How heavy should my dumbell be if I want to lose flabby arms ?

Question

but gain muscle? 3lbs don't feel like enough.
I have 10 and feel fine,,but should I get even heavier ones...I want my arm to slim up, firm up but have muscle,,

Answer 1

You can start with 5lb dumbbells and do several reps till you feel you can move up to heavier, if toning up is all you want to do you can stick to 5 or 10 lb weights....if you want to increase and bulk up your arms keep going up in weight.

Answer 2

You cannot spot lose fat. I don't care if you are doing 100 pound dumbbell curls, you aren't going to trim the flab unless you diet down.

This means burning more calories than you consume in a day. I highly recommend you use a website such http://www.fitday.com to monitor your intake of food and your expenditures through fitness.

By doing curls, you can certainly build muscle. 3 pounders are probably pretty tame. I'd certainly do reps of 8 - 10. When you are on rep #8 you should be feeling either tired or getting a little burn in your muscle. Anything lighter and generally you are just flapping your arms. Any heavier and you'll bulk up pretty quick (which sounds like you don't want). I wouldn't be afraid to go heavy, women don't have the testerone to take on really serious muscle, so definitely challenge yourself if you want to see results.

Just remember, spot reduction and the loss of fat on certain body parts is a myth. Telling yourself that doing curls for your arms is going to make your arms ripped & cut and is only going to set yourself up for disappointment.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Usually to firm up you want to do multiple reps, I would try sticking with the 10lbs and increasing the amount of reps you do. Heavier weights will make you stronger but don't work on the slimming down usually

Answer 4

8 lbs should be your limit. You should do 3 sets of 15 reps. Or you can do pushups which really work on the whole arm, forearm, shoulders, stomach and back. Do 3 sets of 15 reps each morning when you get out of bed. Or you can do them throughout the day. It takes less than a minute to do one set. Good luck!

Answer 5

It is not about how much weight. Do more reps stay at that weight. Do a variety of different exercises, don't just do the same old ones.

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Answer 6

The more reps with a smaller weight shows great results.

Answer 7

start out with something small, and work you'r way heavier. a good starting weight is normally 15 pounds

Answer 8

that's a good weight. low weight and lots of reps firm....lots of weight and fewer reps build muscles

Answer 9

12 lbs

Answer 10

light weights lots off reps!you dont want bigger arms do you?