Upper Arm Weight Loss

December 31, 2010 · Filed Under Uncategorized · Comments Off 

Everybody hates flabby upper arms and wants to know how to get rid of them. The only way upper arm weight loss is possible is if you lose overall body fat. However, just because you lose weight doesn’t mean your arms will look better, for this you need special exercises.

That said, let’s move on to toning upper arms . One of the best exercises for toning the back side of the upper arm (tricep) is the push up. This is good news because you don’t have to belong to a health club, you can conveniently do it at home.

Depending on your level of strength you can either do a full push up or a modified version by doing them from the knees. And if can’t do that you can lean your body weight with palms on the wall and push weight back. As you get stronger though you should keep trying for the full ones so that you will achieve best results possible.

As far as how many to do, that is up to the individual person and what they can do. Do as many as you can, rest a couple of minutes, do another set. Do as many sets as you can with no pain, but still feel muscle fatigue. Additionally, it’s important you count reps and sets to track progress.

If you belong to a health club or have free weights at home you can do at least two more exercises that will tone and shape the upper arm. One is called triceps kickback and the other is the tricep extension. Both of these will work wonders for flabby upper arms.

To perform a triceps kickback you kneel over bench with arm supporting body. Grasp dumbbell, position upper arm parallel to the floor then extend arm until it is straight. Return and repeat. Continue with opposite arm. Good form is imperative so that you will avoid injury and get optimum results, therefore, do slow controlled movements.

The last exercise is the tricep extension to do it you position dumbbell behind neck with elbow positioned upward then extend the arm until straight keeping the elbow close to your head. Return and repeat then do other arm.

You should do arm exercises every other day so muscles will have at least 24 hours to rest and develop. This is true of all weight resistance training including body weight.

Finally, if you’re consistent with good eating habits and a good fitness plan you will have nicely shaped, toned upper arms and flabby ones will be a thing of the past.