UPPER BODY WARM UP ROUTINE

UPPER BODY WARM UP ROUTINE

Prepare your back, chest, biceps, triceps and shoulders for strength training with this 10-minute upper body warm up routine. Complete this set of exercises to get your heart pumping, warm up your muscles and increase your flexibility. Start the timer, play the music and check how many calories you burned!

UPPER BODY WARM UP INSTRUCTIONS

WARM UP

1. March in place: 60 seconds. Push yourself to walk at a fast pace.

2. Jump rope: 90 seconds. Turn the rope only with your wrists.

3. Jumping jacks: 60 seconds. Keep your knees slightly bent, arms extended and land on the balls of your feet.

4. High knees: 60 seconds. This cardio move keeps your heart rate high, helping you burn even more calories.

5. Mountain climbers: 60 seconds. This exercise works several muscles simultaneously and gives you a great cardio boost.

6. Boxer squat punch: 60 seconds. This is a dynamic variation of the regular squat with an additional arm movement.

7. Arms cross side lunge: 60 seconds. Lunge to the side and, as you stand up, cross your arms in front of your chest.

8. knee push ups: 60 seconds. Save knee push ups for warm up routines and regular push ups for strength training workouts.

DYNAMIC STRETCHES

9. Big arm circles: 30 seconds + 30 seconds. Do 30 seconds of forward circles plus 30 seconds of backward circles. This exercise warms up the shoulders and helps prevent injury and pain.

10. Wrist circles: 30 seconds. Finish this warm up routine with wrist circles to improve exercise posture and prevent wrist pain.

WORKOUT AND STATIC STRETCHES

Continue with an upper body workout and finish with a series of upper body stretching exercises.

INTERVAL TIMER

MUSIC PLAYLIST

CALORIE CALCULATOR

Enter your weight to find out how many calories you can burn doing this 10 minute upper body warm up routine:

UPPER BODY WORKOUTS

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