Increasing Upper Body Strength
Upper Body Strength
Strong upper body muscles, including the shoulders and back, are crucial for overall fitness and well-being.
Not just for weightlifting, we need upper body strength for everyday lifting, pushing, and pulling movements, like carrying groceries and putting dishes away on a high shelf.
The core muscles in upper body strength are the chest, shoulders, back, and arms.
Upper body strength is super important for injury prevention and posture improvement.
We need to be strong to hold ourselves up metaphorically and literally.
Upper Body Strength In Our Classes
We work on strength in our classes through weight-bearing exercises to build stability and incorporate wrist weights to add a load.
We break down and put together useful movements like planks, push-ups, and variations of down dog to build stability and strength.
Our movement sequences include adding props like yoga blocks, wrist weights, bands, and a Pilates overball to build strength and stability in your upper body.
There are mutliple ways to incorportate upper body strengthening into your practice, please reach out for suggestions about what class or program to start with!
Benefits of Building Upper Body Strength
Upper body strength reduces the risk of injury, helps us move better, and should be part of our overall strength and mobility program.
Our classes focus on a healthy range of motion, flexibility, and useful and usable strength.
Upper Body Eight is our fabulous collection of eight classes focus on how to use wrist weights to build strength, mobility and flexibility in the upper body.
If you want to get started right away, ask me about the super popular Upper Body Eight collection.
Eight guided classes that focus on core and upper body strength.
Reach out with your questions about how to work on strength for your upper body.
Let’s keep elevating the conversation.
~wini