Jun
12
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Does your arm wiggle long after you’ve stopped waving goodbye to someone? Does the slightest wind make them flap like sails on a boat? Do you have excess flesh in your arms to mold into roughly the same size of a newborn baby?
Flabby arms have become, and pardon my term here—the “butt” of jokes simply because they look so out of place on someone’s body. Even in the most sedentary lifestyles, arms still have their share of workload and must therefore be more toned in comparison to the rest of one’s bod such as, and just to cite randomly here, the legs or abdomen. Everyday we carry things, push doors, lug around bags, exert some effort to our biceps, etc. So a lot of us might find those flabs’ appreance a tad bit unfair.
The answer is embarking on specific toning exercises to really get rid of those fleshy wings. You can either ask your gym instructor to focus on strengthening and toning your arms, or you can do some simple exercises yourself at home if you don’t have a gym membership. If you find that your triceps need extra work (i.e. the part that wiggles most when you wave your arms), do some push-ups. At the same time, you’ll also be working out your chest and shoulder areas, creating a streamlined look in your whole upper torso. For starters, you can go easy and do wall push-ups by placing your hands on a wall and pushing your upper body away from it. You can repeat this fifteen times in a set, and do a number of sets you’re initially comfy with. Once you find your strength increasing, you can graduate on to traditional horizontal push-ups on the floor.
Here’s another DIY (do-it-yourself) tip that could work with what you have at home. Get a couple of 32 oz. bottles, fill them up with water, and grasp one each with your hands. With your belly tucked and your back straightened, bend your knees slightly while keeping your elbows close to your sides, and raise and lower the bottles in a smooth pace. Don’t try to do this modified bicep curls routine quickly for fear of muscle injury or stressing your joints.
Or you can always participate in sports that require a lot of arm work, such as tennis, badminton, rowing, or even boxing!
Jun
9
There are countless weight loss programs found in magazines and websites that try to help people lose fat. However, believe it or not, having numerous diet program options to choose from could only confuse people and would get them to accomplish nothing. One of the chief reasons for it is because they do not have the basic knowledge of what makes a weight program very successful.
Losing fat is actually a simple process and it alls starts with two factors that are the grounds where all great diet programs are built upon: proper food consumption and regular exercise. All it takes for a person to do both of these things is to have self-discipline and dedication to lose the unnecessary weight.
From these solid foundations, understanding how these foundations can work according to the favor of the person who wishes to lose weight. Below are three vital keys in burning tough body fat that simply won’t go away.
First, be conscious of the carbohydrates you eat. Carbohydrates are necessary sources of energy that the body uses to keep you going. A meal usually consists of a dish and rice or bread, the latter of which are the carbohydrates. However, these particular carbohydrates, along with pasta, are burnt slowly by the body, and the energy that doesn’t get used by the body turn into fat. Therefore, instead of eating the aforementioned carbs, they could be replaced with vegetables and fruits, both of which are fast burning carbohydrates that do not get converted into fat. These alternative carbohydrates also keep you hydrated because the carbohydrates are 80% water. Lastly, both are high in fiber, keeping the body free from the unnecessary fat. At least ten servings of the alternative carbs are good enough to keep the body fit and true.
Second is the performance of light resistance exercises for at least twenty minutes before engaging in aerobic or cardiovascular activities. For the first twenty minutes of exercise, the body only burns Glycogen or muscle energy. With this in mind, doing light muscle training using small dumbbells or resistance bands leads to things: the body goes beyond the 20-minute mark where it begins burning fat, and metabolic rate rises to 100-200%, allowing the person to burn twice as much fat. Resistance happens to boost metabolism for at least 24 hours, so the body still burns fat even during sleep. One must keep in mind that doing anything more than light weight training could lead to fatigue, causing you to perform poorly during cardio exercise.
Last, but not least, you must drink 16 glasses of purified water everyday. I know this may sound too much, but here me out on this one. Normally, at least 8 glasses of water a day would boost your metabolism, flushes out the toxins, and charge the cells of your body. However, doubling that amount would actually bring an additional benefit to the table. In particular, because the body has been diluted from drinking too much water, the fat is unable to stick to your body. Of course, drinking more than 16 glasses of water doesn’t mean that you won’t accumulate harmful fat in your body, so it’s still best to limit and control the consumption of fat. As much as possible, always drink purified water instead of tap because the former is simply much safer.
Now that you’ve gotten yourself familiarize with the basics of eating and exercising right, it’s time to put them into action. Lots of dedication and passion is to get rid of excess fat, but that’s reserved for another article.