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saggy underarms
| Tue, 08-19-2003 - 8:59am |
Hi all,
I am 30 and now noticing some sagging on my arms underneath . Does anyone know any excercies to help combat the sagging?
If anyone could post any info or routines they do that help please let me know. Thanks in advance!!
Tracy

Welcome to the board. :) I use light weights but hard to discribe. I use a one pound weight for it. It's an overhead extention kind of move where with the arm (with the weight)is bent and elbow sticking straight out. I support the elbow with my other hand. Then slowly move the weight to the back of the shoulder and slowly go back to the original position-all the time supporting the elbow. Hope that makes sense. Perhaps you can rent some videos on weights that show you better, lol.
I'll check and see if I can find some articles. ;) And I bet others will have some good suggestions. So do check back. :)
I've had to rest my wrists for awhile and I can sure see all the tone I did have fading away.
Great to see you here and hope you join us on our journey to be fit and healthy. :)
Just came back to edit in that farther along this thread, I found some articles for you.
Hope they help :)
~Golly
Edited 8/19/2003 12:00:42 PM ET by cl-ibgollyg
This list shows quite a variety of exercises (with pictures of people doing them) for the different muscles in the upper arm, depending on what equipment you've got available to you. Don't be afraid to use weights! If you're doing triceps extensions (the triceps are the muscles in the back of your arm), make sure you keep your elbows close to your body/head so that you're isolating the tricep properly. Another thing to keep in mind, and I don't know if this is an issue for you, you can't flex fat, and that's one place that women tend to store it, so if you've got fat on your tricep, it's going to appear loose no matter what you do--that's a cardio and diet solution.
Even with no equipment, you can do tricep dips on a step or on a chair seat. Sit on the floor at the bottom of the steps (facing away from them), legs extended, hands palms down and fingers pointing forward on the step behind you (higher than your hips). You'll be lifting your behind off the floor by straightening your arms (keep your elbows close to your body!). To make it easier, scoot your feet in and bend your knees so that your lever between your pivot (your feet) and your weight (your behind) is shorter, to make it harder, extend your legs. Ideally you want to have your elbows bent to 90 degrees (triceps parallel to the floor) before you start pushing up, but you might have to work up to that.
Good luck!
Judie
Hi,
Getting back to you, here's some good articles. :)
HTH
~Golly
http://www.ivillage.com/diet/experts/fitfriday/qas/0,,165541_39134,00.html
http://www.ivillage.com/diet/features/celeb/qas/0,,165541_572077,00.html
http://www.ivillage.com/diet/experts/fitfriday/qas/0,,221811_216,00.html
I so much appreciate it. I enjoyed the articles and diagrams!
I will keep you guys posted :) I am off to the store to get some dumbells!
Tracy
Welcome to the board!!
Tricep curls should do just nicely. Just dipping a barbell over your head up & down works wonders.
Hope to see you around the board more often! These ladies are GREAT!!
Much love,
~dj~
Glad you stopped by .. Looks like everyone has given you some good tips and ideas.
I see Golly has given you plenty to read as well
Not much more I can add hon ..
Anymore questions let us know, this is the place to get answers
Sure hope we'll see you again :)
~Hugs~
Thanks for sharing, Judie!