Weightlifting & Exercise/fatty arms

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Expert: David Dickeson, A.S. - 6/20/2009


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i have really flabby fat arms and i was just wondering what type of weight lifting exercises can reduce the fat and my arms

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Hello Fior

Any kind of movement with high reps, and light weights, done daily, with dumbbells and/or a barbell, will tighten up your arms and reduce the fat in your arms. This will also reduce the fat all over your body.

Just remember to do light reps. You want to increase your metabolism, not build mass.

Thanks for the question. Hope this helps.

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Ask this! - Why do all the self-help books, the exercise books, the weightlifting books, and the weight-lifting magazines - are written by (mostly) guys who are in fantastic (photo enhanced) physical shape who are in their 20's and 30's in age, telling all of us how "we" can look like them, if ONLY we forget we have jobs, families, many physical limitations, daily life responsibilities, and especially NO TIME to go to the gym every day, only by the time they reach age 40-50, or older, we never see, or hear from them - ever again?

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I am 59 years of age. I have been lifting weights for 29 years. I have learned 'first-hand' which exercises work, which do not. Exercises that you do NOT need to attend a gym to achieve, exercises that you will use very minimal equipment, and exercises for people with limitations such as sickness, age, and/or injuries. I can especially tell you which exercise machine you see in magazines or on tv; REALLY work. I have tried most everything myself.

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I have a business degree. For exercise, taught me to keep good diaries on what exercises I am doing.

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