Tired of that flab hanging off your arms every time you wave goodbye. Extra fat in your arm area can stop you from wearing sleeveless dresses or tank tops with short sleeves. If getting rid of that extra fat is your major concern right now, then you need not worry any longer, as we have put together some easy and amazing arm slimming exercises for you which will help you to tone your loose sagging arms. These arm workouts include the use of dumbbells and your own body weight to help you develop stronger and firm arms. Read on to find out more on the best arm slimming exercises for women.
1. Perfect push-ups
Push-ups are a perfect exercise to work-out your arms but, be sure do to it in the right way.
How to do:
- Place your hands directly under your shoulders and lined up with your chest. Keep your body stiff from shoulders to feet and practice push-ups.
- Start slowly with few repetitions to a set of 10 and more depending on your stamina and strength.
- Once you get a hold on the basic push-up, you can bring it in variations like spider push-up, wide arm, staggered, inclined push-up etc.
2. Biceps curl
Biceps curls are done using dumbbells with 5-10 pound dumbbell in each hand. They are very effective in shaping your biceps muscles.
How to do:
- Stand with feet apart with approximately shoulder width and keep your back straight and chest up.
- Hold dumbbells in each hand with palms facing forward. Contract or bend your elbows to bring to the dumbbells up towards shoulder.
- Pause and slowly bring back your hand to the initial position. You can do alternate hands or both hands together.
3. Arm raise with dumbbells
How to do:
- Hold dumbbells in each hand on the sides with palms facing in. Keep the feet hip-width apart and bend the knees slightly.
- Raise your arms out to the sides until the dumbbells level with the shoulders. Palms should be facing down.
- Lower your arms slowly and repeat the same.
4. Dips
Dips, also called as bench dips are a great way to work for the rear shoulders and triceps.
How to do:
- Sit on the bench with hands straight on the bench and feet extended on the floor.
- Push off the edge of the bench and lower the body down as comfortable as you can, so that the whole weight of your body is supported by hands and feet.
- Pause, then slowly rise to the starting position.
4. Shadow boxing
Shadow boxing will strengthen your shoulders and arms, relieves stress and its fun too.
How to do:
- Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. Place your dominant foot forward and bend your knees slightly.
- Punching down across your body with each hand 15 times.
- For upper cuts, bend your arms and bring them close to chest and punch upwards across your chest 15 times each on one side.
It is important to note that, these exercises will only tone your muscles but will not exactly remove fat from your arms specifically. All exercises will burn fat but, not from any one particular part of the body. To increase your fat loss, you will need to do a lot of cardio and full body exercises.
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