upper body strength HOW??

stirling

Ok walking is great and the cosntant moving involved in the day to day office work and light household cleaning and cooking keeps my lower body is reasonable state. Any ideas how to incorporate upper body workouts into day to day process. I am not a gym kinda person and do not do well using machines - what is left?? Any feedback greatly appreciated.

pcbta

PUSH UPS....they've been amazing for me. I got Jillian Micheal's 30 day shred...able to maybe do about 8 girl push ups. a few months later and I can do about 40 straight, and 10 man-push ups...something I've never been able to do in my life! also, get a set of weights and go to work!

Cindy

gemiwing

There are some good upper body exercises on this website. It uses your own body weight so no expensive equiment to buy.

http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/tipsandtricks/a/basictraining.htm

Nich0le

push ups, yoga and pilates. Gaiam has a great series of yoga and pilates DVDs that you can pick up at Target and Barnes & Noble for sure, and of course at gaiam.com. some of the workouts are only 20 minutes which is great for a busy day