All articles tagged with #upper body workout
Originally Published 6 months ago — by Fit&Well
A certified personal trainer shares a nine-minute upper-body workout that can be done at home using dumbbells, focusing on exercises like biceps curls, triceps extensions, and shoulder raises, designed to build strength efficiently and fit into busy schedules.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Fit and Well
Certified trainer Elise Young recommends a beginner-friendly upper-body workout using six dumbbell exercises to target muscles across the arms, back, shoulders, and core. Using dumbbells helps prevent muscle imbalances and allows for equal challenge on both sides of the body. Strengthening the upper body can improve posture, increase metabolic rate, and enhance coordination, making it a beneficial workout for overall health and fitness.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Yahoo Life
Certified trainer Elise Young recommends a beginner-friendly upper-body workout consisting of six dumbbell exercises targeting various muscles. Using dumbbells helps challenge both sides of the body equally, preventing muscle imbalances. Varying the weight for different exercises is recommended, and investing in adjustable dumbbells for home workouts is suggested. Benefits of strengthening the upper body include improved posture, increased metabolic rate, and enhanced coordination.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Eat This, Not That
Resistance bands are a great tool for toning and tightening the "turkey wing" flab that sags around the back of the upper arms. To achieve toned arms, it is important to reduce overall body fat, build muscle, and use resistance in exercises. This article provides 10 resistance band exercises including tricep pulldowns, bicep curls, bent-over rows, no money, pull-aparts, pushups, squats, good morning, facepulls, and Pallof presses. These exercises target the arms and help activate more muscles with every rep.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Yahoo Life
Functional bodybuilding coach Marcus Filly shares a full upper-body workout comprised of variations on some bodyweight staples that will hit the chest, back, arms and shoulders. The workout includes 5 to 10 pullups and 5 to 10 strict dips, deficit pushups, Bulgarian ring rows, ring bicep curls, inverted skull crushers, and extended range pike pushups. Filly recommends using an isometric stretch or contraction at the end of a working set to safely overload a muscle once you've reached or come close to reaching failure.