3 Mistakes to Avoid When Exercising the Forgotten Part

A lot of women are not brave enough to step up and seriously attack their “problem” with the right flabby arm exercises. And I don’t blame them because I used to be one of them.

But one night pushed me over the edge when a drunken friend grabbed onto my flabby arms in front of every one and wouldn’t let go.

I’m sure glad I got pushed over that edge, though. Because although the fall was scary, once I reached the bottom and looked up, I noticed that getting rid of flabby arms doesn’t have to be hard. In fact, it can be unbelievably easy if you take the right approach. Unfortunately, many “experts” use the wrong approach when prescribing arm toning exercises.

In this article I am going to reveal 3 mistakes you have to avoid if you want to effectively tone some overlooked, but critical arm muscles.

When prescribing arm exercises, most “experts” recommend targeting the triceps to get rid of flabby arms. They claim that roughly 60% of your arm muscle is triceps. And they are right. But that still leaves 40% of un-toned arm muscle. The difference between 60% and 40% isn’t that great either. If you only focus on toning your triceps (as most women do) you will never get sexy arms. You have to also target your biceps, the other 40%.

The key to proper biceps toning is to do exercises that work them through the entire range of motion. Even more important is to use proper form. Use improper form and you’ll be toning your back or front shoulder instead of your biceps!

Here are the most common “form” mistakes to avoid:

1. Raising the weights too high. Whenever you do a curl (a common biceps exercise) you should not raise the weight too high. Many women believe that raising the weight all the way to eye level is the way to go. Wrong! Doing this transfers the load to the front shoulder. Do you want bulging shoulders or toned biceps?

2. Heave hoeing the weight up. Every gym has someone doing this—it’s a disease. It usually happens when the weights being used are too heavy. Heave hoeing (rocking back and forth) recruits your lower back muscles instead of your biceps. Do this enough and you could end up with lower back pain.

3. Letting the shoulders round forward. This harms you in two ways. First, it transfers the load to your front shoulder, and second, it damages your natural posture. But the solution is easy: always stick out your chest, pull back your shoulders and suck in your stomach. Think of an angry rooster, seriously. At first this position may feel awkward, but you’ll get used to it and your spine will thank you for it.

Also remember that the biceps (not the triceps) is the first arm muscle someone will see when you meet them face to face. So make sure you exercise them the right way because first impressions count! Now you know what to look out for when somebody is prescribing arm toning exercises the wrong way.

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