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Looking for a great upper-body warm-up to do before your nextback,shoulder, orchest workout?
Katie Thompson
A good upper-body warm-uplike the one belowdoesnt rely on heavy weights.
This, in turn, boosts the strengthening benefits of your workout.
Lastly, a good upper-body warm-up challenges your heart rate and activates yourcoreand muscles around your spine.
But we dont often turn on our core or lower back.
As forwhenyou should do an upper-body warm-up?
The answer is simple: Before any bang out of upper-half strength routine, says Chillous.
Feeling ready to kick-start your workout with a great upper-body warm-up?
Keep scrolling for everything you gotta know.
The Workout
What you need:An exercisematfor comfort and a medium-strength resistance band for the pull-apart.
Its great for beginners and more advanced exercisers, she adds.
Its a push-up regression, which means it’s less challenging than a regular push-up.
The more elevated your upper body is, the easier it will be.
Make it easier by walking your feet in and out from your hands instead of jumping them.
