Boss the beach like CR7

THE EXERCISES

“Take a wire in each hand, keeping your elbows rigid,” says Gerrard Finlayson, director of GF Fitness, “and cross your hands over. Return to the start position.”
 

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Biceps

Sun’s out: guns out. How? “Do a seated curl with a dumbbell. Rotate your palm up to face your shoulder and lift slowly. Whatever you do, don’t ‘heave-ho’.”

 

Six-pack

“Do a hanging leg raise. Hang off a chin-up bar, elevate your knees and tuck them into your chest. Slowly return to the start. Go for four sets of 20 reps.”

Thighs

“Put a barbell on your shoulders. Turn your toes out to 30 degrees. Imagine a chair behind you, and sit down into it. Have your hips parallel with your knees.”

 

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Nick Moore

Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.