How to Make Arms Not Look Flabby

Using dumbbells to exercise your arms helps tone them.

Flabby arms can impact your self-esteem. You may have resorted to only wearing long-sleeved tops, or maybe you've decided to hold your arms tightly next to your body at all times so nobody notices them. Instead of resorting to these measures, there are other things you can do to camouflage and eventually get rid of flabby arms. Some of upper arm slimming remedies give you instant ,while others benefit you over time.

Instructions

Making Arms Look Less Flabby Through Exercise and Diet.

1. Create an exercise routine that contains three to five days of cardiovascular exercise and two to three days of full-body, strength training. Combining cardiovascular and strength training helps you lose body fat. Reducing fat from just your arms is not possible. You have to take on your entire body to lose fat all over.

2. Perform exercises such as bench dips. Include upper arm exercises in your strength training workout to help tone the muscles underneath your arm fat. Upon reduction of arm fat, your shapely muscles emerge. For bench dips, sit on the floor with your back toward a parallel bench or step. Stretch your legs out in front of you with your feet flexed. Place your palms on the bench behind you. Push yourself up and straighten your arms to raise your hips off the floor. Bend your elbows to lower yourself back down and push yourself back up before touching the floor.

3. Perform triceps extensions. Sit on a bench and bend forward at your waist. Hold a dumbbell in each hand with your palms facing your body. Raise your upper arms behind you so they are parallel to the floor and at a 90-degree angle with the lower arms. Extend your arms behind you while holding the weights. Bring the weights back to their starting position.

4. Watch what you eat. If you eat fatty, processed, sugar-laden foods, you sabotage your exercise routine and will never get the desired results. Read food labels and opt for low-fat or non-fat dairy, lean cuts of meat and whole grains. Avoid saturated fats because they raise your cholesterol. Choose unsaturated fats such as olive oil instead. Fill up on fresh fruits and vegetables.

Liposuction, Shape Wear & Clothes

1. Undergo liposuction of your arms. Liposuction is the only method that will spot reduce body fat. Consult your doctor about the risk, recovery time, cost and results associated with liposuction of your arm fat before resorting to the actual procedure.

2. Purchase control shape wear tops such as those by Spanx and Slimpressions. Find the tops online or in the lingerie section of large department stores. The tops reduce the appearance of arm flab and make your arms look slimmer. They come in elbow, three-quarters and long-sleeved varieties and are available in various colors.

3. Wear clothes that draw attention to another part of your body to enhance your appearance. Wear a scarf or jewelry to draw attention to your face or wear V-neck tops or tops with vertical lines to proportion and lengthen your entire upper body. Avoid square and round-neck tops and tops with puffy sleeves because these all make you appear top-heavy. Choose a sleeve length that ends either above or below the biceps.

Tips & Warnings

• Perform three sets of eight to 12 repetition of your arm toning exercises. Use weights heavy enough so the last repetition of each set is difficult to complete.

• Schedule one rest day in between your strength training workouts so your muscles can recover.

References

• Critical Bench: How To Get Rid Of Flabby Arms; Marc David
• Shape: How To Tone Flabby Arms
• Freedland MD: If You Are Considering Liposuction Arms
• Focus On Style: Flattering Fit - Large arms; Apr. 2009
• Shape Fit: Triceps Exercises - Bench Dips
• Shape Fit: Triceps Exercises: Seated Two Arm Dumbbell Extensions

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Spanx.com: Arm Control
• Slimpressions: The Haves
• Shape Fit: Triceps Exercises
• MayoClinic.com: Weight Training Exercises