Warming Up for Upper Body Building

Series Summary

Body Building is a process of weight lifting, combined with well managed caloric and nutritional intake, to maximize muscle definition and size. In competitive body building, body builders display themselves in front of a panel of judges, who assign points based on each body builder's aesthetic appearance. Body builders often use oils and tanning lotions in conjunction with lighting techniques to make the muscle definition more distinct. Famous body builders include Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dorian Yates. In this free exercise video series, let a certified personal trainer show you how to build muscle in your upper body without getting hurt. Follow along as he and his assistant show you each exercise to strengthen your shoulders and chest. Learn the chest press and chest fly. Build shoulder muscles with the lateral raise, shoulder shrug and chest press. Before you know it, you'll be muscle machine.

Video Transcript

"Today, my assistant Kendra and I are going to take you through a full body workout explaining each movement, complete with proper technique, form and breathing. So let's begin. Whenever beginning your workout program, it's always best to do a little warm up activity before you begin. Do at least five to ten minutes of a low level aerobic activity to warm up, warm your muscles up. There are many variations of course. Right here we have the elliptical. We have recumbent bicycles, treadmill and so on. Right now I have Kendra doing elliptical machine and of course there are many variations. So Kendra, how many minutes have you been going on this so far? Well, I've been going for about five minutes and this is a very low impact exercise. It works both my arms, my legs and my core and it gets your heart rate going at the same time."