What is the fastest way to gain upper body strength?
If you seriously want to build your upper and lower body (for looks, endurance, or power), you will need to adopt an exercise plan which targets specific muscle groups on alternating days. You will most likely also need to alter your eating behaviors; Sugars, Fats, and Preservatives will severely hamper your progress. ** I’ll be using Push-ups as an example exercise. ** — Reps and Sets When you work out, you will be doing Reps (one push-up) and Sets (one set of Reps). Your goal should be to reach Muscle Failure on the last Rep of every Set (in this example, Muscle Failure is the point where you can no longer do another push-up). — How Many Reps? Regardless of what muscle group you’re working, or what exercise you are doing, you want to do enough Reps to reach Muscle Failure (the point where you cannot physically do another Rep). Generally, it is agreed that the best muscle growth results come when you are able to reach Muscle Failure between 10 and 15 Reps. If you are doing more than
