upper body strength
Want stronger, more defined triceps? Discover the benefits of triceps dips. Learn how to avoid common mistakes and progress to more challenging variations. Get ready to sculpt your upper body in the most time efficient way possible.
Discover the ultimate showdown between the Overhead press and the Bench press for upper body strength. Unveil the unique benefits of each exercise and determine which reigns supreme. Whether you seek well-rounded shoulders, functional fitness, or impressive chest development, this comprehensive comparison will guide you toward an informed decision.
How often do you bench press? It’s an exercise that some women avoid because they don’t want to build a bulky chest. However, even women can benefit from bench pressing. Here are five reasons why.
It feels good to have the strength and endurance to do a number of push-ups, but could the ability to do so say something about the health of your heart? Find out what research shows about the link between push-up ability and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Total body exercises that work multiple muscle groups at the same time are a winner in terms of benefits. The more muscles you work, the more you’ll raise your heart rate and the greater the functional benefits of the exercise. Here’s a total body exercise you probably aren’t doing but should be!
Sure, push-ups has been around for a while, but have you ever wondered how long? Read on and discover more about how the push-up came into being and what some of the world records are for push-up performance.
We want to get the most results out of the time we spend training our upper body but there’s a factor that may be limiting your ability to build upper body strength. One of the factors that limit how much women who train can lift is grip strength and wrist strength.
How tough is your workout? If you’re ready to kick it up a notch, make sure you’re including these four hardest strength-training exercises in your routine.
Who hasn’t heard of push-ups? We equate the ability to do multiple push-ups with a higher level of physical fitness. The push-up has outgrown its image as an exercise used to punish military recruits to an exercise every fit person needs to be able to do. Here’s why the push-up has stood the test of time.
There’s more than one way to do a push-up. In fact, there are lots of ways. Find out what makes push-ups one of the most versatile exercises there is and ways to maximize the benefits of doing this powerful upper body exercise.
Whether you’re trying to build lean body mass, strength or endurance, there are certain principles that impact the results you get. Understanding these principles will help you train in a way that maximizes the results you get. Find out more about the three principles of fitness training.
So why do we offer two types of Upper Body Workouts in XTrain? Since XTrain is an undulating workout and is all about giving you more options it has been designed so that you can easily switch or mix the various Xtrain upper body strength workouts each week. This is why both 10 rep and 16 rep XTrain upper body videos work the exact same muscle groups. Read on to learn why Cathe structured the XTrain upper body workouts the way she did.
