Moms, the rest of my body is ok any tips from moms who successfully slimmed their upper arms? I don't want muscle arms don't like the hulk look lol I want arms to be THIN thanks moms
I had a trainer tell me that you can't "spot reduce", you have to lose weight all over. But, muscle is more compact than fat. You are really limited to doing bicep and tricep exercises. I bought some wrist weights. I put them on when I walk the dog. I do arm exercises as I'm walking.
I walk anyway, I just make the most of it by getting upper body done too.
You're probably talking about the upper arms where things can tend to sag/jiggle? You said the rest of you is fine so I'm assuming you're already at a healthy body weight.
Building muscle mass (even just toning, not bulking) will help reduce the appearance, otherwise it has to be surgically altered. Sometimes stray fat deposits are a thing and can be liposuctioned, but for the low-hanging 'bat wing' situation, then brachioplasty (arm lift) removes excess skin that has lost it's elasticity.
I think you would have to do an incredible amount of working out to get the "hulk look" so you really should do bicep and tricep exercises. Use weights (start small and work up), doing 3 sets of 12 repetitions each, with a rest of at least 60 seconds in between. I use between 6 and 8 pounds now for triceps, and 10-12 for biceps, but that's not where I started out.
Form is essential so do it in front of a mirror until you are absolutely sure you are using the right posture.
This will tone your arms but I'm not sure that you're going to get this part of your body thinner if the rest of you is thin. Are you talking about the lower part of your upper arm, the part we all joke about wiggling & waving as we get older? This may just be your body type so embrace who you are!
I'm not in a position where I want or need to slim that area but I do want to keep that area toned.
Exercises can easily be worked into your routine. My favorite exercise at this time of year is swimming with weights.
Repetitions with little weight is what all my previous trainers say.
Like using a regular size can of veggies instead of a 3 pound weight. Do arm exercises with the can in your hand. There are lots of them that work on the jiggly part of the arms.
If you do more weight and less repetitions then you build muscle. Fat can get trapped between muscles and be stuck. If you are just wanting to shape and firm up then do light weights and lots of repetitions.
For instance, every time you go in the kitchen you grab a can for each hand and lean a knee onto a dining room chair. Lean over a bit and pull your hand from the knee area back as far as you can. Like you're pulling on a lawnmower cord. Do that like 10-20 times every time you go in that room.
Every time you go in the laundry room you arm lifts, hips to where your hands are even with your shoulders then down again. You could go all the way up to where the backs of your hands meet over your head too. I love that stretch.
When you go into the living room you have a different arm exercise to do.
Keep a couple of cans of veggies in each room, you could even make them different so that you will remember with green beans you do this exercise and with corn you do that exercise. Just for some variety or fun.
Google arm exercises and then set your house up where you will automatically do your exercises.
I do leg stretches when I'm standing at the stove watching something closely. It feels good and I enjoy it. You can do all sorts of things in certain rooms.
pushups, tricep dips, burpees, straight arm planks, plank walks and pull ups. are simple exercises that can be done with out needing any additional equipment. with hand weights you can check you tube for some instructional videos on how to use them to tone up.
i won a membership to a high intensity interval training fitness center and we do varied workouts that are never the same way 2x there is tons of different arm toning exercises that one can do to lose the jiggly fat and tone up with out looking like the hulk.
It would take a LOT of hard work to make you look hulked out.
If the skin is a bit saggy your only choice (besides surgery) is to work on biceps and triceps so they are toned enough to fill out that saggy skin a bit.
Get a pair of hand weights and learn to use them.
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/arms/exercises/bes...
you mean the "flags" that many women get as they age?
Take a bottle of your washing machine detergent, hold it over your head with your arms fully extended and then lower towards your back - repeat 5 to 10 times.
The bottle should have water in it to give it weight.
Or you can use this:
