Flabby arms are embarrassing especially if you like wearing strappy dresses or sleeveless tops.
Tone up flabby arms for good and feel sexy again.
There are two reasons for flabby
arms, one is being overweight and you will have to address this as well, but it’s not the only reason.
The other reason is loss of tone to the muscle at the back of your arm, the tricep muscle, and there are many women who are slight in build that also suffer from flabby arms, especially as they get older.
So it's not only people who are overweight who
are wondering how to tone up flabby arms.
Here's what the experts say:
Rylan Duggan, a Women's Fitness Expert and author of
Go Sleeveless, has this to say: 'Even some of the leanest women in showbiz have bat wing arms and droopy skin because they have neglected to build and tone the muscles in their arms'.
Rylan also warns: 'If you only ever focus on losing body fat, your arms will look worse!'
Rylan Duggan is the expert quoted in much of
the media coverage concerning Michelle Obama, and in 'Totally
Toned Arms in 21 Days', he offers his 21-day program to get those sleek and sexy
arms for yourself. If you want toned arms, then it's a must read!
You will discover the secrets Michelle Obama
used to have totally toned and sexy arms. Rylan Duggan says: "Obama's arms are popular because she's not too skinny and she's not overly muscled. She's lean and toned yet still feminine."
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Rylan also has three simple steps to help you get toned and sexy arms you
can proudly show off in strappy dresses and sleeveless tops.
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Exercise to Get Rid of Flabby
Arms Video
Rylan Duggan has 3 quick and easy
exercises to help you get rid of flabby arms:
Most instructions on how to tone up flabby arms assume you are overweight, my exercises for toning up flabby arms focus on one target – and that is how to tone up flabby arm muscles.
If you are carrying fat on your
arms, you will have to address this too because your beautiful toned arm muscles
will be hidden from view. Take a look at Fat
Burning Exercise for tips on burning off fat and toning up at the same
time.
The muscles at the back of the top your arms are no different to any other muscles in your body. The problem is they are hard to get to.
Before I give you tips on how to tone up flabby arm muscles it’s a good idea to understand how muscles in general work and interact with each other.
Muscles are there to move your bones and they fall into two groups. One group of muscles shortens as the other group lengthens to allow the joint to flex and they work in pairs in tandem with each other.
Strengthening the muscles on the back of your arms is tricky to say the least.
The reason I say this is because if you go about this by bending your arm at the elbow and using weights to add resistance you will also build up the muscles on top of your arm as they work hard to shorten.
This is fine if you actually want bulging biceps. If you don’t then it poses a problem.
The muscles on the back of your arms lengthen and stretch. Lifting anything at all will cause the muscles on the top of your arms to shorten.
So don’t be tempted to tone up your arms by lifting weights unless
you want to tone up all the arm muscles or have rippling muscles. If you do want to tone up your arms using
weights then watch the 5 minute Tone Body Arms Workout Video at the bottom
of this page.
There are several exercises you can do and how fast your arms tone up depends largely on how often you do them.
Flabby Arms Exercises Without
Weights
Flabby Arms Exercise 1
Stand with feet shoulder width apart, step forward with one foot and bend slightly at the knees. Hold your arms a little away from your sides, bend your arms at the elbow, form fists with your hands and hold your fists at chin level.
You should now be in a boxer stance.
Punch the air in front of you alternately with each fist so that your arms extend to their full length at shoulder level and you twist at the waist. Keep your arms up at shoulder level and count 20 energetic punches.
Without stopping, look up and punch the air above your head in the same way. Extend your arms to their full length and feel those muscles stretch. Put as much energy into it as you can and count 20 punches.
Return to punching the air in front of you for another 20 repetitions and then above your head again.
You should aim for 3 sets of each and increase to 5 sets as your stamina improves. This is also a good cardio exercise because it will get your heart pumping.
Flabby Arms Exercise 2
Stand with feet shoulder width apart, raise your fists so they touch your shoulders.
Lift your elbows high so they point upwards and bring them towards each other, stretch into the muscle under your arm with as much force as you can and hold it for the count of 20. Relax and repeat 10 times.
Do not make jerky movements. Keep your movements slow and deliberate.
This simple tensing and releasing is the best way to tone extension muscles.
Flabby Arms Exercise 3
Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and extend your arms behind you keeping your elbows straight.
Rotate your hands so that the backs of your hands are facing each other.
Slowly lean forward and at the same time raise your arms as far as you can upwards behind you.
Keeping your arms up and straight, squeeze the backs of your hands closer together half an inch and release. Squeeze and release 20 times and build up to 50 times.
It’s the twist in your arm that targets the extension muscle and this exercise should be done slowly with no jerky movements. Be careful not to tense the muscles in your neck as you lean forward or hurt your shoulders. You may find this exercise easier if you sit on the edge of your bed and lean forward rather than standing. Then progress to standing as you become stronger.
Flabby Arms Exercise 4
Sit or stand up straight and raise your right arm above your head. Bend your arm at the elbow and reach behind your head so that your fingers touch your opposite shoulder.
Grip your shoulder tight so that you stretch the extension muscle in your upper arm. At first, you may have to raise your shoulder a little to allow a firm grip with your hand. Hold this for a count of 10 and then change arms and do the same exercise with your left arm.
Be careful not to hurt your neck or your shoulders.
Repeat on both sides 5 times so you do 6 repetitions on each side.
Flabby Arms Exercise 5
Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and hold your arms straight out in front of you at shoulder level.
Grasp you left hand with your right hand and turn to the right by twisting at the waist. Keep turning until you feel the back muscle in your left upper arm stretched to its fullest extent. Hold this position for the count of ten.
Slowly return to your starting position and change hands so that your right hand grasps your left hand. Slowly turn to the left until you feel the back muscle in your right arm stretched to its fullest extent and hold for the count of ten.
Repeat the exercise on both sides five times.
The main reason for flabby arms is we don’t use this extension muscle often enough and it only takes three weeks for a muscle to lose its tone.
If you are consistent with these exercises you will feel a difference in your arms quite quickly. They will feel stronger and you will be able to lift or carry things with more ease. This shows you that the exercises are working.
It will take time to tone up flabby arms, especially if you’ve had them for a while. Don’t expect miracles, just stick with it and gradually, your arms will regain all their muscle tone and you will no longer have flabby arms.
The more often you use these exercises the quicker your flabby arms will tone up. You should also continue to use them for maintaining muscle tone once you’ve regained it.
With all muscles – if you don’t use them … you’ll lose them.
Be consistent and you will get good results. I am interested to know how you get on with these flabby arm exercises, so send me an email and let me know.
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Flabby Arm Exercises With Weights
5 minute Tone Body Arms Workout Video
This is a slow loading video but
well worth the wait.
Pause the video once it starts loading and let it load at least three quarters of the way and then it will play straight through.
I have found doing 8 – 12 repetitions with weights
4 – 8 pounds each produces
the long toned arm muscles most women are looking for as apposed to using much
heavier weights for shorter workouts which will produce the muscular results found in weight lifters.
Choose five arm toning exercises, do
8 – 12 repetitions of each to make up a set and then repeat the whole set 3 – 5 times.
This workout should last about 15 minutes, raise your heart rate and produce the
much needed muscle burn sensation.
This way you will tone up your flabby arms without building
up too much muscle bulk.
You have to experiment to find out how much exercising is enough for you to produce the results you want. If you’ve been doing flabby arm exercises for weeks now and still can’t see any significant results then you need to step it up.
Increase the weights to a level that will challenge your muscles. Don't worry about building muscles like a man because women don't produce the hormone that produces big, bulging muscles. Your arms will slim down and your muscles will become long and toned.
Don’t waste weeks doing ineffective
arm toning workouts, this will only frustrate you.
If you need to buy weights I can recommend these York 10kg Vinyl Fitbell Kit in a Case
from Amazon. These weights are fine if you've never used weights before but
don't be surprised if you outgrow them within a couple of weeks as you get
stronger.
If you need heavier weights, you can order individual York Fitbells in weights up to 5
kg (10 pounds approx).
Whether you are dressed for the office, the gym, or a night out on the town, your arms are on show for everyone to see.
If you want to get toned and sexy arms, then you need a program that will burn fat, build muscle, and raise your metabolism all
at the same time; while putting specific attention on the arms to bring out maximum definition and sculpting.
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from Amazon. These weights are fine if you've never used weights before but
don't be surprised if you outgrow them within a couple of weeks as you get
stronger.
in weights up to 5
kg (10 pounds approx).
