5 Reasons why women should train their upper body

Many women neglect to train their upper bodies like, back, chest, shoulders, biceps and triceps (arms). Their justifications are always the same. "I have a lot of ease in gaining muscle mass in my shoulders and back and I don't want to get muscular". But this question is just a myth.

Working the upper part will only bring you benefits, it will make you more rigid, toning the muscles, preventing or mitigating pustular problems. It is not harmonious to have only the lower part worked, which can cause problems of posture and alignment.

Exercising the upper limbs has aesthetic and functional benefits in relation to training. it is essential that the upper part is strengthened, to perform exercises such as squats, making the thighs and glutes receive a more intense workout.

Bearing in mind that the amount of the testosterone hormone is lower in women, especially in the upper limbs (most responsible for muscle growth), good weight training for the upper limbs is important because women have less muscle mass than men, if these muscles are not worked, the loss of mass is even greater.

5 reasons that will encourage you to train your upper body:

1. Posture and pain: Suppose that the work you did, the seated, the muscles you will use are those of the upper, lumbar, trapezius, shoulders, arms, neck, back, that is, all the muscles that support the upper part. So if the day before you worked the lower part, and on the day that you do 8 hours of work, it is not the legs that will support you at work, but the ones from the torso upwards, that you neglect, that do not train, those that support a barbell with weights for leg training. So when training the upper part you will improve the quality of daily life, avoiding pain and improving posture.
2. Support pillar: Our spine is our main support pillar, and it stays from the pelvis upwards. For greater stability and to perform our daily activities, as well as a good training of the lower limbs, it has to be strong with a great coverage around it. When training the big muscles like the dorsal and pectoral muscles, we make a great activation of all the muscles of the trunk that participate in the protection and support of the spine. These exercises end up being an excellent functional stimulus for stabilization, thus increasing safety in more complex exercises.
3. Maintenance and gain of bone mass: The best way to strengthen the bones and prevent the onset of osteopenia and osteoporosis, is to work with force on the upper limbs causing the bones of the skeleton to suffer tension. The reduction in bone mass in women is greater, and occurs earlier than in men.
4. Best lower limb result: When you start training your upper limbs as you should always have trained, your torso is stronger, your postural muscles are more resistant, your posture is better and you are free from postural pains from day to day. With this you can train the lower limbs more intensely and safely, thus leading to a much better result. It is the ripple effect provided by the practice of exercises with harmony between all body segments.
5. Increased metabolism: More muscle mass equals more caloric expenditure; and it is this equation that optimizes the results. Loss of lean mass is directly linked to decreased metabolism, which results in greater difficulty in achieving results, since having a reduced metabolism, consequently the daily caloric expenditure is reduced, which often results in fat mass gain. and the difficulty of having good results. By training the upper limbs, women avoid a decrease in lean mass.

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It is important for women to receive this type of guidance, as it is very difficult to convince them that this type of upper body training is important. Remember that the flab will go away, and the most important: the woman who does this type of training is stronger both for the gym and for daily activities, such as simply getting up from the chair.

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