If you read my last article on how to get rid of arm fat, you know that your metabolism is mostly under your control. And a faster metabolism will get rid of flabby arms at an accelerated rate. So if you want to blowtorch the arm flab as quickly as possible, you have to increase your metabolism as much as possible.
In this second article of the series, I am going to reveal 3 more things you can do to increase your metabolism today:
1. Exercise with lower repetitions. The idea that the best way to tone your arms is with high repetitions (15+) is a fairy tale. If you only do high repetitions (note: a repetition is the single completion of an exercise movement from start to finish) a large portion of your “muscle fibers” will remain un-worked. And you need to work all your muscle fibers in all your workouts to get the biggest increase in metabolism. Every time you work a muscle fiber it gets broken down. Then your body has to spend a very large amount of energy (calories) to rebuild it. Doing lower repetitions when you exercise causes the greatest amount of muscle fiber work and break down.
2. Eat foods with a high “thermic effect”. The thermic effect is the amount of calories your body has to burn to digest food. That’s right, your body has to burn calories (increase metabolism) to digest food. In other words, you have to burn calories to digest calories. Crazy, I know. And not all food is created equal. Protein and vegetables have the highest thermic effect of them all. Just make sure you don’t go overboard with protein a la Atkins. This will cause a whole chain of events in your body that will set back your flabby arms mission. Disclaimer: eating foods with a high thermic effect won’t increase your metabolism by leaps and bounds (only about 10%), but anything helps and 10% is still 10%! Besides, vegetables do a body good.
3. Never skip breakfast. Sorry for beating a dead horse here, but this is so important that I feel compelled to beat away. You see, despite the common knowledge on the importance of breakfast, about 50% of the women I see everyday still skip it. The primary excuse? Time. Ironically, in the long run you actually lose time (shorter life span) even though in the short run it seems like you gain time by skipping breakfast. Do whatever it takes to have breakfast. Stash your purse with bars, wake up earlier, bribe your husband into preparing it, cook it the night before, etc. Whatever it takes… One study showed that because of the negative impact on metabolism, women who skip breakfast are 30% more likely to be obese.
There you have it, 3 more things you can start doing today to increase your metabolism and blowtorch your flabby arms away. Do not be overwhelmed with all the arm-toning information, it’s a piece of cake! Pretty soon you will reach metabolism-enhancing expert status. Watch out for the next article in this series. Take care!
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