Hot answers tagged upper-body-workout
6
You can do sit-ups isolating the one leg which you have injured. Planks might help you a little but they are not all that challenging for the abs area after one moment onwards.
The only exercise that I can think of right now that will completely isolate your knee(and is not very advanced) is the dragon flag. It got popular thanks to bruce lee who ...
4
While there is little disagreement that weight should be added after a certain amount of reps is reached (commonly 15), actually getting there is a different matter. One approach, initially popularized by Pavel Tsatsouline (see this article for more info), is called "greasing the groove". Pavel claims that "specificity + frequent practice = success", ...
4
For a body symmetry issue you need to address a few things. For one, work out! if you just do you daily tasks you're going to favor one side, that means one side is going to be disproportionate.
Next you need to counter the imbalance, you can do this by increasing the amount of single side workouts(one arm, one leg, one pec, ect). Work the weak side harder ...
4
Wow, that's a lot of volume
Doing 5x5 overhead press and 5x5 bench press is a lot for one day. Doing that, and 5x5 rows, AND three sets of 15 pull-ups is doggone impressive. Even if your pressing weights are puny, that's quite a lot of work. If you can do it, awesome.
My inclination is to lower the volume and make your A and B days more distinct. I'd use ...
3
I also have Erb's Palsey in my left shoulder/neck. I am now almost 20, and I have had therapy and tests done up until I was 12, when I moved away from my therapist I never was able to continue occupational therapy.
Some of the things that helped me the most were wall push-ups, and a thing called 'superman' which you lay on your stomach, put your arms as ...
3
If you do free-weight exercises with good form and appropriate weights, this problem should gradually correct itself. The only important caveat would be that if you do exercises with dumbbells, you need to make sure that you do the same weight and same number of repetitions with you strong right hand as you do with your weaker left hand. For anything you ...
3
Well thank you, you just made me feel like a freak :)
I think some of it is probably genetics, like how large your ribcage is. I'm not really sure, but that is probably not going to change that much. So it is very likely that regardless what you do you won't look exactly like the guy on the photo. Nevertheless, you can do the best with what you have.
Since ...
3
Convict Conditioning has an excellent 10-step progression to the one-arm push-up. It's also detailed here. It took me a month to go from not being able to do one to doing three one-arm push-ups.
Basically, you should start doing these:
Diamond grip push-ups - will strengthen the arms much more
Push-ups with one arm stretched out to the side or on a ...
2
The truth is that you can build upper body strength and muscle using only your body weight. Marco is right! You can at least invest in a pull-up bar.
You can try this workout:
Plyo Push-ups
Chin-ups
Chair Dips
Plank Pelvis Crunch
Side Plank Pelvis Crunch
Try to perform 3 sets of 12-15 reps (work your way up) 3 days per week with one day of rest in ...
2
That is very similar to the program that I have for upper body strength. My core work is done every training day though. It's usually shorter and varies depending on our trainer. So I did not devise my program. I attend a quite relaxed CrossFit gym that allows for a lot of different work to suit other goals.
So abs might be 3 rds or 30 each of side plank, ...
2
Reverse push ups:
Get between two chairs and put your elbows on them with your back towards the floor (You should be looking at the ceiling ). Hold your body stiff like a plank, press your elbows into the chairs as you contract your traps. Relax letting your torso drop as low as you can and get your back as round as you can without falling off the chairs.
2
There's two products I would recommend (I hate to push a product, but these are relatively cheap and effective):
http://fitdeck.com/ - a set of exercise cards developed by a Navy Seal with the idea of working out in a limited space. The basic set will keep you busy and provide a full body workout and they also expanded their products...
...
1
Geek! I like your question.
Here are some thoughts:
EMG studies show that pull-ups and chin-ups to not target your lats as much as bent-over rows.
Half pull-ups at top or bottom has no significant difference when it comes to lats activiation.
Behind the neck pull-ups hurt your shoulders because you have placed the greatest amount of stress on your biceps ...
1
All recovery is shared
All training takes a toll from all other training. This can be minimized by working separate parts of the body or separate metabolic pathways, but in the end your ability to recover from any workout is shared across all workouts, all you eat, all your stress, all your sleep.
Running and arms work sounds fine
That said, if you're ...
1
The only effect I have seen is sometimes my arms or shoulders will get sore while I run. This all depends on how hard you go with both running and arm work.
I don't think working out your arms will HELP running in any way if that's part of your question whether it have an "effect". Although if you do find your arms ever getting tired during runs, ...
1
You're looking for exercises to bulk up without special equipment. So first of all I would advice you to buy some dumbbells because they offer the resistance you will need to bulk up.
Sure you can create a well defined upper body using only bodyweight movements but your goal is to bulk up, so you need resistance. You need to trigger your muscle fibres in ...
1
The flat and inclined bench press are the best for chest development. What you might be looking for is a program that provides the volume required to push your muscles into growth. Typically, a 5x5 program focuses more on strength and a 3x8 program more on size. The amount of weight used and number of time a week you're lifting is also a factor. If ...
Only top voted, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible
