Improve your mobility and posture in just a few minutes per dayno equipment required.
But what if youre traveling?
Recovering from an injury?
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Dont have access to heavy weights or equipment?
Thats where arm exercises without weights come in, which Witte says have their own set of benefits.
Chief among them: there can be less of a mental barrier around doing weightless arm exercises.
Heres how to maximize your next no-weights arm workoutplus our favorite exercises to try.
What are the muscles of the upper body?
The upper body contains dozensyes, dozens!of muscles.
Around these big muscles, we have small accessory muscles that work in tandem with the big ones.
Muscle anywhere in the body is really important, says Witte.
It keeps us strong, it keeps our bones healthy, its great for metabolic health.
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Weve gotta have strength to be able to move through life, she says.
Plus, they can feel morefun, which Witte says is reason enough to do them.
I think anything thats going to get someone moving for the joy of moving is fantastic, she says.
Thats a really undervalued reason why wed want to do these exercises.
If it makes you feel a little bit better, thats worth taking the time to do it.
It doesnt need to be sweaty, she says.
It doesnt need to be on an exercise mat.
She says these exercises are also a great way to warm up for a more intense strength-training session.
you could also be in control of how much resistance you create in your own body, says Chakoian.
(This8-minute Pilates arm workoutis a great way to kick things up a notch.)
How the muscles are activating will all depend on form, she says.
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