My upper arms and stomach are feeling kind of flabby so I'd like to know some upper body workouts that exercise your WHOLE upper body (not just lifting dumbells and doing crunches, like my back and everything needs toned) and also some that are just targeted towards abs and upper arms.
2007-06-19 11:56:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
this doesn't pertain to all of you, but I said "NOT JUST SIT UPS AND CRUNCHES" (thanks to you guys who actually paid attention to me saying that)
2007-06-19 12:16:05 · update #1
pullups and push ups for the arms, and crunches and sit ups for the stomach, a ab lounge machine works and you can go to the gym and they have machine made for this type of workout
2007-06-19 12:03:39 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my experience doing 1)push ups, either lying on the floor or if you have an exercise ball you can lay on that and do push ups,2) pull ups, 3)dips, 4)dumb bell curls, 5)hold the weights at your side and lift them straight out to your side no higher than shoulder height, 6)hold the weights to your side, feet shoulder width apart, push the weights towards the rear of you, lean over slightly, this works the lats and the muscle which women lose muscle tone first giving them the flabby underarm.
Really its just a lot of reps. Not a lot of weight and doing it 5 times a week.
Women's arms are the easiest part of their body to build up.
Good luck.
2007-06-19 12:10:19 · answer #2 · answered by Momwithaheart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I used this belly dancing DVD by the those belly dancing twins and they have a work out that targets your arms and it improves with the whole upper body. You may want to try it becaues I did it for a month strait and my arms are nicely toned now.
2007-06-26 10:09:58 · answer #3 · answered by Miss 6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yardwork did wonders for me last year! We moved into a rental that the previous tenant did nothing about because he had a hip replacement. We were doing hedge trimming, cutting down young trees planting new flower beds and pushing a mower around, raking and hauling bags of debris helped tone up my upper body and I lost about 16 pounds.
2007-06-19 12:01:29 · answer #4 · answered by LS 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ummmm.... me and my mom walk everyday and that is kinda helpin my stomach cuz i want to lose sum of my belly, or well make it look a little smaller. But i am not really sure about the arms. The only thing i can think of is push ups or using sum type of weight thingy. But u already said not that. Soooo.. sorry i couldn't give any ideas.!!
2007-06-27 08:56:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the workout dvd from The Biggest Loser tv show, it cost about $10 at the store. After one workout with light weights you will feel it.
2007-06-19 12:00:53 · answer #6 · answered by Jesse's Girl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lift about 2 kg in each hand above your head 20 times ...
3 times a day
2007-06-19 11:59:42 · answer #7 · answered by q6656303 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, nothing is better than swimming, and especially the "breast stroke", the bonus being that you are doing an excercise that does not impact your joints, but builds up muscle around them, ultimately protecting them from injury.
2007-06-27 08:14:55 · answer #8 · answered by barterjunkie12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should try a boxing or self defense class, you'll work your arms when throwing punches, your abs when being instructed on how to dodge and duck punches, etc
2007-06-19 16:24:20 · answer #9 · answered by steelcurtain 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pull downs, push ups, dumb bell flys/curls/lifts, bench, straight bars and other machines at a gym
2007-06-19 12:01:25 · answer #10 · answered by Michigan rules 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋