Our flabby upper arms are often forgotten in our quest for weight loss. We don’t really think about it much until summer rolls around and they roll off their sleeves. For men it is only a small distraction, but the problem seems to be magnified with women. The traditional concept of arm exercises has proven quite ineffective and now health and fitness experts are recommending a new approach.
Many women choose clothing based on the number of “bat wings” that can be revealed. More than a minor inconvenience, many women embark on a plan to get rid of giggling arm fat, choosing from the various approaches they find to suit their fantasies.
At one point, the solution was simple and conventional: exercise, exercise, and exercise some more. Despite serious effort, many found stubborn fat to be persistent in prowling despite the devotee’s vigorous warlike arms.
There are still differences of opinion about the best way to solve the problem of flaccid upper arms. There is still the traditional school that says that pesos, mainly, is the solution. In this approach, not much attention is paid to diet. In fact, no exercise other than the arms is recommended to firm the biceps and triceps.
In recent years, a more “holistic” approach to the problem of flabby arms has emerged. In this approach, attention is paid to total body conditioning that includes exercises and foods to accelerate the metabolic rate along with specific exercises for the arms.
In newer approaches, it is recognized that arm exercises alone will be the least effective method of losing arm fat. Time has shown that they are not very effective.
The “diet” component emphasizes foods that have been shown to most favorably affect metabolic rate, but are generally much less restrictive than traditional diet plans. This approach links diet and specific exercises synergistically to lose flabby upper arms.