by Katherine Crawford M.S.
Quick question: are you doing arm exercises for women the easy way or the effective way? If you’re going the easy route, you’re wasting time. Walking into a gym and going through the motions will get you nowhere. Seriously.
I am going to show you how to not waste your time. Why? Because not getting results is the most demoralizing thing you can endure. And I want to make sure that you get results.
So what’s the number one thing that makes arm exercises for women effective? Intensity. That’s right, intensity is the name of the game. I don’t care how flashy your exercises are, if you don’t apply enough intensity, you will never get sexy arms. Period.
Thus, here are 4 techniques for taking arm exercises for women to the next level:
1. Exhaustion sets. Mostly a finishing tactic, these are done as the last set for a given exercise. The concept is simple: you use a light weight and keep going until your arms can’t go anymore. You should be able to do at least 20 repetitions with your selected weight. Exhaustion sets are great for targeting your endurance muscle fibers and for draining your arms of any remaining carbohydrate stores (glycogen).
2. Combined sets. This one is a killer. But if you want toned arms, I suggest you do them. Set up your workout area so that you can do two arm exercises in a row. Then do one exercise immediately after the other without any rest in between.
3. Curls with a frozen posture. To do this, you should lean against something like a wall or similar structure. Doing so, will prevent your body from bending and flexing when doing biceps curls-the number one issue with this exercise. And expect to use much less weight when doing these.
4. Squeezing at the end of each triceps exercise. It will burn and your arm fat will scream for help. Seriously. This is a great tool for directly targeting the area where arm fat resides-the triceps. The key here is to pause and really squeeze at the end of the exercise. Again, expect to use lighter weights when using this technique.
So are you going to do your arm exercises for women the easy way or the hard way? I hope you choose the hard way, because that is how you are going to get results. Anything less, and you are wasting time. Seriously. If you are really serious about making a change, your success will be directly proportional to how much intensity you put forth.
About the Author:
Katherine Crawford, a Harvard exercise physiologist and former arm fat victim, is a sought after expert on
arm exercises for women. Discover how to get toned arms right now by exploring her blog on
flabby arms.