Upper Body Strength

Upper Body Strength

If you are looking to build muscle, these workouts will show you how to add resistance to the upper extremities, back, and chest regions. Experience workouts targeting one or more areas at a time, with multiple sets and repetitions to help build muscle. Muscles will help shoulder and elbow joints become more stable, including the trunk and spine, which will be working in nearly every exercise! Modifications will be given throughout so that you can progress safely with confidence.

When adding resistance, you may notice that your range of motion changes, new areas need to be controlled, and that it will take some time to hone proper form. Never let the resistance overpower the exercise. Choose a weight that you can safely perform 10-15 repetitions before fatigue sets in. Remember that it is the quality of each individual repetition that counts!

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Upper Body Strength
  • Video 603 | Back, Biceps, and Bands (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Elastic Bands open up so many creative ways to train our body. They do not rely on gravity, they are lightweight, and they are extremely portable! Many times, dumbbells make it harder to train certain areas of our body, such as with pulling exercises.

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  • Live Event | Iron Arms and Abs (60 mins) with Lauren Eirk

    This jam-packed hour is devoted to strengthening the arms, shoulders, and abs using multiple sets and reps using dumbbells for added resistance. The focus of this workout is to build muscle and improve definition in the shoulders, arms and abdominal regions.

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  • Video 193 | Upper Body Pump (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Everyone wants more toned arms and shoulders! In this routine, you will experience a creative take on upper body resistance training using dumbbells. Experience complementary and opposing muscle group combinations designed to build muscle, burn fat, and improve muscular responsivity.

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  • Video 213 | Upper Body Circuit with Lauren Eirk

    Circuits are so effective because they burn major calories, cut down on boredom, build muscle, and condition the cardiovascular system. This circuit consists of four sequences with four exercises each designed around gliding discs (use a towel or paper plate if you don't have them), dumbbells, T...

  • Video 183 | Upper Body Band Workout (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    In order to avoid and prevent shoulder issues, it is important that we train the muscles that attach to the shoulder blades, clavicles, upper and lower arm, rib cage and spine. Elastic resistance can be very effective in minimizing joint stress so that we can effectively train. In this video, y...

  • Live Event | Isometric-Dynamic Upper Mobilty (60 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This upper body and core isometric workout features isometric holds combined with dynamic strength exercises to give your whole body a complete workout and help build strength with holds that require isolated and integrated muscle contractions. The movement and isometrics will be related, as we ...

  • Live Event | Starting off Strong for 2023: Upper Body with Lauren Eirk

    If you are new to resistance training or have gotten off course, this workout will re-introduce strength training to you! Beginning with a warm-up, enjoy bodyweight exercises to get you aquainted with your range of motion and strength. As we proceed, experience several upper body exercises with...

  • Live Event | Unilateral Training: Upper Body (60 minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    When we think of hypertrophy training, it usually involves both sides of our body's limbs moving together. However, when we only move from one side, the other has to brace itself and assist nearby joints for the structure to be stable enough to create the exercise.

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  • Video 108 | Dumbbell Only Chest Workout (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This strength training video includes an isometric, muscle-activating warmup followed by body weight core exercises to prepare the body for a 30-minute chest workout with dumbbells. Practice a variety of resistance angles and body positions to hit various muscle fibers attaching to the shoulder ...

  • Live Event with Lauren Eirk | Chest and Back (60 Minutes) with Lauren EIrk

    This resistance training workout is composed of five groups of exercise combinations. Using dumbbells and elastic tubing, we will alternate three groups of chest exercises with three groups of back exercises. An optional chair is used in a few of the exercises to further isolate the chest and ...

  • Video 395 | Superset Back Training (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This resistance training workout will explore the "superset" or long set of exercises using dumbbells for resistance and a chair for support. Supersets can increase the difficulty of the workout and improve muscle gain since you can get more done in the time you have. Performing exercises with ...

  • Live Event with Lauren Eirk | Shoulders and Arms

    This resistance training workout is composed of a series of exercise combinations for the shoulders, biceps, and triceps. Using dumbbells and elastic tubing, we will perform standing, seated, and floor exercises. A chair will be used as a support for the body position so that we can further is...

  • Video 209 | Stronger Arms and Shoulders (35 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    Get ready to strengthen the arms and shoulders using dumbbells and the stability ball. Experience sequences that include a bicep, triceps, and shoulder exercise that logically fit together. The ball will add instability to the core muscles so that you get even more strengthening! Be able to tr...

  • Video 201 | Chest, Triceps, and Abs (35 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk

    The stability ball is used as a platform, support, and resistance training tool to strengthen muscles of the chest, abdominal, and triceps in this workout. Using dumbbells and body weight, experience sequences that will challenge similar joint actions, designed with a logical progression. Each ...

  • Video 200 | Back, Biceps, and Shoulders (45 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk

    We are so excited to bring you our 200th video!! I thought it would be great to begin the next hundred videos to come with a strength workout! This workout is designed to strengthen muscles of the back, shoulders, and biceps using a combination of free weights and elastic tubing. Experience s...

  • Video 158 | Dumbbell Arms and Shoulder Workout (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    In this video, learn several strengthening routines for deltoids, trapezius, rhomboids, biceps and triceps for upper body toning. Shoulder and arm combos are designed to be complimentary and effective so that you can move through the routine comfortably. Learn several important training cues to...

  • Video 142 | Dumbbell Workout for Chest, Triceps, & Abs (30 Min) with Lauren Eirk

    This routine will help you strengthen chest, triceps, and abdominal muscles. Chest muscles bring the arms across the body, support the shoulder, and assist in breathing. Triceps muscles work to extend the elbows and shoulder joints. The triceps make up approximately 2/3rds of the muscles in you...

  • Video 107 | Free Weight Workout: Shoulder Edition (45 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This workout will show you how to properly use dumbbells to strengthen shoulder muscles while avoiding injury. Common motions of the shoulder are abduction, adduction, flexion, extension, rotation. These are created as the clavicle, shoulder blade, and upper arm bones move upon each other with ...

  • Video 106 | Strong Arm Dumbbell Workout (45 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk

    This 45 minute workout will strengthen and tone bicep and tricep muscles of the arms using a variety of shoulder positions. Using the stability ball as if it were a weight bench, many muscles will be working to keep training positions static against the moving weights, training the core in every...

  • Video 103 | Strengthen your Back (60 minute workout) with Lauren Eirk

    This dumbbell workout will help you strengthen your back muscles for better posture and core strength. Learn how to strategically place dumbbells in a way to vary exercises strategically to target upper, mid and lower back areas in order to protect the spine and pelvis. This workout will give ...

  • Video 228 | FIS Arms (45 Minute Workout) with Lauren EIrk

    This FIS Muscle Focus workout targets the arms. The FIS Method is based on sound exercise mechanics that is kinder to your joints while giving you great results! This strength training routine targets the muscles that flex and extend the elbow joints, the biceps and triceps. The routine begins...

  • Video 256 | Back and Shoulder Supersets (45 Minute workout) with Lauren Eirk

    This resistance training workout will explore the "superset" or long set of exercises using dumbbells and a TheraBand. Supersets can increase the difficulty of the workout and improve muscle gain since you can get more done in the time you have. Performing exercises with similar muscle groups b...

  • Video 262 | FIS Chest (30 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk

    This FIS Muscle Focus workout targets the Pectoral Muscles. This session begins by connecting breath with movement to engage muscles of the trunk and spine as a warm-up. As you begin to observe your range of motion, you will see what areas of your body need attention.

    Using many core positio...

  • Video 281 | FIS Biceps, Triceps, & Shoulders (60 min workout) with Lauren Eirk

    Simply speaking, tricep muscles are used to push objects away from us and bicep muscles pull objects towards us. Shoulder muscles are used in manny exercises to move the arm and stabilize the shoulder. Many of the bicep and tricep exercises around these muscle groups are opposite in nature, as ...