It's generally during warm climates that men and women alike are, forced to wear lighter clothes to let the skin breathe and prevent the skin from getting too suffocated under damp sweaty full sleeves. This is the time of the year, when we see women wearing spaghetti's, tank tops, sleeveless, backless etc. This is also the time of the year when we see men hanging around shirtless or in cool sleeveless t-shirts. Whether its summer time or just time spent around beaches or playing water sports or other games, a flabby upper body is an embarrassing sight for both the viewer, as well as the person flaunting the flab.
The only way to look stylish and comfortable in revealing tops, for both men and women, is to have well-sculpted or atleast reasonably sculpted upper body. It is an absolute must to get rid of tiers of flab, stretch marks and visible dimpled fats, around the triceps, under arms, chest, upper abs, upper back etc. To maintain a visual balance, it is always recommended that the upper body and lower body are both given equal attention.
During weight-training exercises, it is a good practice to concentrate on one-muscle group each day of the week. This way the body doesn't have the opportunity to get too used to any one type of workout, and stop responding. A new muscle group each day, surprises the body each day, and the body responds to the muscle work outs, more effectively. One can try out alternate days of upper and lower muscle groups or 5 days of different upper body muscle groups, and the next 5 days of different lower body muscle groups. This can be coupled with occasional circuit training days, involving both upper and lower muscle groups.
For example, consider that you decide to work out on 5 upper body muscle groups in the first week. On the first day, you might work out your biceps. On the second day, you can work on your triceps. On the third day, you can work on your chest. On the fourth day, you can work on your shoulders, and on the fifth day, you can work on your wings. If you decide to work out 6 days a week, then on the sixth day, you might consider performing cross circuit upper body training, which implies that you do a little of each of the types of 5 muscle groups discussed above.
Although, the above hypothetical example was from the perspective of illustrating the different types of upper body workouts, it's always a recommended best practice to perform upper body work outs at the rate of two to three non-consecutive days per week. On the remaining days of the week, you can concentrate on lower body work outs or on exercising your abs.
The weights that you opt to lift should be heavy enough to allow you only the desired number of repetitions. So for instance, if you want to do upper body muscle building, only choose the kind of weights, with which, you can do a minimum of 6 reps and a maximum of 8 reps. Similarly, if your objective is equally aimed at muscle building, as well as endurance training, then choose weights, with which, you can perform a minimum of 10 reps and a maximum of 12 reps.
Finally, if you are totally aiming, only at endurance training, then choose weights, with which, you can perform, a minimum of 12 reps and a maximum of 16 reps.
In following, any of the above three objectives of the upper body muscle workouts, you must make sure that the last couple of reps are the toughest to execute. This way you can ensure maximum effectiveness in achieving your particular objective with upper body workouts.
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