Interest in what kind of exercise you do for upper body? I've just been doing some push ups about every other day and want to incorporate some more to build up a lil' more muscle tissue in upper and chest area.

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Memee

Hi Memee, :)

Well, I actually follow an exercise program in a book and the key to the program is that you only work out one set of body parts each day. Your muscles need time to grow and you don't want to overwork yourself. So this is what I do:

Monday(BUILDING): Shoulders (Deltoids + Triceps) and Chest
Tuesday (TONING): Butt, Thighs and stomach
Wednesday(BUILDING): Upper Back (Lats), Biceps
Thursday-Saturday: Repeat from Monday's, Tuesday's and Wednesday's body parts until Saturday but with a different set of exercises
Sunday: Rest day


On the TONING Days you can use light weights (2-3 lbs) just to slim down your lower body.

And On the BUILDING days you should try to eat more protein, (I eat protein bars on these days) and use heavier weights so to make your upperbody (Back, chest, etc.) larger. I started with 2 lb weights and gradually worked my way up to using the 5 lb weights I use now. I'll keep increasing the weights until my upper body reaches the look I desire.

To build up your Chest, Arms and Back you can do things like Rows, Lat extensions, and Bicep Curls. I use the "12 Minute Total Body Workout" book by Joyce Vedral. It's outdated and my mom happened to luckily find it in a bargain bin a while ago. Just search for exercises on the internet and make sure to use the key word "Building". There's tons of stuff out there. Believe it or not I was actually inspired by seeing some men who had skinny arms and chests and wanted to broaden their upper body. But since we're girls it's not going to look manish or drastically body-builder-ish unless we took steroids or something.

Hope that helped :D

Thanks for all the helpful info. I need a lil' meat on my bones anyways so I'm not too concern with adding some muscle to my frame. Will do some googling around and see what I find and also will start to incorporate some weights. Thanks a whole bunch!!