Knowing how to do arm exercises for women the right way is important because it’s not easy to hide extra arm jiggle. If you have floppy arm flab, your clothing selection will be severely limited.
Most women simply forget about all the sexy sleeveless tops they have hiding in the closet if their arms are too big. The good news is that there is no reason you can’t get back the arms you used to have when you were twenty.
I never had sexy arms as a twenty year old. But I tried so hard to get them. I spent a small war chest on every exercise program and new supplement to hit the market. I experimented with everything out there.
Please learn from my mistakes! Here are some common misconceptions about arm exercises for women that you HAVE to look out for:
1. You can’t spot reduce. It’s true that you can’t selectively lose arm fat from only one area in your body. However, arm fat is only part of the equation. Moreover, I’ve seen countless women lose tons of fat and still not have toned arms. The key is to focus on tightening the arm muscle, and on changing the amount of water and carbohydrate within the muscle.
2. Push-ups are an excellent exercise for the back of the arm. Most of the push-up movement targets your chest, not your arms. Does it make sense to spend time doing an exercise that doesn’t tighten up your arms? Of course not! I cringe every time I hear an “expert” claiming that this is one of the best arm exercises for women.
3. Dips are excellent. Correct, dips are excellent for destroying your shoulder! Do them long enough and your AC joint (where clavicle meets acromion) will eventually wear out. This movement puts your shoulder in a very unstable position.
4. Triceps kick-backs are great for toning. Triceps kick-backs are the single most overrated exercise. Your time is much better spent doing other exercises. The problem with kick-backs is that they don’t allow you to add on a lot of weight because of the position your body is in. And you need a lot of weight to get toned arms as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation out there about arm exercises for women. Never has it been so confusing for women to get the right answers when they need them: now. But now you know what to look out for before starting your sexy arm workout program!
Author Katherine Crawford MS, a Harvard exercise physiologist and former flabby arms sufferer, is an expert on upper arm exercises for women. Learn how to get sexy and toned arms right now by visiting her website about arm fat.
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