{"id":184873,"date":"2026-08-03T15:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=184873"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:41:36","slug":"upper-body-challenge-structure-difficulty-and-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/health\/upper-body-challenge-structure-difficulty-and-what-to-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper Body Challenge: Structure, Difficulty, and What to Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upper Body Challenge is the only one of Daily Burn’s 69 programs whose name \u2014 and workouts \u2014 target the upper body specifically, at 20 sessions tagged Strength and Cardio.<\/strong> Here’s what the program covers, who it’s built for, and how it compares to the library’s other body-region-focused programs.<\/p>\n

What Is Upper Body Challenge?<\/h2>\n

Upper Body Challenge is a 20-workout program in Daily Burn’s on-demand library, tagged Strength and Cardio. At 20 workouts, it runs well past the library’s roughly 12-workout average \u2014 closer to a multi-week block than a short program.<\/p>\n

Who Upper Body Challenge Is Built For<\/h2>\n

Upper Body Challenge is tagged Intermediate and Advanced only \u2014 it doesn’t carry a Beginner tier, so it’s built for members who already have some strength-training experience rather than a first program. If you’re newer to training, Daily Burn’s full program directory<\/a> covers several beginner-tagged options to build a base first.<\/p>\n

How It Compares to Daily Burn’s Other Body-Region Programs<\/h2>\n

Daily Burn’s library has a handful of programs named around a specific body region rather than a general training style: Upper Body Challenge, Booty Burn Challenge, Summer Abs Challenge, and Core. Of those, Upper Body Challenge is the only one built around the upper body \u2014 the others target glutes, abs, and core, respectively. It’s also one of seven programs in the library tagged Strength and Cardio only (no Mobility, Core, or Flexibility tag alongside), a set that otherwise includes LIT: Low Impact Training, 20-Minute Total Body Strength, LTF, Cardio Sculpt, Inferno, and Cardio Burn \u2014 Upper Body Challenge’s 20 workouts sit toward the longer end of that group.<\/p>\n

What to Expect From the Program<\/h2>\n

Across 20 workouts, expect strength work focused on the upper body paired with cardio conditioning, at Intermediate-to-Advanced intensity throughout \u2014 there’s no Beginner-tier scaling built in, so the sessions assume you can already handle standard strength-training loads and cardio pacing.<\/p>\n

Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n

Who is Upper Body Challenge for?<\/h3>\n

Members with some strength-training experience who want a program focused specifically on upper-body strength and cardio conditioning \u2014 it’s Intermediate\/Advanced only, not a beginner program.<\/p>\n

How many workouts are in Upper Body Challenge, and what difficulty level is it?<\/h3>\n

20 workouts, tagged Intermediate and Advanced \u2014 well above the library’s roughly 12-workout average, with no Beginner tier.<\/p>\n

What makes Upper Body Challenge different from Daily Burn’s other body-focused programs?<\/h3>\n

It’s the only one of Daily Burn’s 69 programs targeting the upper body specifically. The library’s other body-region programs \u2014 Booty Burn Challenge, Summer Abs Challenge, and Core \u2014 focus on glutes, abs, and core instead.<\/p>\n

Is Upper Body Challenge a good starting point if I’m new to exercise?<\/h3>\n

No \u2014 it doesn’t include a Beginner tier. Daily Burn’s program directory<\/a> has several beginner-tagged options better suited to starting from zero.<\/p>\n

Does Daily Burn offer a free trial to try Upper Body Challenge?<\/h3>\n

Daily Burn doesn’t offer a free trial \u2014 membership is backed by a money-back guarantee<\/a> instead, so you can start Upper Body Challenge and get your money back if it’s not the right fit. Membership runs $19.99\/month and includes the full program library \u2014 workout videos combined with 1:1 nutrition coaching \u2014 not just Upper Body Challenge on its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upper Body Challenge is the only one of Daily Burn’s 69 programs whose name \u2014 and workouts \u2014 target the upper body specifically, at 20 sessions tagged Strength and Cardio. Here’s what the program covers, who it’s built for, and how it compares to the library’s other body-region-focused programs. What Is Upper Body Challenge? Upper […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184875,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184873\/revisions\/184875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}