help with my bat wings...

Goofy076
Goofy076 Posts: 287 Member
edited October 2 in Fitness and Exercise
Ok ladies and gents..I need some help..so I am 142 lbs down and thank god no sagging skin....but I have another issue...I have genetically shared bat wings under my arms and no matter what I do they won't go away...now yes they have shrunk dramatically but still there :'( anyone got any tips or secrets they are willing to share to this soon to be bat girl before I take off while waving goodbye to my daughter every morning at school???

Thanks loves :)

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  • dls06
    dls06 Posts: 6,774 Member
    I don't know if there is anything you can do for excess skin? Curious to see if anyone does. :flowerforyou:
  • Shaylaluvsya
    Shaylaluvsya Posts: 35
    HAHHAHHAHA....I wish I could help ya, I have a little of the same problem..I just had to laugh cause your ending was funny ish!! Eek..sorry! ;)
  • megamoo04
    megamoo04 Posts: 269
    i have the same problem, ugh i hate them!!
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    What have you tried already? Do you push weights? If so, what do you do?
  • HappyathomeMN
    HappyathomeMN Posts: 498 Member
    Bump, because I want a clue on this as well
  • lynnruiz81
    lynnruiz81 Posts: 9 Member
    I have read that planks help the triceps and theres other exercises that will help you also just google or go onto youtube and look for tricep exercises.............good luck!!
  • Elleinnz
    Elleinnz Posts: 1,661 Member
    Other than the normal toning in the gym - and giving it a bit more time surgery is the only thing ;-(
    If you look closely even some really fit people in exercise DVDs have them to various degrees - if the cameras catch Gillian Michaels on a bad angle even she has a bit of the bat thing going...
  • MochaMixAZ
    MochaMixAZ Posts: 844 Member
    No answers here, despite extreme toning and weights.

    So now I just embrace them, sing "do your arms hang low?" song, and stay out of strong cross-winds when I'm going sleeveless.
  • AspiringOne
    AspiringOne Posts: 2
    Hi Kimmie, I have lost 110 lbs and I was have a lot of sagging skin, but I'm much older than you I think. I work out like a mad woman, do a lot of water arobic activity with AQUALOGIX "SCULPTORS" TONING BELLS (http://www.aqualogixfitness.com/buy-now.html) and these have given me well toned and very well defined muscles in my upper body and arms, but yet I still have the wings. I went to a plastic surgeon who told me the only remedy is cutting them off, but you have a scar from armpit to elbow and I'm not willing to do that (just yet). If they invent a surgery with less scarring, I might go for it. I think working out and toning is your best and really only solution, either that or just acceptance, which believe me, I know, is difficult.
  • Broken_
    Broken_ Posts: 172 Member
    Embrace it... Find a friend named Robin and Celebrate your weight loss by kicking some bad-guy *kitten*! ;)
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    I'm speaking from my friend's experience: basically, it will start to take care of itself over time. Until then, tricep exercises can't hurt. None of that Shake Weight nonsense.
  • msjamartin
    msjamartin Posts: 148
    I call my wing flaps...but batwings work as well. Hoping my work with a trainer that I've started for my final phase will help. Otherwise I might consider arm surgery. I can live with a lot of sag and I know that as we get older arms will have some sag but these are over-the-top!
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    tricep dips: Put on some music and do them in single set to the beat (down, up, down, up) for 8 counts, then half-time for 16 counts (down-2, up-2, down-2, up-2), another single set, and another half-time set if you can.

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    blessings.
  • JPayne53
    JPayne53 Posts: 235 Member
    I say push-ups, push-ups, push-ups!! I've noticed a tremendous difference... I started doing 30 a day.. 10 push ups 3x a day is what does it for me!
  • firefightinflip
    firefightinflip Posts: 215
    Batwing...like on the movie waiting??
  • Goofy076
    Goofy076 Posts: 287 Member
    HAHA you guys wanna laugh I bought the shake weight thing HAHA, it dont work just so you know LOLOL.. I have been doing all these toning exercises rotating 3-5 lbs weights.. all different curls and positions with the different weights ...gladly its not skin its just flab LOLOL.. I figure at the rate I am going it will save me a fortune in gas haha :)

    Thanks my loves, I really appreciate all your suggestions, hopefully time will take at least some of them away LOL
  • Libby81
    Libby81 Posts: 734 Member
    We call them Bingo Wings in the UK Bat wings are a kind of sleave on clothing.

    I agree continue on with solid strength and cardio training and they will reduce. I do Tricep dips and extensions and although I still have some excess I can feel the hardening muscle underneath and know eventually it will reach the top lol

    I just did a quick search on youtube there to see if there was a decent video I could link on for you, but there are like a million. It might be worth having a look
  • Goofy076
    Goofy076 Posts: 287 Member
    We call them Bingo Wings in the UK Bat wings are a kind of sleave on clothing.

    I agree continue on with solid strength and cardio training and they will reduce. I do Tricep dips and extensions and although I still have some excess I can feel the hardening muscle underneath and know eventually it will reach the top lol

    I just did a quick search on youtube there to see if there was a decent video I could link on for you, but there are like a million. It might be worth having a look

    awesome <3 thank you guys so much <3 I am going to add the chair move to my workout and tonight after the kids are in bed I will youtube it tonight after the kids are in bed <3 you guys are the bestest <3 thanks <3
  • DoncasterPhotography
    DoncasterPhotography Posts: 147 Member
    Bench dips.



    Sit on a box/step/bench and sit on your hands, palms down.

    Rest your feet, legs out straight in front, on another box/bench/step BUT a higher one.

    Ease your butt forward off the bench, keeping your hands together, and dip away.

    Burns like nothing else and toasts the prices nicely
  • vegetarian218
    vegetarian218 Posts: 40 Member
    bump
  • becka63
    becka63 Posts: 712 Member
    Tricep dips, extensions, kick backs, I hate the surrenders in no more trouble zones, but they're dead good. I guess not forgetting to work on your biceps whilst you're doing these can't hurt. And push ups. Good luck!
  • porffor
    porffor Posts: 1,210 Member
    yep I'm still losing and concious of these also. :(
    I plan on having bigger biceps and triceps! lol it'll be better to be muscly than wobbly! I have always had strong arms and used to lift weights / circuit train etc just been lazy the last decade and a half. So now i'm dusting off that side of me and improving (I own a horse and ride so have strong arms and forearms) my arms while I lose. :)

    All the above exercises are great for arms, also try you tube if you don't know the names, or need more motivation etc. :)

    Remember even holding a can of food in your hands is weight bearing you can add more weight later.
  • cownancy
    cownancy Posts: 291
    Our support group had a plastic surgeon as a guest speaker and she offered little hope on getting rid of bat wings after significant weight loss. A small percentage of very young people can work them off, but usually it's with a weight loss of less than 50 pounds. Other than that, surgery is most often the only option and, so far, the surgery leaves long scars, hidden under your arms, but visible.

    Wish I had a more positive prognosis, but you've done a fantastic job and if this is your only sagging skin, you're very, very lucky!!! Congratulations!
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