Upper Arm FAT SUCKS!!

[kandeycane]

Help all of you please.. i have been working out for about 8 mos now .. i have lost everywhere .. i mean .. all over .. even went down a cup size.. a pant size.. a panty size.. but what about my upper arms.. its weird.i can't seem to make them budge.. can anyone tell me what i can do.. i know there probably isn't such a thing as spot reducing but HELPPP!!! More Cardio Kicks or What?? any suggestions , input would be great!!

thanks,
Candy

 

[Rachel_Lam]

Hi,
I know what you mean!!! I have fat triceps! I was doing real well with S&H and was seeing some real fat loss in my arms when I was on it but hurt my shoulder doing another tape, so had to stop. Anyway the flab's back! I read you have to do cardio to get rid off it and more tricep work. But it is frustrating when a body part lags behind!

 

[honeybunch]

My suggestion, for what it's worth. You can do body weight exercises like dips and tricep pushups, and you can do exercise band exercises like tricep pushdowns. Try doing a couple of targeted workouts for your triceps in a week instead of one slow and heavy workout. Do 3-4 exercises at a time.

I'm one of the unfortunate few that needs more than one workout per week for the trouble zones like triceps.

Dips and pushups you can do anytime and anywhere.

 

[Stacy]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON May-08-02 AT 07:49AM (Est)[/font][p]Have you checked out the recently posted rotation called "Tank Top Arms"?? That may be just what you're looking for. I've actually started the rotation this week and I'm excited about the results I know I'm going to achieve. This is just the workout I needed to end the monotony/burn out I was starting to develop. In a nutshell you're working chest and back twice a week and biceps, triceps, and shoulders 3 times a week. There are variations on the original rotation posted but I'm doing this...

-PS CST and PS BBA
-Cardio and abs or CTX LLA or Circuit Max as a leg workout
-CTX 10/10/10 cardio OR CTX Kickbox cardio and CTX shoulders/bicep/triceps
-Cardio and abs
-MIS
-Cardio
-Rest

I'm going to vary my cardio btwn step, hi/lo, kickbox and maybe my recumbent bike. My legs tend to really feel the brunt of my workouts so I'm not sure if I can do MIS plus another tough leg workout like LLA in the same week yet so we'll see how it goes. Hope this helps. Also, dont forget about your eating, it's not all exercise!! I did nothing but change my eating habits a bit, keeping my workouts the same and lost 9 lbs (so far).

Stacy

 

[Aquajock]

RE: Take a breath . . .

Hi, Candy! You've probably heard this a million times before, but I think it bears repeating:

You cannot spot-reduce fat stores in a given area on your body; you are genetically programmed to store in a certain way and that is not negotiable. You can spot-strengthen muscle groups in a given body area by adding exercises, weight-loads and/or reps for those muscle groups, and that can lead to hypertrophy in those areas.

You haven't listed what your normal weekly routine is, but I would suggest evaluating it to make sure that not only are you including enough upper-intensity cardio work, but also heavy-weight slow strength training that develops lean muscle mass for ALL of your muscle groups, including and especially the thigh and glute muscles. Those are big muscles, and strengthening them will not only add more power capacity to your cardio work, but will also give you more lean, metabolically active tissue that burns your fuel more.

Just my $.02 . . .

Annette