Upper Back Exercises Strengthen And Nurture Health Of Your Upper Back

A Sensual, Sexy Upper Back

Upper back exercises sail in now to do justice to your upper back......

By you cutting a sensually attractive back.....

By the way, have you gawked at girls with well-sculpted upper back in bare-back gowns and tops?

I'm sure you really can appreciate the well presented, sensual attractive back view, right?

What's the secret?

Well, tone and exercise your upper back.

Simple. No big secret actually.

And you too can have that nice, attractive sensual back!

I can think of many reasons why I want to do upper back exercises......

See, besides giving me attractive, sensual back view, the more important reason is that strong, well-toned upper back muscles provide strong support to my upper body, thence remarkably improve my posture and my overall appearance.

I'll not slouch as slouching adds pressure unto my entire back, making me more vulnerable to lower back pain .

How's that for a case to start toning exercise for your upper back?

Right, before I show you a marvelous upper back routine that'll help you sculpt an attractive, sensual, strong and healthy upper back, let me introduce you to your upper back muscles.

Your upper back muscles are made up of:

• Latissimus Dorsi - largest muscle group in your back that extends from under your shoulder down the small of your back on both sides

  It helps your arms in pulling things towards your body or to pull yourself upward.

• Trapezius - a flat, triangular muscle that extends out and down from the neck and down between your shoulder blades

  It helps you in shrugging your shoulders like when you're saying "I don't know".

• Rhomboids -a group of muscles between your spine and shoulder blades

  It helps you to pull your shoulder blades together and helps you maintain good posture.

All the upper back exercises featured here need dumbbells to provide resistance while exercising

Start off first with no dumbbells. Then add 2, 3 and 5 pound dumbbells as you progress along

1: Arm Lift With Dumbbell

This upper back exercise uses your lower spine to strengthen your lower back stability

Getting Into Position

Stand on the right side of a workout bench, place a dumbbell in your right hand and let it hang down loosely next to your body with palm faced in.

Bend from your waist, rest your left hand on the bench for balance.

The Exercise

With slow, controlled movement, lift up arm that's holding the dumbbell until your hand come to waist level, elbow and shoulder parallel with the floor.

Concentrate on utilizing your upper back muscles to lift the dumbbell, not just lifting arm up and down.

Keep your body stabilized when lifting.

Return slowly to the starting position.

Do 12 repetitions for each arm.

2: Dumbbell Lift

This upper back exercise sculpts powerfully your upper back muscles

Getting Into Position

Sit at the end of a workout bench, your knees and legs together.

Hold a dumbbell in each hand, bend from waist until your chest rests on your thighs.

Allow arms to hang down loosely so that the dumbbells are close to your feet and palms are faced behind you.

The Exercise

Inhale when you start, exhale as you lift the dumbbells up to hip level, turning the palm towards the front.

Raise your elbows a little bit higher, then squeeze shoulder blades together.

Stop and hold the squeeze for a while.

Return slowly to the starting position, turning your palms so that they're faced behind you again.

Do 12 repetitions. As you get stronger, do 2 sets of 12 repetitions with increased weight in dumbbells.

3: Bend Forward Dumbbell Lift

This upper back exercise zeroes in to work powerfully on your upper back muscles

Getting Into Position

Stand up straight, feet hip-width apart and flat on the floor.

Hold onto a set of dumbbells in both your hands with palms facing forward.

Keep lower back slightly arched, bend over from your hips so that your upper body is almost parallel to the floor.

Let arms stretch down in front of you.

The Exercise

Lift the dumbbells straight up to rib cage with your elbows pointing up.

Return slowly to the starting postion.

For this exercise, you need to take note of the followings:

• Keep your body stable throughout the exercise movement
• Keep a slight bend in your knees
• Keep your elbows in toward your body throughout the exercise movement
• Inhale at the start of exercise movement, exhale as you lift the dumbbells up

By the way, just now I've talked about how you can have a sensual, attractive back view that people will gawk at?

Here's Chad , who can custom-fit an upper back routine for you that'll sculpt you an attractive, sensual upper back........

Talk to him, he'll come up with a "fantabulous" program for you!

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