No matter how well-toned the rest of your body is, if you have flabby underarms that flap around in summer clothes, it will ruin your look. Here are some tips to get rid of them!
How can we get rid of fat in the arm area? Is there a way to target this difficult-to-burn spot on our bodies?
Stubborn Fat Accumulates Due To Weight Gain And Lack Of Exercise
There are two possible reasons you may have flabby armpits:
1. Weight gain
If you are overweight and need to lose weight in general, your underarms certainly aren’t an exception. However, if you’re a woman this is especially true because women tend to store fat around the upper section of their arms including their armpits more so than men who usually accumulate excess body fat due to higher muscle mass.
2. Lack of exercise
Many people gain weight in their arms because they don’t use them much. Jobs that require heavy lifting may naturally keep your arm muscles toned, but if not then you might find yourself becoming chubby without even realizing it. You can prevent this by doing a variety of physical activities such as pilates and yoga to improve muscle tone or dance for cardio workouts!
Toning Exercises And Yoga Asanas Can Tackle Underarm Fat
Toning your arms and working out triceps can help remove armpit fat. This isn’t the easiest type of fat to lose, but it’s not impossible either! Women often think that their stubborn arm fats are difficult to shed compared with other types like belly or thigh fats. However, men feel exactly the same way about getting rid of excess stomach fat too!
Hard work and determination are all it takes to remove the fat. For some of us, willpower can be fickle though!
Weight training helps you retain lean muscle mass, which is good because it means that your muscles won’t reduce as much when losing weight.
While targeted exercises can work for a specific muscle group if really want to tone up properly, combine this with high-calorie burn workouts like cardio.
To be generally fit and lose weight, aim to get around 150-300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity every week. To achieve this in a way that also targets your muscles, try any of the following exercises, on 2 or more days to hit your overall fitness goals.
-Weight-bearing activity, even heavy gardening
-Weights at the gym
-Using your body weight in pull-ups and push-ups
The more muscle you build, the higher your metabolism and the greater the number of calories that are burned. Consequently, this will aid in weight loss efforts.
You should be able to do about 2–3 sets of between 8 and 12 reps each. Here’s how you can accomplish that too!
The exercises below will tone your arms if you’re already doing arm-muscle strengthening workouts in rotation with other muscle group training.
To improve the strength, shape, and tone of your upper arm you should follow a healthy diet with plenty of lean protein as well as vegetables. You need to make sure that you get recommended levels for nutrients through snacks like nuts. Experts also suggest performing an effective tricep workout twice per week in order to strengthen them further.
1. Triangle Push-Ups
Experts call this modified push-up the “gold standard” of triceps exercises, requiring more muscle activity than all other variations.
➤ Place your hands in front of you so that the fingers and thumbs are positioned to form a triangle below your shoulders.
➤To keep your torso stiff, contract the muscles in your abdomen and core to stay upright. Make sure that you do not bend or break this position by keeping good posture.
➤Place your feet together and point the toes in the direction of your shins.
➤Begin by lowering your body to the ground. Keep it straight while avoiding sagging in the lower back and making sure that hips aren’t pushing upward, but tucked away instead.
➤Once your chin or chest is pressed to the floor, press up with your arms.
➤Repeat this until your arms are fully extended.
➤If you find this too difficult, try the modified triangle push-up where your knees are on the floor.
2. Dips
The key to this position is using a sturdy surface for your feet. I recommend leaning against a ledge, bench or chair that has enough weight in it so you don’t accidentally topple over while trying out the move!
➤Stand with your back against the bench and feet touching each other.
➤Get into a seated position on the bench, so that your hands are resting next to each side of your hips.
➤Your fingers should hang over the edge.
➤Lift your butt off the bench without moving your hands.
➤As you lower your hips towards the floor, keep your arms parallel to the ground.
➤Once your upper arms are parallel to the ground, push yourself back up with your hands/arms.
➤Make your arms work for this and not your legs!
3. Triceps Kickbacks
Grab a dumbbell for this exercise.
➤Grab a dumbbell with your left hand and stand in a split stance, placing your right foot forward.
➤Make sure you are standing evenly on both feet, with your weight resting equally on the heels of each foot.
➤Contract your core and abdominal muscles to stiffen the torso.
➤Your free hand should be placed on your right knee or thigh.
➤Now, lean your upper body weight to the right side.
➤Now begin pulling your shoulder in and down while also moving it backward. This positioning is vital for the exercise, so be sure that your torso doesn’t rotate as you do these movements.
➤Keep your back straight as it can hurt the spine.
➤To begin, make sure your left arm is parallel to your body.
➤Bend your arm so that it is vertical to the ground with a bent elbow at 90 degrees.
➤Slowly straighten your elbow as you exhale, contracting the triceps.
➤Throughout the movement, your upper arm should be held close to the torso without raising.
➤Inhale as you come back to the starting position, with your upper arms parallel/close to your torso.
4. Bakasana/Crow/Crane Pose
In Bakasana, or the crane pose, you must balance on your arms with legs tucked in under your torso and feet extended backward. You support all of your weight using arm muscles and core strength.
5. The Plank
This pose is known as the sun salutation or surya namaskar, and it’s not unlike a plank in its difficulty.
➤You put your palms flat on the ground, with a safe distance between them.
➤The elbows are straight and arms are stretched out in front of the body.
➤You lift your torso and hips off the ground, neatly tucked in with a straight spine.
➤The toes touch the ground
6. The Dolphin Plank
In the dolphin plank, you do a modified version of the dolphin pose.
➤Place your forearms, right up to your elbows, on the ground, with palms open and touching the floor or clasped together.
➤Raise your feet with the toes pointing to lift them off ground, as if you were doing a plank.
➤Put your arms straight out in front of you, and hold them up so that they are perpendicular to the ground.
While you hold this pose, it is important to focus on your arms and thighs as well as the core.
7. The Side Plank Or Vasisthasana
➤Hold your body raised sideways off the ground, with the outer edge of the left foot at an angle to the ground and the right foot stacked over it.
➤Put your right hand on your right hip.
➤The left foot should be used to support the body while the hand supports it.
➤The left hand should be slightly in front of the shoulder, not directly beneath it.
➤As you hold your body diagonal to the ground, feel how firm and toned your triceps are.9
The advanced-level asanas include poses like the upward dog and downward dog, in addition to more complex ones such as the peacock pose.
Note: Before you try these exercises, be sure to consult a professional if you’re recovering from an injury in your wrists or elbows. These injuries are common and can range anywhere from mild sprains to those that prevent the use of the arms altogether – like fractures or tears.
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