IMMUNE FOR HEALTH: EXERCISES FOR YOUR MUSCLES

Shoulder Press: This exercise is for the muscles of your upper arms and shoulders. Grasp a weight in each hand; lift and rest them on your shoulders. This is the starting position. Now, lift your hands straight up in the air, toward the ceiling. When your arms are extended fully above your shoulders, slowly bring them back to the starting position. Do this five to ten times, and gradually increase the repetitions as your muscles tone up. You should eventually be able to do 30 shoulder presses, twice a day.

Triceps Drop: This exercise is good for the tricep, which is the muscle on the back of the upper arm. I do one arm at a time. Holding a weight in my right hand, I lift my right arm straight into the air until it’s locked in position above my shoulder. This is the starting position. Then, slowly bending my right elbow, I gently lower the weight behind my head, being careful not to hit myself in the head. When I feel the weight touching the base of my neck, I lift it back in the air until the arm is straight again. Start with five triceps drops, working up to 30 triceps drops with each arm, twice a day.

This is an important exercise, especially for women who complain of loose skin hanging from the back of their upper arms. If you keep the tricep muscles firm and filled out, there will be less likelihood of hanging skin.

You don’t have to do these upper-body exercises exactly the way I do. If five-pound weights are too heavy for you, try three-pound, or one-pound weights. Or use books; they come in all sizes and weights. Cans are also useful weights. There are many good exercises for your arms and shoulders. Select the ones you like best, and make them part of your Immune For Life exercise program.

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