Buffie’s Workout: Upper body workout 7-24-2011

All of the following exercises were done at 3 sets, 10 reps. I did 3 exercises per body part. I added a Youtube link for each exercise that I had a video for.  One of my fitness goals is to enlarge my muscles (hypertrophy is the process of making your muscles bigger). I know this scares a lot of women but trust and believe you will never see my arms, back or chest looking too muscular (like a man). That’s why I’m always careful with my intensity of training. My upper body will always start to look more toned than my lower body. You know why? I carry most of my body FAT in my lower body (butt, thighs and waist area).  Any area where there’s a lot of fat storage, your muscle tone is going to be LESS visible. So you can imagine how hard it is to tone my lower half.  I happen to love my lower body but I don’t love the cellulite that comes along with it. Oh well, you can’t have it all.

BUFFIE’S UPPER BODY WORKOUT  7-24-2011

Triceps:

1.Kneeling Triceps on a bench 30lbs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5SPi14oG-Q) The first exercise in this video. (machine)

2.Triceps Pulldowns 30lbs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FetUHVK8dqU)  (machine)

3.Overhead Triceps Extensions 20lbs (free weights)

Biceps:

1.Standing Concentrations 10 lbs  (free weights)

2.Preacher Curls on Swiss ball 10lbs (free weights)

3.Hammer Curl 10lbs (free weights)

Lower back:
1.Barbell Deadlifts w/Olympic bar (45lbs) (free weights)
2.Zercher Squat w/Olympic bar (45lbs) (free weights)
3.Hypertension Machine (own body weight)  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kc3YHFcyBE) (machine)

Back :
1.Olympic bar bent over row 45lbs (free weights)
2.Single ARM Pulldowns 20lbs (machine)
3.Cable seated rows 30lbs  (machine)

Chest:
1.Pushups  (knee assisted)  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoTbWLUFqRg)
2.Dumbbell Chest Press 10lbs (free weights)
3.Dumbbell Pull Over 10lbs (free weights)

I started not to post this workout because most of you probably don’t know what most of these exercises are. But because I said I would post, I went ahead and did it. I PROMISE I will have a video for these workouts REAL SOON.  Until then, you can probably Google these exercises and it may give you info on how to do them properly.