"SEC-s20w5: Fitness Training ๐ Arms/Shoulder Sculpturing Exercises"
Dear fitness lovers and friends, welcome back to yet another wonderful week after a successful week #4. We were thrilled to receive entries from you all as you showed that you really love to keep fit. If you missed it, here is the post in case you will like to try out the programs.
We will go again this week to present another program for this week #5. Week one was cardio, week 2 was abs attack, week 3 was quest for stronger legs while Last week was buts and hips, for this week 5, we will focus on scrupturing the arms and shoulders.
Arms and shoulders are part of the upper body including the chest, the hand and the forearms. Building the muscles around these regions help us to carry out our daily tasks with ease, improve our postures, enhance our athletic performances and decrease age related atrophy.
There are over 11 muscles at the arm and shoulder regions including the Biceps brachii, Levator scapulae muscle, Supraspinatus muscle, Deltoid and others. These muscles work together to give us that firm arm and shoulder that helps us to perform our activities at the maximum level. But when they start to weaken, we face serious problems. We don't want that to happen, isn't it? Staying fit can help to enhance their performances and help us at old age when our strengths are expected to fail but we stay stronger and carry out our daily chores by ourselves.
Why should we strengthen these muscles?
In addition to the benefits described above, these muscles can help in the following ways
The arm and the neck are attached to the shoulder and they are most flexible joints in the body. Strengthening the shoulder muscles helps to provide the support and flexibility that these joins need.
Helps to avoid the risk of injuries
Helps to perform our daily tasks with ease
Exercises that can help sculpture the shoulder and arm
There are so many programs that can sculpture these muscles. We did some of them when we were attacking our abs. For instance, we have carried out stationary plank, arm plank and many others. These help sculpture the arms.
There are still many others but we are going to limit our class to **Bicep curls, plank shoulder taps, plank ups and downs, press-up, lateral raises, front raises
Bicep curls
This is the most famous among other programs that help sculpture the muscles at the upper body region especially the arms and the shoulders. When it is done correctly, it becomes the most effective way to build and strengthen the muscles at the arm, the shoulder and the forearms.
It is done mostly with dumbbells, weights and barbells of different sizes depending on your strength. But for those that doesn't have these at their disposal, you can reach out to water plastic bottles, fill them with either rice, or sand or whatever that can provide weight for you and use.
To achieve that, you will have to hold the dumbbells or whatever you are using as your weight firmly, chest up and curl the arm to your jaw level in repeated sessions as shown in the video at the video section.
Plank ups and downs
Here. You are still in a plank position, but you are working with your arm and your palm. While supporting your body with your toes and your palm, bend the elbow joint of one of the arms to support your body with your arms instead but you will quickly change and go back to using your palm. You will keep repeating this process until you achieve the number of Repetitions you want. The video will explain more.
Plank shoulder taps
Stay in a plank position whereby your toes and your palm are you supports, facing downwards. Then lift one arm at a time to tap the other shoulder whose arm is a support to the body as at the time you lift the other. Tap and drop and then tap with the other arm. The video will explain more
Press-up
While still in a plank position, with your toes and your palm supporting your body, try to press you chest down and up, working with your elbow joint. Move your body especially the chest up and down in repeated sessions. The illustrates it best.
Lateral Raise
Here, your arm stretches sideways straight and down continuously. You can do that with dumbbells or without but it works best with dumbbells. You decide the size you will use. Just stand straight, chest out, with your arms by your sides. Then move them either at the same time or alternatingly sideways and down in repeated sessions.
Front Raises
This is similar to the lateral raises but instead of raising the arms sideways, you raise them forward. Stand straight with your arms in front, hold your dumbbells or barbell or anything that can serve as weight for you, then move your arms forward straight either both hands at the same time or one at a time. So, you will have to move them up and down repeatedly until you achieve your aim.
Video Illustrations
Below are videos that illustrate the programs that are described above. In the videos, you will notice the ones that are for advanced students and for beginners. Watch closely and practice carefully
what you are required to do
๐ Carry out warmups (video is not necessary)
๐ Carry out cardio programs. You may choose from the week #1 programs. Increase in your repetitions or minutes compared to the ones you did in the past and let us know what you did and how many times. (Video is not necessary)
๐ Carry out the shoulder and arm sculpturing exercises suggested above following the repetitions below (video is necessary as they are new programs). Just choose 3 out of the 6 programs that have been demonstrated, Make your choice.
Do each of them 3x8 for beginners and 4x12 for advanced, then take a minute rest between sets
๐ Carry out stretches to conclude each of your exercise day. (Video is not necessary)
Just create a publication, explaining what you did, how you did it and the results. That is to say that you are to tell us if the programs are difficult or not, if you are able to complete the assigned programs for the week or not.
Remember to remain hydrated and maintain healthy diet.
๐Tell us your overall feelings and ask your questions concerning the programs.
Guidelines
๐ Entry must be free of AI
๐ Entry must be free of plagiarism
๐ Use your own pictures to represent your actions. Include videos for a better assessment (video is optional but we recommend it if possible). First, upload your videos on YouTube and copy the link to your writing page on Steemit.
๐Be sincere and original
๐ Exercise at least 3 days in a week and report your activities according to the days.
๐ Everyone is welcomed to join this challenge
๐Use the following tags among others: #steemfitness-s20w5 (this is the main tag that we will use in tracking your entry. It is compulsory), #steemexclusive, #your country (eg. #nigeria)
๐The title must be: "SEC-s20w5: Fitness Training ๐ Arms/Shoulder Sculpturing Exercises"
๐Post your entry in any community of your choice
๐This contest starts Monday, October 7, 2024, at 00:00 UTC and ends on Sunday, October 13, 2024, at 23:59 UTC."
๐ Drop your entry at the comment section of this post.
๐ Mention @genomil and @ngoenyi.
๐ Invite 3 friends to take part
How to plan for that exercise program for maximum benefits
To plan your exercise is by far easier than planning a meal planner as there is no shopping and no budget involved. Hallelujah!
When creating an exercise planner you have to keep the following in mind;
โข Involve your family
โข Figure out what activities you enjoy most
โข Have fun!
โข Take your current fitness level in consideration
โข Do time management
โข Develop a plan to gradually increase your activity levels. For example you might plan to walk for 30 minutes three times a week. After a week or two you can increase it to 45 minutes four times a week
โข Build variety in your program
โข Use the F.I.T.T principle at all times, frequency, intensity, type and time
โข Allow time for recovery
โข Measure your progress
โข. Always remain hydrated
โข. Stick to a healthy diet and do not eat late night food
Best wishes!
Cc:
@genomil
Strong arms! ๐ Am excited about this week exercises, they are incredible. Press up is what I do every morning and I did it this morning as well, though I don't do it whenever am ill.
I believe there will be alot of entries this week. Those ones with dumbbells how will do without dumbbell do it? Biceps curls is also a very eye catchy thing.
Yeah but I need to get iron, I will ask a friend of mine to see if he has better ideas.
Thank you
Ok then
Thank you sir.
Okay, arms and shoulders! These are my favorite exercises.
Whether itโs bicep curls, tricep dips, or shoulder presses, I love how I felt the burn and see the progress over time.
They are also so much easier to do when at home.
Let's see how the participants are going to enjoy it this week.
Best wishes!
Wow, I keep repeating the videos without stopping. Coach @ngoenyi you're really doing everything possible to keep us fit and strong.
You're truly a mentor and the real goat.
We go again this week.๐ช๐ช
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