Exercises for back and arms

saymyname2
saymyname2 Posts: 842 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hello!
I'm looking for exercises to help with my back fat and under my arms.
I can't leave the house so it will have to be things i can do indoors
Anyone have any ideas?

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  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    edited March 2018
    You'll get a ton of responses shortly with the same realization. You can't spot reduce. The only way to lose fat is to lose it all over. Set a goal weight in the healthy BMI range and eat at a calorie deficit until you reach that goal. Along the way, exercise isn't required but it will help you to build some muscle to replace the fat you're losing, which in turn will help you look more toned. It's a process, it takes time and patience. Although it won't reduce fat in those areas, the best exercise I can think of to build muscle in your back/arms/chest might be push ups, pull ups, dips. Body weight stuff. Learn them, practice them, and continue to do them until you're very good at them.
  • saymyname2
    saymyname2 Posts: 842 Member
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    You'll get a ton of responses shortly with the same realization. You can't spot reduce. The only way to lose fat is to lose it all over. Set a goal weight in the healthy BMI range and eat at a calorie deficit until you reach that goal. Along the way, exercise isn't required but it will help you to build some muscle to replace the fat you're losing, which in turn will help you look more toned. It's a process, it takes time and patience. Although it won't reduce fat in those areas, the best exercise I can think of to build muscle in your back/arms/chest might be push ups, pull ups, dips. Body weight stuff. Learn them, practice them, and continue to do them until you're very good at them.

    I guess I should of explained better I know I still got a lot of weight to loose but its coming off SO fast and I dont want too much loose skin so I wanted to start doing something to build up the muscles. Thanks for the tip.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    saymyname2 wrote: »
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    You'll get a ton of responses shortly with the same realization. You can't spot reduce. The only way to lose fat is to lose it all over. Set a goal weight in the healthy BMI range and eat at a calorie deficit until you reach that goal. Along the way, exercise isn't required but it will help you to build some muscle to replace the fat you're losing, which in turn will help you look more toned. It's a process, it takes time and patience. Although it won't reduce fat in those areas, the best exercise I can think of to build muscle in your back/arms/chest might be push ups, pull ups, dips. Body weight stuff. Learn them, practice them, and continue to do them until you're very good at them.

    I guess I should of explained better I know I still got a lot of weight to loose but its coming off SO fast and I dont want too much loose skin so I wanted to start doing something to build up the muscles. Thanks for the tip.

    How much are you losing each week and for how long?

    Start strength training now. If you are losing too fast you are losing muscle too. You want to minimize your muscle loss during weight loss as much as you can. You can do body weight at home, etc

    Look through the body weight routines in this link. Also if you decide you want to invest in some dumbbells there are dumbbell routines as well.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    saymyname2 wrote: »
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    You'll get a ton of responses shortly with the same realization. You can't spot reduce. The only way to lose fat is to lose it all over. Set a goal weight in the healthy BMI range and eat at a calorie deficit until you reach that goal. Along the way, exercise isn't required but it will help you to build some muscle to replace the fat you're losing, which in turn will help you look more toned. It's a process, it takes time and patience. Although it won't reduce fat in those areas, the best exercise I can think of to build muscle in your back/arms/chest might be push ups, pull ups, dips. Body weight stuff. Learn them, practice them, and continue to do them until you're very good at them.

    I guess I should of explained better I know I still got a lot of weight to loose but its coming off SO fast and I dont want too much loose skin so I wanted to start doing something to build up the muscles. Thanks for the tip.

    Get into the weight room and run a solid program...not just arms and back. Most beginner programs are full body with an emphasis on compound movements. You'll get a lot more benefit out of that than just doing arm curls and triceps extensions.
  • saymyname2
    saymyname2 Posts: 842 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    saymyname2 wrote: »
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    You'll get a ton of responses shortly with the same realization. You can't spot reduce. The only way to lose fat is to lose it all over. Set a goal weight in the healthy BMI range and eat at a calorie deficit until you reach that goal. Along the way, exercise isn't required but it will help you to build some muscle to replace the fat you're losing, which in turn will help you look more toned. It's a process, it takes time and patience. Although it won't reduce fat in those areas, the best exercise I can think of to build muscle in your back/arms/chest might be push ups, pull ups, dips. Body weight stuff. Learn them, practice them, and continue to do them until you're very good at them.

    I guess I should of explained better I know I still got a lot of weight to loose but its coming off SO fast and I dont want too much loose skin so I wanted to start doing something to build up the muscles. Thanks for the tip.

    Get into the weight room and run a solid program...not just arms and back. Most beginner programs are full body with an emphasis on compound movements. You'll get a lot more benefit out of that than just doing arm curls and triceps extensions.

    going out is out of the question but thank you
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    saymyname2 wrote: »
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    You'll get a ton of responses shortly with the same realization. You can't spot reduce. The only way to lose fat is to lose it all over. Set a goal weight in the healthy BMI range and eat at a calorie deficit until you reach that goal. Along the way, exercise isn't required but it will help you to build some muscle to replace the fat you're losing, which in turn will help you look more toned. It's a process, it takes time and patience. Although it won't reduce fat in those areas, the best exercise I can think of to build muscle in your back/arms/chest might be push ups, pull ups, dips. Body weight stuff. Learn them, practice them, and continue to do them until you're very good at them.

    I guess I should of explained better I know I still got a lot of weight to loose but its coming off SO fast and I dont want too much loose skin so I wanted to start doing something to build up the muscles. Thanks for the tip.

    Eat more
  • saymyname2
    saymyname2 Posts: 842 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    saymyname2 wrote: »
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    You'll get a ton of responses shortly with the same realization. You can't spot reduce. The only way to lose fat is to lose it all over. Set a goal weight in the healthy BMI range and eat at a calorie deficit until you reach that goal. Along the way, exercise isn't required but it will help you to build some muscle to replace the fat you're losing, which in turn will help you look more toned. It's a process, it takes time and patience. Although it won't reduce fat in those areas, the best exercise I can think of to build muscle in your back/arms/chest might be push ups, pull ups, dips. Body weight stuff. Learn them, practice them, and continue to do them until you're very good at them.

    I guess I should of explained better I know I still got a lot of weight to loose but its coming off SO fast and I dont want too much loose skin so I wanted to start doing something to build up the muscles. Thanks for the tip.

    How much are you losing each week and for how long?

    Start strength training now. If you are losing too fast you are losing muscle too. You want to minimize your muscle loss during weight loss as much as you can. You can do body weight at home, etc

    Look through the body weight routines in this link. Also if you decide you want to invest in some dumbbells there are dumbbell routines as well.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

    I've lost about 40lbs in 2 months *woop*
    But yea I need to now work on some muscle not just loosing the weight
    Thank you for the link very helpful!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    saymyname2 wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    saymyname2 wrote: »
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    You'll get a ton of responses shortly with the same realization. You can't spot reduce. The only way to lose fat is to lose it all over. Set a goal weight in the healthy BMI range and eat at a calorie deficit until you reach that goal. Along the way, exercise isn't required but it will help you to build some muscle to replace the fat you're losing, which in turn will help you look more toned. It's a process, it takes time and patience. Although it won't reduce fat in those areas, the best exercise I can think of to build muscle in your back/arms/chest might be push ups, pull ups, dips. Body weight stuff. Learn them, practice them, and continue to do them until you're very good at them.

    I guess I should of explained better I know I still got a lot of weight to loose but its coming off SO fast and I dont want too much loose skin so I wanted to start doing something to build up the muscles. Thanks for the tip.

    How much are you losing each week and for how long?

    Start strength training now. If you are losing too fast you are losing muscle too. You want to minimize your muscle loss during weight loss as much as you can. You can do body weight at home, etc

    Look through the body weight routines in this link. Also if you decide you want to invest in some dumbbells there are dumbbell routines as well.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

    I've lost about 40lbs in 2 months *woop*
    But yea I need to now work on some muscle not just loosing the weight
    Thank you for the link very helpful!

    Please say that you have another 200lbs to lose? Otherwise that is far too fast for healthy weight loss.
  • saymyname2
    saymyname2 Posts: 842 Member
    edited March 2018
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    saymyname2 wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    saymyname2 wrote: »
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    You'll get a ton of responses shortly with the same realization. You can't spot reduce. The only way to lose fat is to lose it all over. Set a goal weight in the healthy BMI range and eat at a calorie deficit until you reach that goal. Along the way, exercise isn't required but it will help you to build some muscle to replace the fat you're losing, which in turn will help you look more toned. It's a process, it takes time and patience. Although it won't reduce fat in those areas, the best exercise I can think of to build muscle in your back/arms/chest might be push ups, pull ups, dips. Body weight stuff. Learn them, practice them, and continue to do them until you're very good at them.

    I guess I should of explained better I know I still got a lot of weight to loose but its coming off SO fast and I dont want too much loose skin so I wanted to start doing something to build up the muscles. Thanks for the tip.

    How much are you losing each week and for how long?

    Start strength training now. If you are losing too fast you are losing muscle too. You want to minimize your muscle loss during weight loss as much as you can. You can do body weight at home, etc

    Look through the body weight routines in this link. Also if you decide you want to invest in some dumbbells there are dumbbell routines as well.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

    I've lost about 40lbs in 2 months *woop*
    But yea I need to now work on some muscle not just loosing the weight
    Thank you for the link very helpful!

    Please say that you have another 200lbs to lose? Otherwise that is far too fast for healthy weight loss.

    Yes I have just under 200lbs to loose

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