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."
Before we start, don't expect miracles. If you have lost a lot of weight and have excessive loose skin, no exercise will get rid of it all. But what you will be doing is increasing your muscle size, meaning you'll have less loose hanging skin. But just as important is the fact that you'll see an improvement in your strength also. And if you add one simple accessory, you'll lessen your belly fat as well.
All you need to do is add a stabilization ball to the routine. You may know of it as a Pilates ball. It's simply a large rubber ball filled with air. If you do this workout on the ball, you'll have to stabilize yourself. And that means using muscles all over your body. The arm exercises will be more difficult, but the benefits are well worth it.
The stabilization ball is optional, but you will need a couple of inexpensive free weights. These dumbbells should be between 3 and 5 pounds depending on your strength. Hold one dumbbell in each hand.
Sit on the ball or stool with a weight in each hand. Get yourself in a good balanced position then do the following:
At the start you want your upper arms to be parallel to the floor with a dumbbell in each hand, while your lower arms are perpendicular to the floor. You may feel some stretching 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.
Next you want to lower the weights slowly behind your head until your elbows are bent and pointing to the ceiling. Keeping this simple motion slow is important for two reasons. First you'll reduce the chance of injury. And second, if you're moving too fast the weights will simply be falling and you won't be using your muscles.
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.
This should not seem too easy. If it is, then you should increase the weight of the dumbbells by a pound or even two pounds.
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.
Whether you're looking for reduce batwings or simply look better by increasing strength and tone, these arm exercises for women can get you where you want to be. - 26706
Before we start, don't expect miracles. If you have lost a lot of weight and have excessive loose skin, no exercise will get rid of it all. But what you will be doing is increasing your muscle size, meaning you'll have less loose hanging skin. But just as important is the fact that you'll see an improvement in your strength also. And if you add one simple accessory, you'll lessen your belly fat as well.
All you need to do is add a stabilization ball to the routine. You may know of it as a Pilates ball. It's simply a large rubber ball filled with air. If you do this workout on the ball, you'll have to stabilize yourself. And that means using muscles all over your body. The arm exercises will be more difficult, but the benefits are well worth it.
The stabilization ball is optional, but you will need a couple of inexpensive free weights. These dumbbells should be between 3 and 5 pounds depending on your strength. Hold one dumbbell in each hand.
Sit on the ball or stool with a weight in each hand. Get yourself in a good balanced position then do the following:
At the start you want your upper arms to be parallel to the floor with a dumbbell in each hand, while your lower arms are perpendicular to the floor. You may feel some stretching 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.
Next you want to lower the weights slowly behind your head until your elbows are bent and pointing to the ceiling. Keeping this simple motion slow is important for two reasons. First you'll reduce the chance of injury. And second, if you're moving too fast the weights will simply be falling and you won't be using your muscles.
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.
This should not seem too easy. If it is, then you should increase the weight of the dumbbells by a pound or even two pounds.
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.
Whether you're looking for reduce batwings or simply look better by increasing strength and tone, these arm exercises for women can get you where you want to be. - 26706
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