1,000 Health and Fitness Tips #0019: Time-Efficient Upper-Body Day
One Minimum Effective Dose Approach To Training Upper-Body
Upper body day for those of us satisfied with less than maximal results can be simplified into 3 exercises:
Incline Pressing movement (incline dumbbell bench press, incline barbell bench press, incline machine press, etc.) to train the chest, triceps, and front delts.
Pulling Movement (pull-ups, lat pulldown, dumbbell row, machine row, etc.) to train the lats, upper back, rear delts, and biceps.
Lateral Raise (dumbbell lateral raise, cable lateral raise, lateral raise machine, etc.) to train the side delts and traps.
Like I alluded to, this likely isn’t an optimal upper-body day, but it’s one that will work well for those looking to save time and not looking for maximal results.