How to Do Pushups to Burn Fat Around the Arm
It is not possible to burn fat only on your arms, no matter how many push-ups you do. However, if you are already exercising and eating the right foods, you will lose fat all over your body, arms included. Push-ups are a compound body-weight exercise that help you build muscle on your arms, stomach and chest, which, when combined with fat-burning techniques, makes them appear less flabby and more toned. The key is doing push-ups regularly and correctly. Otherwise, you do not build the muscle you need to change your arms' appearance.
Instructions
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Place your hands just slightly wider than your shoulders. This is important to focusing the exercise on the correct muscles.
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Place your feet shoulder width apart. They don't need to touch each other; putting them at shoulder width forces you to tighten your abdominal muscles.
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Avoid allowing your elbows to lock. If your elbows are locked, the pressure is on your joints, not your arms. If they are unlocked, though, you are putting pressure on your arm muscles, which encourages their growth --- even if you are "resting."
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Go down as far as possible. A push-up needs to go down only far enough so that your elbows are at 90-degree angles. But going down farther, so that your nose is to the ground, puts more pressure on your arms than a standard push-up.
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Perform a push-up every four seconds. Too fast, and you rely more on momentum than using arm strength; too slow, and you wear yourself out holding yourself up, which is less efficient than the actual push-up.
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