All Too Common Falsehoods About Arm Exercises For Women
Written by Katherine Crawford M.S.   
Thursday, 24 December 2009 08:29
Understanding how to properly perform arm exercises for women is absolutely critical if you want to achieve sexy arm stardom. It's very easy to hide butt, hip or leg fat. But not so easy to hide arm fat. Not to mention all the clothes you can't wear if you have too much arm flab.
by KatherineCrawfordM.S.


Understanding how to properly perform arm exercises for women is absolutely critical if you want to achieve sexy arm stardom. It's very easy to hide butt, hip or leg fat. But not so easy to hide arm fat. Not to mention all the clothes you can't wear if you have too much arm flab.

In fact, you might as well throw away all those spaghetti strap tops you have hiding in the back of your closet. What happened to the arms you used to have as a twenty-something?

Well, I was in this "situation" for the majority of my life. But I had it bad, because sexy arms eluded me even as a twenty-something. And I spent countless hours doing every single workout program and spent countless money on everything under the sun.

You can learn from my mistakes and expertise. I don't want you to waste all the time that I wasted. Here are some things to look out for when learning about arm exercises for women:

1. The claim that spot reduction is a myth. This one gets half credit. You see, even though you can't prioritize where your body loses fat first, you can drastically change the appearance of your arms without substantial fat loss. The key is to manipulate the amount of water and carbohydrates in your arms, and to tighten up the underlying muscular tissue.

2. Push-ups are an excellent exercise for the back of the arm. Most of the push-up movement targets your chest, not your arms. Does it make sense to spend time doing an exercise that doesn't tighten up your arms? Of course not! I cringe every time I hear an "expert" claiming that this is one of the best arm exercises for women.

3. Dips are excellent. Correct, dips are excellent for destroying your shoulder! Do them long enough and your AC joint (where clavicle meets acromion) will eventually wear out. This movement puts your shoulder in a very unstable position.

4. Kick-backs. These are ok if you want to momentarily fill your triceps with blood, but not ok if you want to tone your arms as quickly as possible. Because of the position your body is in when doing this exercise, it's impossible to add a lot of weight to the movement without compromising your form. Without a lot of weight, you can't tone your arms quickly.

Performing arm exercises for women should be an injury free process. And if done correctly, you should be able to get toned arms quickly. Hopefully, with the above tips, you can be on your way to toned arms in no time.

About the Author:

Katherine Crawford MS, a Harvard exercise expert and former arm fat victim, is an expert on upper arm exercises for women. Discover how to get sexy and toned arms now by exploring her blog about arm fat.