Flabby arms and just fat upper half.. HELP!! :))

socalgrl86 · May 15th, 2008, 02:34 AM

Ok..so you probably saw my last thread which was a picture of my 55 pound weight loss. Well...i noticed that I am still top heavy (and i dont mean like boobs..i wish!!). I feel like my upper half is still fat. I know I still have bigger arms but I cant seem to get the jiggle or fat to go away so my question is..does anyone know any good exercise moves that i can use to tone it up?? I want to be slim EVERYWHERE..

bibounette97 · May 15th, 2008, 02:41 AM

Upper body cardio workouts?

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socalgrl86 · May 15th, 2008, 03:14 AM

thanks!! :))

bibounette97 · May 15th, 2008, 03:33 AM

I want to add that because my legs are naturally very strong I had a tendency to work them a lot, much more than my upper body. I can do squats like there's no tomorrow. Eventually I balanced my weight training routine, it turns out that someone with my genetic tendency to have a weaker upper body needs to a lot more upper body exercises. Now I do 2-3 upper body exercises for every 1 lower body exercises. I hit my upper body from every angle: pushing, pulling, twisting, etc...

socalgrl86 · May 15th, 2008, 12:52 PM

^^that is awesome advice!! so pretty much now i should focus alot more on my upper half? my only worry is that i dont want to bulk up on the top and walk around like a pro wrestler..

bibounette97 · May 15th, 2008, 11:56 PM

It's hard to bulk up, near impossible for women, we don't have enough testosterone. Also, muscle doesn't happen overnight. Once you start seeing results it's easy enough to cut back if you want to. I've been lifting heavy for about a year. I'm going into more of a maintenance phase now. If I knew that lifting heavy would give me these results I would have started 20 years ago. My only regret is that I didn't start earlier.

May 15th, 2008, 02:34 AM	#1
socalgrl86 Carrie's #1 Fan!! Location: ORiGiNAL SOUTHERN CALiFORNiAN	Flabby arms and just fat upper half.. HELP!! :)) Ok..so you probably saw my last thread which was a picture of my 55 pound weight loss. Well...i noticed that I am still top heavy (and i dont mean like boobs..i wish!!). I feel like my upper half is still fat. I know I still have bigger arms but I cant seem to get the jiggle or fat to go away so my question is..does anyone know any good exercise moves that i can use to tone it up?? I want to be slim EVERYWHERE.. __________________ CALiFORNiA HERE WE COME!! 8.13.08 =)

May 15th, 2008, 02:41 AM	#2
bibounette97 Member	Re: Flabby arms and just fat upper half.. HELP!! :)) Upper body cardio workouts? Similar question posed in this thread.

May 15th, 2008, 03:14 AM	#3
socalgrl86 Carrie's #1 Fan!! Location: ORiGiNAL SOUTHERN CALiFORNiAN	Re: Flabby arms and just fat upper half.. HELP!! :)) thanks!! :)) __________________ CALiFORNiA HERE WE COME!! 8.13.08 =)

May 15th, 2008, 03:33 AM	#4
bibounette97 Member	Re: Flabby arms and just fat upper half.. HELP!! :)) I want to add that because my legs are naturally very strong I had a tendency to work them a lot, much more than my upper body. I can do squats like there's no tomorrow. Eventually I balanced my weight training routine, it turns out that someone with my genetic tendency to have a weaker upper body needs to a lot more upper body exercises. Now I do 2-3 upper body exercises for every 1 lower body exercises. I hit my upper body from every angle: pushing, pulling, twisting, etc...

May 15th, 2008, 12:52 PM	#5
socalgrl86 Carrie's #1 Fan!! Location: ORiGiNAL SOUTHERN CALiFORNiAN	Re: Flabby arms and just fat upper half.. HELP!! :)) ^^that is awesome advice!! so pretty much now i should focus alot more on my upper half? my only worry is that i dont want to bulk up on the top and walk around like a pro wrestler.. __________________ CALiFORNiA HERE WE COME!! 8.13.08 =)

May 15th, 2008, 11:56 PM	#6
bibounette97 Member	Re: Flabby arms and just fat upper half.. HELP!! :)) It's hard to bulk up, near impossible for women, we don't have enough testosterone. Also, muscle doesn't happen overnight. Once you start seeing results it's easy enough to cut back if you want to. I've been lifting heavy for about a year. I'm going into more of a maintenance phase now. If I knew that lifting heavy would give me these results I would have started 20 years ago. My only regret is that I didn't start earlier.