Hello, people!
This has been discussed many a times: Functional workouts are more preferred than your stereotypical workouts.
In case you’re wondering why? Allow me to explain. These are designed to restore the strength to the core enabling re-building of a person’s endurance levels. Such workouts are dedicated to train all muscles of the body.
However, this also cannot be denied that while you strive to attain a fit and healthy lifestyle, one tends to ignore upper body conditioning. As a result, the common site of injury happens on the lower back. Many primary reasons for such injury to occur are muscular imbalance and poor posture. It’s imperative to keep a balance between lower body conditioning and upper body conditioning for efficiency and flow.
Since it is extremely important to take care of each and every part of human body to function well/better, we’ll have an insight on many workout routines that will help develop right level of upper body conditioning.
Please remember that all types of conditioning must be done outside.
Dips: To perform Dips use a set of parallel bars for support. Lower your body till your shoulders are on the same level, or at least almost with your hands. Hold onto the position for a sec and push back to support.
Dip Walks: On the parallel bar, once you are done with the first dip, walk to the other end of the bars, do a second dip and walk back to the start and do a final dip. Now, do 2 dips at each end and make it a total of 10 dips. Repeat this for a number of times, as per your capability. Just a gentle reminder that each addition gets harder every time. You need to bring in your best, folks!
Cross Pull-Outs: While forming a support on wings, lower towards a cross and hold your body for as long as you can. Now, retrieve from the position and pull out back to the support again.
Handstand Walking: With your hands on the ground walk around, forwards, backwards, sideways or just hop around.
Handstand Shoulder Shrugs: Face the body against the wall as you do a handstand. Now, shrug your shoulders up and down. This needs to be done without bending the arms. Handstand Shoulder Shrugs will help you improve your block.
Upper Arm Shrugs: With the support of parallel bars, rest across the back of your biceps and triceps. Make sure the arms are bent to about 110 degree with your hands on the bar. Once you are in this position, shrug up and down.
Back Arches: Lie on the floor on your front with your legs crossed at the ankles keeping your feet firmly anchored. Your hands and arms must straight out in front of you. Now, raise your upper body off the floor. Your neck should be in line with your spine. Hold onto it for a second and then lower to the floor slowly.
Twisted Curl: Lie on the floor on your back with your legs bent, knees together and feet flat. Your eft ankle must be placed on the right knee with the left knee pointing away. Now, curl up the right shoulder to the left knee keeping the lower back on the ground. Slowly return to the starting position. Please make sure you practice this exercise in a slow controlled manner. Continue with the other leg and shoulder.
All the best workout routine are geared towards developing the upper body strength.
It’s recommended that you consult a trainer before performing these exercises to ensure it your safety.
