Flabby arms

catlily43
catlily43 Posts: 22 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Can anyone give me any advice on how to really tone the back of my flabby arms? I don't need body builder arms but just a nice, slight, definition?
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  • nf1982
    nf1982 Posts: 38 Member
    5lb weights. youtube it :)
  • xSophia19
    xSophia19 Posts: 1,536 Member
    Get yourself a dumbell tree! They are awsom! They come in 3 different size weights, and are quite cheap to buy. They really help to tone the batwings :smile:
  • Yolanda4160
    Yolanda4160 Posts: 170 Member
    small weights ( I use 5-8 pds) when home. But at the gym, I use tricep cable pulls.
  • laceyslady
    laceyslady Posts: 88 Member
    Swimming
  • beccarockslife
    beccarockslife Posts: 816 Member
    Pick up some heavy things, then do it again, and reduce the amount of fat on your body.

    Unless you are taking drugs and lifting very heavy you aren't going to get body builder arms..
  • JennyBean8
    JennyBean8 Posts: 9 Member
    Hahahahahah! I love your pic!
  • JennyBean8
    JennyBean8 Posts: 9 Member
    Hmmmmm, I find doing dips, and tricep presses work wonders!
  • Yolanda4160
    Yolanda4160 Posts: 170 Member
    Get yourself a dumbell tree! They are awsom! They come in 3 different size weights, and are quite cheap to buy. They really help to tone the batwings :smile:

    Love that you called them batwings! I call my ugly arms "chicken wings" LOL -- definitely trying to work them out. ggrrrrrrr :laugh:
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    Pick up some heavy things, then do it again, and reduce the amount of fat on your body.

    Unless you are taking drugs and lifting very heavy you aren't going to get body builder arms..



    ^this a million times!
  • ilovescarymovies
    ilovescarymovies Posts: 202 Member
    bingo wings! lifting hand weights is helping me :)
  • MrsMaui27
    MrsMaui27 Posts: 63 Member
    the trick is......you must be COMMITED!!! :grumble: 2~sets of 25 with light weights.3 or 4 times a week.:huh: Do your motion slow and SQUEEZE!!! Happt turkey day :drinker:
  • sk_pirate
    sk_pirate Posts: 282 Member
    Get yourself a dumbell tree! They are awsom! They come in 3 different size weights, and are quite cheap to buy. They really help to tone the batwings :smile:

    Love that you called them batwings! I call my ugly arms "chicken wings" LOL -- definitely trying to work them out. ggrrrrrrr :laugh:

    I've heard people call them Bingo wings...I don't get it haha.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    Pick up some heavy things, then do it again, and reduce the amount of fat on your body.

    Unless you are taking drugs and lifting very heavy you aren't going to get body builder arms..

    This!! x 1,000,000!!!
  • JoniBologna
    JoniBologna Posts: 653 Member
    Don't be afraid to lift HEAVY!!! Light dumbbells are for sissies. :tongue:

    You definitely won't get bulky unless you start taking steroids or something of that nature.
  • belladonna786
    belladonna786 Posts: 1,165 Member
    the trick is......you must be COMMITED!!! :grumble: 2~sets of 25 with light weights.3 or 4 times a week.:huh: Do your motion slow and SQUEEZE!!! Happt turkey day :drinker:


    no.
  • MarineCodie
    MarineCodie Posts: 256 Member
    It's incredible that women today are still so misinformed on weight training.

    Please don't go out and waste your hard earned money on some pink 2lb dumbells!

    Lift heavy, eat right and throw some cardio in. You won't become a bodybuilder... I promise.

    There are a lot of good (beginner) arm routines on bodybuilding.com. Sift through there and see if you like something. Give it a month or two... if you get JACKED and become a bodybuilder let me know how the hell you managed that! Good luck :)
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    Get yourself a dumbell tree! They are awsom! They come in 3 different size weights, and are quite cheap to buy. They really help to tone the batwings :smile:

    Love that you called them batwings! I call my ugly arms "chicken wings" LOL -- definitely trying to work them out. ggrrrrrrr :laugh:

    I've heard people call them Bingo wings...I don't get it haha.

    Bingo wings - who plays bingo? Old women. What do old women usually have? Flabby arms.

    My advice, or what I'm doing, is lifting weights. However heavy/light you can lift. I focus on shoulder lifts which feel like they hit my upper arms, not just the shoulders. Resistance bands are something new I'm trying since I can't sit still for lifting. Watch your diet. Your arms will look better when your body fat goes down. Mine have a great potato on top and 4 inches of hang off the bottom.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    Can anyone give me any advice on how to really tone the back of my flabby arms? I don't need body builder arms but just a nice, slight, definition?

    you can waste your time lifting less than what your purse weigh or have nice arms by lifting heavy. Your choice.
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    the trick is......you must be COMMITED!!! :grumble: 2~sets of 25 with light weights.3 or 4 times a week.:huh: Do your motion slow and SQUEEZE!!! Happt turkey day :drinker:

    Even easier - 3 sets of 5 with 10- 15lbs Don't waste time with barbie weights - you will not get body builders arms from lifting heavy weights - you are not a man.....
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    It's incredible that women today are still so misinformed on weight training.

    Please don't go out and waste your hard earned money on some pink 2lb dumbells!

    Lift heavy, eat right and throw some cardio in. You won't become a bodybuilder... I promise.

    There are a lot of good (beginner) arm routines on bodybuilding.com. Sift through there and see if you like something. Give it a month or two... if you get JACKED and become a bodybuilder let me know how the hell you managed that! Good luck :)

    THIS!!!!!:sad: :sad:
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Pick up some heavy things, then do it again, and reduce the amount of fat on your body.

    Unless you are taking drugs and lifting very heavy you aren't going to get body builder arms..

    This!! x 1,000,000!!!

    Adding another ^ths
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    the trick is......you must be COMMITED!!! :grumble: 2~sets of 25 with light weights.3 or 4 times a week.:huh: Do your motion slow and SQUEEZE!!! Happt turkey day :drinker:


    no.

    And adding another not ^this.
  • clobercow
    clobercow Posts: 337 Member
    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

    You diet and continue to lose fat. That is the ONLY way.
  • poedunk65
    poedunk65 Posts: 1,336 Member
    Bent over triceps extensions with light wieghts and high reps. google it.
  • clobercow
    clobercow Posts: 337 Member
    And this is the vicious circle of MFP bad advice.
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

    You diet and continue to lose fat. That is the ONLY way.

    No you don't! That's how you end up skinny fat - in other words, with a cute little number on the scale, and flabby batwings.....
  • andreamkelly
    andreamkelly Posts: 169
    bump
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    Hmmm with what you eat, you are not going to get anywhere near bodybuilder size...light weights are okay, but if you want to define, tone and get leaner (definition) then lift heavy and eat right. Simples.

    p.s. you cannot spot reduce or choose which areas are going to shape up when...it all takes time and lots of patience and hard work.
  • JanaCanada
    JanaCanada Posts: 917 Member
    Forget bat, bingo, and chicken wings..I have a condor wingspan. *sigh* :embarassed:

    For me, reps with 5-20 lb. weights are helping. Power lifting is out....bad back, bad knees.
  • emily_bird
    emily_bird Posts: 236
    The best exercise I've ever done for that and it works REALLY fast (seriously, I don't have any flab when I do this routinely) is a Callanetics exercise. Stand and raise your arms so that they are shoulder height. Rotate your arms, so that your palms face behind you. Then bring your arms to your back so that they are pointing behind you. Raise your arms as high as they can and then do a pulse of about a 1/2 inch for about a minute or two. Hand weights can be added later on. I use my wrist weight of 1 kg. If you want to do it properly, then make sure your pelvic floor is tucked and lower your knees.

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