Arm and ab work out question

stacysjourney

I want to add an arm and ab work out into my gym routine. I am just starting back into the gym so I don't want to overwhelm myself but I have no idea what to do for either of these. Any suggestions?

Ironandwine69

Why not both arms?

Ironandwine69

And what are you goals?

rybo

You should be following a structured beginner program that works all muscle groups with compound movements. That will cover you arms and core to start.

cwolfman13

rybo wrote: »

You should be following a structured beginner program that works all muscle groups with compound movements. That will cover you arms and core to start.

Yup...

Just doing some arbitrary arm and ab work isn't going to be very productive...

stacysjourney

My goals are to tighten my arms up and define my abs. I'm trying to tone everything

cwolfman13

stacysjourney wrote: »

My goals are to tighten my arms up and define my abs. I'm trying to tone everything

As has been stated, do an established full body program. You can't spot reduce...defined abs come with very low BF%, not a billion crunches. A full body program with compound movements as the foundation will work your core and abs plenty...after that it's a matter of low BF and genetics.

MityMax96

I do abs about 2-3 times a week.
Hanging leg raises,
crunches
weighted planks and side planks
leg lifts

Arms I add those in on either my back (for biceps) or chest (triceps)
I usually just do one arm specific exercise, as I feel they get hit when targeting the other muscle group
On occasions I may have one day a week where I do just arms and shoulders together.
So EZ bar curls
straight bar curls
DB alt. curls
Reverse grip curls using EZ bar.