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!

~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.

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.

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...

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.

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' ).

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.

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.

I use the firm upper body sculpt

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!