Upper body exercises will help you work your shoulders, chest, arms and upper back. Strengthen and tone your upper body muscles with exercise and workout advice from our fitness experts. Check out these upper body exercise blogs to learn how to target each area of your upper body when you workout.
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Let’s Talk Fitness Ladies! Posted @ 7:00am ET on May 7, 2012 Blog: The Pursuit of Ultimate Wellness By Alicia Kirschenheiter Fitness is for everyone…and I again stress...everyone! So with that being said, achieving the desired level of fitness may be more difficult the older we get.
The good news is, if you have enjoyed a healthy lifestyle full of exercise and activity prior ... |
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5 Popular Exercises You Should AVOID! Posted @ 7:00am ET on April 2, 2012 Blog: More Ammo For Your Workout By FitnessProAmmo If you're like me, you probably started out exercising, getting your strength training information from magazines. So with a degree in magazinology, you basically followed every routine that worked out for some oversized gym rat or inexperienced model.What ... |
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Get Bikini Ready w/ This Ab & Arm Pilates Routine Posted @ 7:00am ET on March 19, 2012 Blog: Pilates with Hanneke Blog By Pilates with Hanneke Get yourself ready for summer with this fabulous arm and ab workout! You'll have lean and toned arms with the perfect stomach in no time!
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You can do all the exercises with no weights, should it be too challenging or if you have a lot ... |
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Pilates: Challenge Your Arms, Abs and Booty Posted @ 7:00am ET on February 20, 2012 Blog: Pilates with Hanneke Blog By Pilates with Hanneke Pilates with Hanneke Video:
Easy Moves for a Super Hot Mod Bod in 3min.
This workout will challenge your arm strength, shape your booty and tone up your abdominal muscles.
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Fat Burning Tri-Set Home Routine Posted @ 10:00am ET on February 15, 2012 Blog: Fit Life with Stephen Cabral By Stephen Cabral Looking to spice up your workout routine?
Today, I have a quick and powerful fat burning workout that you can do at home or in the gym.
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Open Up your Shoulders (Video) Posted @ 1:00pm ET on January 30, 2012 Blog: The Dancing Yogini By Erica Bornstein In our society, it is not uncommon to have tight shoulders. Most people spend the majority of their days sitting, hunching over a computer, driving, or even slouching over their meals. When your shoulders are feeling knotty and sticky, try these stretches ... |
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The I Have No Time Workout Posted @ 7:00am ET on January 9, 2012 Blog: Trainer Pete's Blog By Trainer Pete Hey Everyone! Trainer Pete here,
How are your New Years workouts going so far? I hope awesome! I have a kick butt full body 15 Minute FAT BURNING Workout for you to throw into the mix so you can keep your 2012 goals going!
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Burn off Calories and Build SUPER Abs with Pilates Posted @ 6:00am ET on November 7, 2011 Blog: Pilates with Hanneke Blog By Pilates with Hanneke People often say that they do not like Pilates because they feel that it is too slow. They rather want to maximize their time burning calories.
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40 Second Fat Loss Interval (Video) Posted @ 6:00am ET on November 7, 2011 Blog: Fit Life with Stephen Cabral By Stephen Cabral Today I want to outline a fun, fast, and highly effective fat loss interval you can add into your workout routine!
This is one that I like to give my clients directly after we have just finished an intense resistance based metabolic workout.
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