Upper Body

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  • No Repeat Arms & Shoulders

    Strengthen your arms and shoulders with only 1 round of all the exercises. In this no-repeat workout, you will also engage your core while we work single-arm training for many exercises while also learning how (and why) you can hit the abs without doing a single crunch.

    Day 16 of the Unstoppabl...

  • Upper Body Push & Pull Strength Workout

    Strengthen your push and pull muscles with the chest and back super-setting strength workout. The “push” exercises will train your chest, shoulders, and triceps, while the “pull” exercises will train your back, biceps, and forearms.

    It's the perfect well-rounded upper body strength workout.

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  • Gentle Stretches for the Shoulders and Low Back

    If you have tight shoulders or back muscles, you will love this gentle stretch session for the shoulders and low back. Using a combination of stretches and mobility exercises, you'll add more shoulder movement while stretching to relax your back, shoulders & neck.

    Day 20 of the Unstoppable Chal...

  • Upper Body Build

    Day 3 of the 14-Day Barre Yoga Challenge. Strengthen your upper body using light weights! This workout will target all of your upper body muscles, with high repetitions to challenge the accessory muscles. Feel the pump and then wind down with a complimentary upper body stretch sequence.

    Equipme...

  • We've Got Your Back

    Day 10 of the 14-Day Barre Yoga Challenge. This workout targets your chest, shoulders and back—building strength in the upper body for better posture, which will help you feel more confident. I love adding this workout to a core or cardio day!

    Equipment: Mat, 2 Sets of Dumbbells

  • Barre Yoga for Better Posture

    Day 12 of the 14-Day Barre Yoga Challenge. Think long, tall spine. This workout will help you to strengthen your entire body with a focus on your core and back. A combo of standing and mat work with lots of cues to remind you to keep your core engaged and your spine long!

    Equipment: Mat, Chair,...

  • Active Upper Body - Strengthen Your Shoulders & Spine

    Day 3 of the 6-Day Moving with Ease Series. Get ready to strengthen your shoulders and spine with a blend of traditional yoga poses and mobility drills. This class will leave you feeling strong and open.

    Tools: nothing

  • Relaxing Upper Body Release - Shoulders, Chest & Spine

    Day 4 of the 6-Day Move with Ease Series. This class focuses on opening the shoulders, chest, and spine while bringing extra relaxation.

    Tools: nothing

  • Posterior Shoulder Strength and Stability

    Workout 1 of this 2-part series focuses on the posterior rotator cuff muscles and tendons. You'll need a light to moderate resistance Theraband (resistance tubing works as well; just make sure it’s long enough and not overly hard to stretch).

    Use this as a warm-up before a strength workout, or a...

  • Rotator Cuff Workout

    Strengthen the front and top of the shoulders with this low-intensity, Theraband-based workout. Alternate between Day 1 and Day 2 Rotator Cuff workouts to stabilize and strengthen your shoulders in all planes of motion.

    This can be done as a warm-up before a workout, or a stand-alone if you have...

  • Upper Body Endurance HIIT Flow with Dumbbells

    Feel the burn with this upper body HIIT flow with dumbbells. Performing the workout in a circuit of four upper exercises, you'll flow through each exercise with little rest.

    The focus of this dumbbell HIIT will be improving your muscular endurance, and then you'll move into a high-intensity (wi...

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 1

    Day 1 - Learn the two things you must do for an ugly push-up to turn into a great-looking push-up. You'll also work your scapular retraction & protraction muscles before we move into our push-up drill; 5 negative push-ups.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 2

    Day 2 - Review body positioning for a push-up and then into a warm-up drill to wake up the upper body and strengthen the muscles around your shoulders. From there, we move into our push-up drill; 5 positive push-ups.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 3

    Day 3 - Today, we begin with a lower trap strengthener and shoulder mobility drill. After that, we move into our push-up drill; hands elevated tricep push-up.

    Tools: chair or bench

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 4

    Day 4 - We begin with a different version of the protraction/retraction drills we've been doing, and for our push-up exercise, we're performing plank-ups.

    Tools: 1 moderate dumbbell

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 5

    Day 5 - In this session, we'll begin the session with a warm-up drill that will also strengthen the rear deltoid, lower traps and rotator cuff. From there, we move into our push-up drill; 10 dead-stop push-ups.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 6

    Day 6 - We begin with scapular retraction to warm up the upper body and then move into 10 push-ups.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 7

    Day 7 - We begin with a wall slide to warm up the upper body while also strengthening the lower traps and improving your shoulder mobility. After that, we move into 10 hands-release (dead-stop) push-ups.

    Tools: access to a wall

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 8

    Day 8 - We begin with an elevated protraction and retraction drill and follow that with a series of power/plyometric push-ups.

    Tools: chair or bench

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 9

    Day 9 - Today, we are focussing on increasing your core strength so you can hold the torso still when you are performing a push-up. For our push-up drill we are performing plank-ups.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 10

    Day 10 - We begin with a shoulder and lower trap strengthening exercise to warm up our upper body. From there, we move in a series of T push-ups for our push-up drill

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 11

    Day 11 - We are upping the ante today and doing one-arm push-ups. But, before you say 'no way,' hang tight because I will show you how you can do them! And with success.

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 12

    Day 12 - We move into ten elevated push-ups after a quick warm-up.

    Tools: chair or bench

  • Perfect your Push Up - Day 13

    Day 13 - After our push-up drill, we'll strengthen the rotator cuff muscles to help keep your shoulders healthy for your push-ups - and your day-to-day activities.

    Tools: 1 light dumbbell (recommend 3lb)