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Flabby Arms
I think I've got a cute body - could stand to lose about 10 pounds, maybe, but I'm cute. Got a nice little hourglass, curves, etc. The one thing I absolutely cannot stand is my arms! They look huge and flabby to me. Everyone tells me they aren't that bad, but whenever I see them in a photograph they look like ham hocks.
I can't afford a gym membership. I get most of my exercise by walking, and I've got nice muscular legs from it. Carrying hand weights when walking doesn't seem to help my arms at all. Is there anything I can do, or do I have to save up for lipo?
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Go to walmart and buy some 10lb weights. Heavy lifting will melt the fat away. After you lift, stretch your muscles, it will elongate them.
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My bf has some 10-pound weights at home. I've tried using them here and there, but haven't noticed any results. I guess I need to use them more. The only time I've ever been okay with my arms was when I used to go to the gym every day, and three days a week I used all the arm machines for half an hour. Wish I could afford a gym now.
Good tip on the stretching; I didn't know that. Thanks!
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Doing push ups will help to!
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I read that the best way to improve the look of your arms was to focus on your triceps.
The most easy, effective workout I've found for your triceps are tricep dips. You just sit on the edge of a coffee table, straighten your legs and place your feet flat on the floor. Place your hands on the edge of the table with your thumbs facing your body, lift your buttocks a few inches off the table and scoot your hips forward away from the table. Your knees should be bent in a 90 degree angle. Then slowly lower and raise your torso only using the stength in your arms.
If you have hand weights, tricep extensions (either above your head or behind your lowered back) are great too.
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Thanks! How long do you think it'll take to see results if I do this for 30 minutes three days a week?
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Don't worry about reps or how long it takes, worry about working each muscle group in your arm to fatigue.
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Thank you. I'll start doing that.
I love that "Censornati" thing, BTW! Very clever.
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Take the 10lb weights and lay down on a bench or coffee table. Hold you arm straight up over your body, and bend at the elbow across your chest. Do about 10-12 of those, at about 3-4 sets each arm. In between those sets, hold the weight straight up, and bend at the elbow back down towards your ear (one-armed skull crushers). Do some dips like Kitty suggested, and throw in some tricep-focused push-ups. There are several different types of push-ups that focus on different body parts. Start in the normal push-up position and instead of lowering yourself by bending your elbows outward (chest focus), keep your elbows tucked in tight to your body. You'll def feel it when you're hitting your triceps. It takes a while, just like any other muscle, but you really have to bust them. I worked on my really hard all summer with a hard tricep series. They're my fave muscles. ;) ;D Good luck.
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Ooh, thanks! Great tips! I'll start that as soon as I get home. How often did you do it, and for how many reps per set?
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you want to go for a burn. it's more of a "feel" thing than counting reps and sets, etc. make sure your diet is clean as well. a good diet will help your appearance (not only arms, but everything) more quickly than lifting weights. i suggest both obviously....but don't underestimate the power of nutrition on your looks. you could spend 5 hours a day in the gym and still look like shit if you're not eating right. the diet is probably 65-70% of the appearance. the excersises mentioned above are all good....AND MAKE SURE YOU GO FOR A MAJOR BURN AND DO NOT JUST COUNT REPS your body has no idea how heavy those weights are or how many reps you did.....your body responds to INTENSITY...whether that is had via light weight/high reps...or heavy weight/low reps. INTENSITY is the key. i do not count ANYTHING in the gym......reps or sets. i stop when i am F____D---whether i got that way with heavy or light weights---or a combo of both.
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Ron: "Oh, it's a deep burn! Oh, it's so deep! Oh, I can barely lift my right arm 'cause I did so many. I don't know if you heard me counting, I did over a thousand." (anchorman)
http://www.moviewavs.com/0078546128/...y/deepburn.wav
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I do as many push-ups as I can. It's like trish said, you don't necessarily count reps. I always love that feeling the next day when you have that tired/sore muscle feeling. You know you did something. Do the work to feel. Numbers of rep and sets is more for people who have to keep a record and schedule, or for people rehabbing something.
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My arms are my least favorite body part, too! They're short, and can look really fat and stubby. If you have a DVD player, you might want to look into getting the Winsor Pilates Upper Body Sculpting. DVD. I got mine at Target, and I love it because it lengthens your arm muscles while toning the muscles. I've noticed a definite change for the better in the shape of my arms without having them look so short.
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Pole dancing has done wonders for my upper body. Biceps, triceps, delts, lats, pecs, all of it. Another dancer showed me some exercizes that get you strong enough to go up the pole: face the pole and grab it with both hands over your head, about as high up the pole as you can reach, and try to pull yourself up, and/or, pick up your feet and hang by your hands. Try to pull yourself up. Alternate which hand is on top. You can also try climbing up the pole: again, grab with both hand, this time about head height, and start walking up the pole with your feet. Keep grabbing hand over hand and pulling yourself up. These will build muscle pretty fast, and if you're working right now, you probably have access to a pole. If not, any stop sign or jungle gym will work, though you may get some funny looks.
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Seriously, I have gotten the best results from good old-fashioned push ups, pull-ups, and dips. Works your entire body but especially targets the arms. Start with a modified form (i.e. girly push-ups and dips with your knees bent at a 90 degree angle). Do as many as you can and each day do more. In a couple of weeks change your form (i.e. military push-ups) and do as many as you can and the next day do more. Etc, etc. You'll start to see definition and love the fact your getting stronger. ;)