[mauvaisroux]

Can anyone recommend some DVD's for helping to firm upper arms?

I am not a gym person and not interested in heavy weight training so I am looking for something I can do at home. I bought a set of dumbells, 2, 5 & 10 lbs that came with an instruction video. The video is lame - doesn't show much or tell you how many reps- pretty useless actually

I guess I am looking more for an actuall workout routine DVD using the handweights. Gotta get rid of the bye-bye arm flab!

Thanks!

[aphil]

~Denise Austin Personal Training System dvd~

This dvd has the exercise segments broken down into various segments-abs, upper body, lower body, stretch, aerobics, etc. This way you can chapter the dvd and go to the segment YOU want to work on. The segments are only 10-20 minutes each.

~Leslie Sansone Shortcuts Upper Body~

a 30 minute workout for the upper body (arms, shoulder, chest, back) with hand weights. She also has 30 minute Shortcuts workouts for the lower body and abs/back. I have all three on dvd and I like them. I use ankle weights with the lower body one, and the abs workout does some back work as well.

~10 Minute Solution Target Toning~

A dvd that is also in "segments" of 10 minutes each, separated into sections for the different body areas.



~Sculpture Upper Body-Margaret Richard~

This is an upper body workout that is ADVANCED. It will kick your behind (or biceps/triceps/shoulders actually). Expensive workout at www.bodyelectric.net but it is WORTH it. She also has the Sculpture lower body workout. You'll be hurtin' after either one of these.

[Theotoks]

I hihly recommend Cory Everson's Get Hard Arms and Shoulders - you cannot go wrong with this video! Ignore the dated and bizarre workout outfits - this 1/2 hour video really works.

[mauvaisroux]

Thanks aphil and Theotoks! I will check these out next time I am at Futureshop or Bestbuy. Hmmm...maybe they might have these at Walmart...

[VermontMom]

I have had very good results in making my upper arms (problem spot!!) better, by adapting my step aerobics tape. I started using hand-held weights during the routine. It adds muscle toning to the cardio workout; and it kicks up the cardio effort also!

I started with one pounders; and am now using 3 pounders.

[Cardiomonster]

I recommend Crunch Bootcamp Fitness DVD. I love the instructor - her cuing is great, and it's more of a teasing bootcamp (rather than over-aggressive). It includes plenty of cardio between sets (jumping jacks, pushups, legwork) to keep things interesting.

The recommend weight sets are from 3-10 lbs, so you would be all set there. I recently moved up to 8 lbs. myself. You will see results from this workout in the first week or two (I only did it once a week when I started). My shoulders developed first, then upper arms. I'm still amazed at what this has done for my triceps (minimizing the 'bat wings' ).

[aphil]

That is so funny how it is so different for everyone. I bought the Crunch Bootcamp dvd about a month ago, and I absolutely HATED it. It is a good workout, but I hate the 3 minutes of cardio, couple minutes of strength, couple minutes of jumping jacks, couple minutes of push ups stuff.

I felt like I spent half an hour just getting onto the floor, then back up to jump around, and repeating it over and over. I definitely prefer my cardio workouts and strength training workouts to be separate.

[Xuzi]

I do the Walk Away the Pound tapes (2 and 3 mile) using 3 pound weights through the whole workout, instead of just when specified. It requires a little bit of modification of the weight-free movements, but my arms look great.

[Smoo]

I use the firm upper body sculpt

[Amy8888]

Kathy Smith has a Timesaver video (I believe, actually I think there are two now) for sculpting the upper and lower body. The video I have has two separate segments: 20 minutes for upper body and 20 for lower. I rarely do the lower body workout, but I like the upper body segment! It's a great add-on to a short cardio workout!