises that start with the letter T:
- Triangle Push-Ups
- Tricep Dips
- Toe Touches
- T-Raise (dumbbells)
- T Push-Ups
In this article, we’ll talk about how you can perform these exercises, as well as their benefits.
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How to Perform These Exercises That Start With T:
Although these exercises don’t follow a particular routine when it comes to targeting muscles, you can still do them as a way to break off the typical workouts that you usually perform and to have a little bit of fun. Here’s how you can perform these exercises.
Triangle Push-Ups
- Start by getting into a standard push-up position, the only difference is the position of your hands
- Move your hands closer to each other so that both your thumbs and index fingers are touching together forming a triangle shape, this is your starting position
- Lower your body down by bending your arms until your chest gets close to the ground
- Hold this position for 1 second, then push yourself back up to the starting position
- Repeat until failure or until rep goal
Muscles worked:
- Chest
- Triceps
- Shoulders
- Abs
Tricep Dips
- Start by standing in front of a dip machine or standard parallel bars
- Grasp hold the parallel bars tightly with your hands and raise yourself up so that your legs aren’t touching the ground
- Fully extend and lock your arms and cross your feet behind you while slightly bending them (your body should form a straight line)
- Slowly lower your body down while keeping your forearms straight and bending your upper arms until you feel resistance in your chest
- Hold this position for 1 second
- Push yourself back up to the starting position
- Repeat until failure or until rep goal
Muscles worked:
- Triceps
- Chest
Toe Touches
- Start by standing upright on the ground with your feet shoulder-width apart (your toes must both be facing forward)
- Keep your legs straight, knees slightly bent, and both arms fully extended by your sides, this is your starting position
- Bend forwards without moving your legs and without bending your knees
- Let your fingers hang down to touch your toes
- Hold this position for as long as you can then return to starting position
- Repeat until you get tired
Muscles worked:
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Calves
T-Raise Using Dumbbells
- Start by standing tall with your feet should-width apart
- hold a dumbbell in both your hands and let your arms hang on your sides
- Rotate your hands so that they’re facing each other, this is your starting position
- Raise the dumbbells away from your sides until you form a T-shape
- Lower the weight back down to the starting position
- Repeat until failure or until rep goal
Muscles worked:
- Shoulders
T Push-Ups
- Start by getting into a standard push-up position, except this time, grab a pair of dumbbells in your hands and rest your weight on them instead of just your arms (dumbbells should be shoulder-width apart)
- Straighten your arms while keeping your palms facing each other, this is your starting position
- Lower yourself down until your chest gets close to the ground
- Hold this position for 1 second
- Push yourself back up again to the starting position
- Before lowering yourself down again, lift one of your arms while rotating your body to the right (it should look like the shape of a T from the side)
- Put down your arm back down again and repeat this process while alternating both arms
- Repeat until failure or until rep goal
Muscles worked:
- Chest
- Shoulders
- Abs
- Obliques
- Triceps
- Glutes
- Middle back
Conclusion:
As you can see, there are several exercises to choose from that start with the letter T. If you want to change things up a little bit and have a fun unique little workout, you can always try the alphabet method where you train following a series of exercises that start with the same letter.
