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kaytlin90 09-02-2008 07:16 PM

flabby arms
 
I noticed that since I started loosing weight and exercising, that the back of my arms (where my triceps is) looks even more flabby..Am I doing something wrong ? My biceps looks kinda good though.

nelie 09-02-2008 07:21 PM

Sometimes your skin tone will look worse before it gets better.

Have you been doing exercises that will help develop the tricep muscle?

kaytlin90 09-02-2008 07:22 PM

I do push-ups for my arms, I don't know if this works my triceps or biceps.

nelie 09-02-2008 07:24 PM

well it'd mostly work your biceps and chest. Although pushups are great, its hard to rely on one exercise to work your entire upper body.

I would do some tricep dips and look into things like tricep pushups (your hands are closer together to help work your triceps).

kaytlin90 09-02-2008 08:00 PM

ok thanks a lot...i'll try that

mazza 09-08-2008 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaytlin90 (Post 2344474)
I do push-ups for my arms, I don't know if this works my triceps or biceps.

Push ups don't work your biceps. Biceps are a 'pull' muscle that work with your back muscles in exercises like rowing and chin ups.

They work your pectoralis major (chest), triceps and anterior deltoids.

Good tricep exercises:
push downs on a cable machine
kick backs with a dumbbell
french press
dips on a bench - or sometimes gyms have machines for this.

Otherwise, an overall fat reduction would get the 'arm flab' down, since you can't spot reduce, only strengthen the muscle underneath.


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