HOW CAN I TONE MY ARMS HEPL!!! - Exercise & Fitness Message Board

BKDIME · 08-07-2003, 08:53 PM

IM ABOUT 5'5 AND 135LBS I HAVE BIG ARMS AND A SMALLISH FRAME I HATE THE WAY MY ARMS LOOK AND GET SELF CONSCIENCE WHEN I WEAR SLEEVELESS SHIRTS SO MY QUESTION IS . IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO TONE MY ARM MORE AND MAKE THEM SLIMMER NOT NECCESARILY MUSCULAR LOOKING. ANY ADVICE WOULD TRULY HELP
THANK YOU!!!!

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jordey · 08-13-2003, 01:17 PM

low resistance and high reps (15-18)
dnt forget to do ur shoulders.

and yea dnt forget to do a lot of cardio to lose the weight where needed as well.

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poletrain · 08-13-2003, 07:46 PM

I would suggest doing light high rep resistance training, and including a good bit of cardio in your routine. If you dont do the cardio the resistance work is likely to not show very much.

CaliforniaBOy5 · 08-14-2003, 09:56 AM

Ok, high low reps and cardio for toned arms. I have small arms, well not small but i'd like them to be bigger. Right now what i am doing is 8-12 (bicept curls, both kinds of pullsups,tricepts) reps about 2 sessions every other day. Is this enough? what else should I be doing? After i get them the right size do I start doing 15-18 low reps and how many?

jordey · 08-14-2003, 11:57 AM

well, i would suggest 3 exercises for biceps and triceps with 3 sets of 6-10 reps. for muscle hypertrophy (bulk) the recommened amount of reps is between 8-10. 6-8 would be strength and u will need that aswell for hypertrophy. do 1 exercise of increasing the weight and lowering the reps, so it would be 10reps, 8reps, 6reps whilst putting more weight on each time. next exercise do normal (8-10reps) and on the last exercise maybe go up in reps lowering the weight (which will encourage tone). try that out. tell me how it goes.

and oh yea and 15-18 reps would be for just tone, no strength or hypertrophy.

[This message has been edited by jordey (edited 08-14-2003).]