Quick & Effective Super Set Upper Body Workout

Happy hump day, loves!  How’s your week going? Before I get into today’s upper body workout post, I just wanted to quickly say THANK YOU so much for your comments and messages on my previous post regarding my one year postpartum update.  It is seriously so scary to put yourself out there for fear of judgement, but it’s so nice to know that I’m not alone in this journey and by allowing me to share my personal story, I hope you know that we’re all in this together.

I am sharing one of my upper body workouts with you today since some of you asked about it in a previous post.  Honestly, the real secret is to lift babies…lots of them. Haha  Although I am totally dragging from this terrible head cold, but I somehow managed to do this upper body workout this morning before my medicine wore off. I completed this super set upper body workout in my living room with very minimal equipment.  All I used were 2 x 10lb dumbbells, but if you don’t have any get creative!  I’ve filled up jugs of water or juice containers before and they worked great 🙂   I LOVE adding super sets into my workout because it really challenges my muscles and keeps my heart rate up.  Essentially, a super set is when you do 2 or more exercises back to back without any rest in between.

Really quick though – I know some of you beauties were asking about this sports bra when I posted it on Instagram, but I can’t find it anywhere online. BUTTTTTT, I did round up some other cool ones I found online AND they have medium-high support to keep your tatas in place during those tough workouts.

Perform each set WITHOUT rest in between each exercise.  After you complete the set, rest for 30-45 seconds, then repeat.  Complete each set 3 times. Rest for 1 minute and move on to the next set. This quick and effective workout should take you no more than 20 minutes to complete.  The goal is to keep your heart rate up so keep moving.  Even during your “resting” period, make it an active rest (such a walking or moving in place).  This super set upper body workout will burn, but I promise it will be worth it!  Aim to incorporate this workout into your routine 2-3 times a week and modify it as needed.  Get your sweat on, fitfam!

Thanks so much for reading, loves!

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