Upper Body Exercises

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With bathing suit season just around the corner, many people start to consider changing their diet and improving their workout routine. Over the next few weeks, My Fitness Tunes will help you get ready by providing you with exercises targeted at specific body zones. Whether you want to improve your arms, abs, or glutes, we will have an exercise for you. All of these exercises can be done at home without any special equipment.

With an opportunity as simple as this, why not give it a try? (Of course, you should check with your physician before starting any new exercise regimen.)

III. Push-ups from Keri at Iron Mountain Movement

1. Place hands under shoulders, slightly wider than shoulders.

2. For those just starting, work from your knees, start with neutral spine (head and neck in line with your spine, think about “bracing” abdominals, which also will engage erector spinae protecting your back.

3. Lower your body toward the mat by bending your elbows and push back up to start position. Inhale to lower, exhale to lift.

4. To increase intensity try working from toes instead of knees or changing arm position (ie – keep elbows tight to body – elbows “tickle” ribcage when lowering and lifting.

Things to remember:

To insure correct form, try to perform these exercises in front of a mirror. Once form has gone, stop exercise, focus on quality of the exercise over quantity of repetitions. Read more

By Michele