This week’s new exercise is the dumbbell chest press.  Keep your back fairly neutral (maintaining the natural curve of your lower back) and using either a bench or an exercise ball, press straight up over your shoulders.  If you are not challenged by this – add the dimension of doing it on one side, then the other.  You will engage all manners of extra muscle groups as you work to keep your body in position.  Try a light weight to begin with to test the waters, and then work toward 2-3 sets of 8 – 15 repetitions. Enjoy!