Farmer's Walk

Free Weights / Beginner

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Equipment Needed

Dumbbells

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How to do Farmer's Walk:

Step 1: Grab a pair of heavy dumbbells and let hang at arm's length next to your sides (do not let your arms come out of their sockets). Palms facing each other.
Step 2: Next, simply begin to walk for as long as you can while holding the dumbbells at your sides.
Step 3: You should aim for walking longer no longer than 60 seconds. Use more weight if you can walk longer than 60 seconds.

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farmer's walk is a free weights exercise that primarily targets the shoulders and to a lesser degree also targets the traps, forearms, quads, calves, lower back and glutes ...more

farmer's walk is a free weights exercise that primarily targets the shoulders and to a lesser degree also targets the traps, forearms, quads, calves, lower back and glutes.

The only farmer's walk equipment that you really need is the following: dumbbells. There are however many different farmer's walk variations that you can try out that may require different types of farmer's walk equipment or may even require no equipment at all.

Learning proper farmer's walk form is easy with the step by step farmer's walk instructions, farmer's walk tips, and the instructional farmer's walk technique video on this page. farmer's walk is a exercise for those with a beginner level of physical fitness and exercise experience. Watch the farmer's walk video, learn how to do the farmer's walk, and then be sure and browse through the farmer's walk workouts on our workout plans page!