# Comprehensive Upper Body and Core Workout with Progressive Reps

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Gym | Single Workout | Intermediate: 7 exercises

## Description

This workout is crafted to enhance upper body strength across the chest, arms, and core, integrating a variation of exercises with a focus on different muscle groups, ensuring a comprehensive training session.

Starting with the Barbell Bench Press, perform 5 sets of decreasing repetitions: begin at 20 reps, progressing down to 15, 12, and finishing the last two sets at 10 reps. This exercise targets the pectoral muscles, and the use of a barbell allows for heavier lifting, fostering muscle growth and strength.

Next, transition to the Dumbbell Incline Fly, also for 5 sets with decreasing reps (20, 15, 12, 10, 10). This exercise emphasizes the upper chest and helps in building a broader, more defined chest, enhancing the push motion effectiveness.

Implement the Dumbbell Standing One Arm Chest Fly for added emphasis on isolation and stabilization. Performing 5 sets with the same rep reduction encourages focus on each side of the chest individually, promoting muscular balance and flexibility.

Continue to the Dumbbell Pullover for 5 sets, which not only works the chest but also engages the lats and serratus anterior, helping sculpt the upper body silhouette and improve upper body strength.

The following superset targets the arms: Begin with the Dumbbell Alternate Biceps Curl, followed by the Dumbbell Standing One Arm Extension, both for 5 sets (20, 15, 12, 10, 10 reps). This combination effectively stimulates the biceps and triceps, fostering arm strength and muscular endurance.

Conclude the workout with the Hanging Leg Hip Raise for 3 sets of 10 reps each. This exercise focuses on the core, particularly the lower abdominals and hip flexors, crucial for overall body stability and strength.

1. [Bench Press S Velkou Činkou](https://fitwill.app/cs/exercise/0025/barbell-bench-press.md): 5 sets • 20, 15, 12, 10 and 10 reps
2. [Rozpažování S Jednoručkami Na Šikmé Lavici](https://fitwill.app/cs/exercise/0319/dumbbell-incline-fly.md): 5 sets • 20, 15, 12, 10 and 10 reps
3. [Jednoruční Upažování S Jednoručkou Zespodu Pravou Stranou](https://fitwill.app/cs/exercise/4150/dumbbell-standing-one-arm-chest-fly.md): 5 sets • 20, 15, 12, 10 and 10 reps
4. [Pullover S Jednoručkou](https://fitwill.app/cs/exercise/5330/dumbbell-pullover.md): 5 sets • 20, 15, 12, 10 and 10 reps
5:B. [Střídavý Bicepsový Zdvih S Jednoručkami](https://fitwill.app/cs/exercise/0285/dumbbell-alternate-biceps-curl.md): 5 sets • 20, 15, 12, 10 and 10 reps
6:B. [Jednoruční Extenze S Jednoručkou Ve Stoje](https://fitwill.app/cs/exercise/0423/dumbbell-standing-one-arm-extension.md): 5 sets • 20, 15, 12, 10 and 10 reps
7. [Zvedání Kolen Ve Visu S Podsazením Pánve](https://fitwill.app/cs/exercise/1764/hanging-leg-hip-raise.md): 3 sets • 10 reps