By Howe Russ
If you are like most women, the question of how to tone your arms
probably comes up quite regularly when discussing your fitness goals.
Today we will answer this question for you with a sample workout
designed to hit the specified area very effectively.
With everybody selling get fit quick formulas or teaching how to get a six pack in 3 minutes it is no wonder people are frantically searching for the fastest possible way to get in shape. However, just because something looks too good to be true doesn't mean it actually is. In fact you can create great results in a short space of time if you know what you are doing.
To prove that point, this workout contains only five exercises: []
* Dumbbell Front Raise
* Dumbbell Biceps Curl
* Dumbbell Rear Delt Flye
* Dumbbell Triceps Kickback
* Triangle Push-Up
All five movements need to be done as a circuit, with one exercise immediately following the other. Try to get through it without any rest periods until you reach the end of the round. As you'll be doing 8 repetitions on every single exercise you will have a tricky 40 reps to get through here.
Once you have finished a circuit try resting for around 60 seconds before beginning another circuit. It's up to you how many times you wish to perform the circuit, but use 3-4 as a guideline because that's what most people are able to do once they have been exercising for a month or more.
The main areas you'll hit with a workout of this type are the front and back of your shoulders, your biceps and your triceps. The triceps is the muscle which most women are concerned with as it's responsible for the problem many call 'jelly arm syndrome', where loose flabby skin hangs from the arm if it is elevated.
By toning the triceps area, which you can do with this type of simple exercise routine, you are able to eliminate this issue and sculpt leaner, toned arms which you can be proud to own. However, if you were only to focus on the triceps alone you would create an uneven, mismatched look to each arm so that is why you'll find exercises which also target the muscles around the area in question, too.
One of the main reasons this issue is still a concern for many women who already exercise is the weight that they choose to use when training with resistance. Many women stick purely to cardiovascular machines, while those who do train with weights are often too scared to increase the resistance to a suitable level for fear it might make them bigger. This is not something any lady should be concerned with, as females don't release anywhere near the required amount of natural testosterone to build significant amounts of muscle tissue.
With only 8 reps on every exercise in a circuit you enable yourself to use a weight which is challenging, rather than a tiny dumbbell you could lift for hours on end if you had to.
The most common question which surrounds the topic of how to tone your arms is easily the time frame for expected results. If you can train 2-3 times per week with a bunch of proven exercises such as the ones you have done today then you should be seeing a noticeable difference in as little as two weeks.
With everybody selling get fit quick formulas or teaching how to get a six pack in 3 minutes it is no wonder people are frantically searching for the fastest possible way to get in shape. However, just because something looks too good to be true doesn't mean it actually is. In fact you can create great results in a short space of time if you know what you are doing.
To prove that point, this workout contains only five exercises: []
* Dumbbell Front Raise
* Dumbbell Biceps Curl
* Dumbbell Rear Delt Flye
* Dumbbell Triceps Kickback
* Triangle Push-Up
All five movements need to be done as a circuit, with one exercise immediately following the other. Try to get through it without any rest periods until you reach the end of the round. As you'll be doing 8 repetitions on every single exercise you will have a tricky 40 reps to get through here.
Once you have finished a circuit try resting for around 60 seconds before beginning another circuit. It's up to you how many times you wish to perform the circuit, but use 3-4 as a guideline because that's what most people are able to do once they have been exercising for a month or more.
The main areas you'll hit with a workout of this type are the front and back of your shoulders, your biceps and your triceps. The triceps is the muscle which most women are concerned with as it's responsible for the problem many call 'jelly arm syndrome', where loose flabby skin hangs from the arm if it is elevated.
By toning the triceps area, which you can do with this type of simple exercise routine, you are able to eliminate this issue and sculpt leaner, toned arms which you can be proud to own. However, if you were only to focus on the triceps alone you would create an uneven, mismatched look to each arm so that is why you'll find exercises which also target the muscles around the area in question, too.
One of the main reasons this issue is still a concern for many women who already exercise is the weight that they choose to use when training with resistance. Many women stick purely to cardiovascular machines, while those who do train with weights are often too scared to increase the resistance to a suitable level for fear it might make them bigger. This is not something any lady should be concerned with, as females don't release anywhere near the required amount of natural testosterone to build significant amounts of muscle tissue.
With only 8 reps on every exercise in a circuit you enable yourself to use a weight which is challenging, rather than a tiny dumbbell you could lift for hours on end if you had to.
The most common question which surrounds the topic of how to tone your arms is easily the time frame for expected results. If you can train 2-3 times per week with a bunch of proven exercises such as the ones you have done today then you should be seeing a noticeable difference in as little as two weeks.
