Too many women are embarrassed by excess skin under their arms that never seems to stop moving when the arm does. However there are a few arm exercises for women and can help with this problem. These exercises will reduce or even eliminate these so called "batwings."
Understand that if you have a lot of loose skin, no exercise will get rid of it completely, but you can increase the muscle size, which will help reduce the excess skin. And you'll get a general strength improvement as well. And by adding an additional item, you can reduce fat around the stomach also.
Just add a Pilates ball to the routine for the extra benefits. This large, rubber, air filled ball is sometimes known as a stabilization ball. That's because if you do the routine on the ball you'll be forced to stabilize yourself. That means using just about all the muscles in your body. The extra benefits make using the ball well worth the extra effort that is needed to do the workout.
Here's what you are going to do. Start with a couple of free weights, somewhere between 3 and 5 pounds. You'll need one dumbbell for each hand. We recommend adding the stabilization ball as well but this is optional.
Get yourself balanced while sitting on the stool or ball while holding one weight in each hand. Once you feel comfortable, complete these steps:
Start by forming a 90 degree angle with your elbow. Your upper arm should be parallel to the floor while your lower arm with the weights in each hand should be pointing to the ceiling. Be sure you are sitting up straight so you feel a little stretch in your back as well.
Now start the exercise by lifting your upper arms straight up to the sky. If you're on a ball, you'll also feel some abdominal tightening because you will also be working to keep your balance. When your arms are straight up, your palms with the weights should be facing each other.
From this position you will slowly lower the weights down below your head in the back so that your elbows are pointing up. Make sure you do this slowly for two reasons. First you don't want the weights to just drop back or you won't be using your muscles. You'll simply be letting gravity do the work. Second, by moving slowly you reduce the risk of injury.
Finally, you want to lift the weights back over your head. Again, do this slowly. You'll want to repeat this motion about 10 times. Take a brief rest, then do ten more reps. You'll want to do this three times if you can, for a total of 30 reps in all. If your biceps burn a little, you're doing it right and giving your muscles the workout they need.
Once doing three sets becomes easy, it's time to increase the amount of weight you use.
It's really a pretty simple exercise and it won't be long before those flabby patches of skin decrease as your muscle increases. If you need to start out slower, don't use the stabilization ball, you can always add it later. The same thing applies to the dumbbells. You can always start out with less weight, then gradually increase over time while also increasing both the reps and sets. Just understand that with less weight and without the ball the exercise will be easier but the results will come more slowly.
These arm exercises for women are great, whether you are looking to reduce batwings or simply get stronger and look more toned. Do them and you'll soon be looking and feeling better. - 16004
Understand that if you have a lot of loose skin, no exercise will get rid of it completely, but you can increase the muscle size, which will help reduce the excess skin. And you'll get a general strength improvement as well. And by adding an additional item, you can reduce fat around the stomach also.
Just add a Pilates ball to the routine for the extra benefits. This large, rubber, air filled ball is sometimes known as a stabilization ball. That's because if you do the routine on the ball you'll be forced to stabilize yourself. That means using just about all the muscles in your body. The extra benefits make using the ball well worth the extra effort that is needed to do the workout.
Here's what you are going to do. Start with a couple of free weights, somewhere between 3 and 5 pounds. You'll need one dumbbell for each hand. We recommend adding the stabilization ball as well but this is optional.
Get yourself balanced while sitting on the stool or ball while holding one weight in each hand. Once you feel comfortable, complete these steps:
Start by forming a 90 degree angle with your elbow. Your upper arm should be parallel to the floor while your lower arm with the weights in each hand should be pointing to the ceiling. Be sure you are sitting up straight so you feel a little stretch in your back as well.
Now start the exercise by lifting your upper arms straight up to the sky. If you're on a ball, you'll also feel some abdominal tightening because you will also be working to keep your balance. When your arms are straight up, your palms with the weights should be facing each other.
From this position you will slowly lower the weights down below your head in the back so that your elbows are pointing up. Make sure you do this slowly for two reasons. First you don't want the weights to just drop back or you won't be using your muscles. You'll simply be letting gravity do the work. Second, by moving slowly you reduce the risk of injury.
Finally, you want to lift the weights back over your head. Again, do this slowly. You'll want to repeat this motion about 10 times. Take a brief rest, then do ten more reps. You'll want to do this three times if you can, for a total of 30 reps in all. If your biceps burn a little, you're doing it right and giving your muscles the workout they need.
Once doing three sets becomes easy, it's time to increase the amount of weight you use.
It's really a pretty simple exercise and it won't be long before those flabby patches of skin decrease as your muscle increases. If you need to start out slower, don't use the stabilization ball, you can always add it later. The same thing applies to the dumbbells. You can always start out with less weight, then gradually increase over time while also increasing both the reps and sets. Just understand that with less weight and without the ball the exercise will be easier but the results will come more slowly.
These arm exercises for women are great, whether you are looking to reduce batwings or simply get stronger and look more toned. Do them and you'll soon be looking and feeling better. - 16004
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