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Spinoff strength training thread, anyone successful in toning arms?


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I was a bit flabby after my last baby, after losing the pregnancy weight and consistent work my arms and upper body are fairly toned now.  My main exercises are yoga and Aerial, which are bodyweight only work- push-ups, pull-ups, etc- you can get plenty strong/toned using just your body. It also shows on me because I'm not an apple shape, I'm somewhere between a pear and hourglass(likewise I have a friend that is an extreme pear and although she doesn't work out she has not fat at all on her upper body). You'll likely have to work on losing some of the fat as well as toning the arms.

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Push ups, pull ups, free weights, machines... they're all good (push ups and pull ups will target more muscles in one exercise.)

 

Sadly, muscle building/toning isn't usually very noticeable without fat loss.

 

For me, at the height of my fitness program, my arms looked and felt better than ever!  But I never lost *all* of the jiggle.  Partly because I really like cheese and crackers, and partly because loose skin is a very normal part of aging, especially after years of weight fluctuation.

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ummm..Well, milking a cow and lifting haybales does it for me. :)

 

Look into pilates and yoga. You don't have to use weights or equipment to tone.

Ha! They had a guy on American Ninja Warrior that was a dairy farmer, he had incredible forearms. My Silk works forearms pretty good too with all the grip/hanging but it isn't a practical suggestion I gues.

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