Toning Arm Flab

You just looked in the mirror and noticed that you have what you never wanted to have, flapping skin under your arms. First thing, don’t panic! This is normal in the aging process and most all people experience this problem. This is also a simple problem to cure with a little determination and patience.

The first thing you want to do is to begin eating in a way that will allow you to grow muscles in your arms and use the fat for fuel. You do not need to go on a complicated diet that uses matrixes and graphs or points or counting things. All you need to do is get on a good old fashion fat burning diet. You need to eat lots of protein and low fat. You will need to eat good protein like meat, fish, vegetables and fruit. You will be able to find a high protein diet on line very easily, or ask your doctor. The principal of this diet is no fat in, no fat on. That is it, pure and simple.

Once you begin eating right, now it is time to get rid of those things that look like batwings that your grandma had. You won’t have to hide them under your sleeves much longer and can begin wearing sleeveless blouses and dresses soon. Yes, that is right; you will no longer have to envy the women with nice, fit arms. You will be able to firm this flab anywhere, while you are watching TV or sitting around.

The exercise program I am going to share with you will tone your triceps and biceps which will tighten up the flab in those bat wing things. You will have toned arms to die for!

To start: Stand and spread your arms out like wings , palms flat away from you and fingers up, like you are about to take flight. Do you feel a stretch of tightness from shoulders to your fingers? GOOD! Then you will want to flex your hands so your fingertips are pointing downwards, palms down, hold this and count to 10. Repeat this two to three times. This is a warm up and will get you ready to do some work.

Now, with your palms out and fingers up, do little up and down movements with your arms. This movement should be 12 to 18 inches long, just as long as you don’t drop completely to your sides or over top of your head, then you are doing it right. This should be done 10 times. Switch and point your palms down and do it all over again for just as many times.

Next, you will want to get back in your position that you started from. Stand with your arms out, the fingertips pointing up. Now, do little circles with your arms. Do these 10 times, first clockwise then counterclockwise. Now turn your fingertips pointing down and repeat the circle exercise; 10 rotations clockwise and 10 counterclockwise.

Your next exercise is like this:

With your arms still extended to the sides and fingertips pointing up again, imagine you are pushing something firm and heavy away from your sides. Bring your hands in close to your body and shoulders and pretend to push out to the side. Do this 10 times , wait 30 seconds, keep your arms pushed out, then do it 10 more times, all the time with fingers pointing up palms facing flat away from you .

For your next move, rotate your arms above your head, palms still facing away from your body and act as if you are pushing something up above your head. Move your palms down even with the top of your skull and deliberately push up. Does this 10 times, wait 20 seconds with your arms out over your head, and then do 10 more of these.

You should feel your arms burning slightly by now and this is good, it means you’re moving the right way and executing the exercise the way it was meant to be.

That’s it for today. Starting tomorrow just do it again and slowly work up to doing each exercise at least 3 set of 10 times. Once you are up to thirty of each variation and are eating a high protein diet, you will have wonderful, youthful arms again.