Upper Body Fitness Challenge — Best Fitness Programs Last Month

Last month was really a productive week for me, physically health wise. The engagement challenges I participated in taught me a lot of lessons and prior to this fitness challenge which was all about squats, I did a lot of work on my glutes and felt so happy about myself.

The video you're about to watch depicts some fitness programs I did last month at Stayfit fitness center. I was more intentional about fitness last month than in other months. So I'll be telling you something spectacular about the fitness I did last month that left a lasting impression on me. It was with dumbbells. I did lunges, dumbbell lift and other shoulder related programs. Leave the squats aside. This was where I felt the pain.

Since we were targeting our upper body last month which was primarily the shoulder, lunges were part of the program to improve our arms and shoulder blades. Holding two dumbbells on both hands with a weight of 10kg approximately without lifting it up, but allowing your hands to be as free as air and then walking forward with your legs in motion and your knees propelling down as if you want to squat.

If you check the video, you'll see how this is done and you'll understand that it's no child's play with this kind of dumbbell that's as weighty as 10kg. Your shoulders would be dragging down because you're not moving the dumbbells. It's just stationary.

Target areas

• Shoulder blades
• Arms
• Hind Limbs

These three parts of the body will feel a great stretch, a stretch you can't even imagine. I did 15 of these lunges and stopped because it was about dragging my bones off my neck.

I did feel a lot of relief after the exercise no doubt. This one wasn't even the most difficult. The one that was difficult is the dumbbell lift. This one is where you'll have to hold one dumbbell stationary in one hand and the other is in constant motion, up and down. I couldn't complete 30 turns as this program needs a real push up forward and downwards while still maintaining shoulder length.

This program is done by lifting one of your hands with a dumbbell and then pushing it up and down in the air while your downward moves rest on your shoulder. Target areas were still the shoulders and arms. Your hands need endurance and strength to push up.

These were the challenges I did that made me feel satisfied after the program, but pained during the program.

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