How to work out my arms.

[Zeb_Carter]

I just got my 6 pound weights. Yay! But...

I noticed after taking my shower earlier that my skin is getting loose all over! The batwing on the left has lessened but now I have one on the right. My forearm skin is loose. Thigh skin is a little loose and my belly skin is really loose!

I have been using a skin firming lotion. Maybe it was mis-labed?

I have been trying to use my weights for at least an hour every other day. Was using 5 pound weights and sometimes 2 pound weights when the 5's seemed too much. Such as for flys. I think that's the name. Start with the dumbbells down in front then bring them up and out in front, at an angle outwards. I believe this kis how I got that shoulder injury prior.

I sometimes do other exercises such as dancing, particularly belly dancing, isometrics and calisthenics along with the weights and I do all of those things on the alternate days. If I do use weights on the alternate days, I try do very few reps and usually just the two pound weights.

I am seeing and feeling good muscle development, but is happening to my skin?

^Drinks more water*

Could that be it? I need more water? This loose skin seemed to happen overnight!

never mind.

 

[Jada59]

never mind.

Hehehe. It was lack of sex; wasn't it?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Hehehe. It was lack of sex; wasn't it?

That and Rob gave you the answer I typed.

 

[Jada59]

That and Rob gave you the answer I typed.

I just read that CLA and GLA can tighten skin. I started CLA yesterday. I used to take it all the time. It will make me drop 10 pounds very quickly. I stopped because my Dr. said I didn't need it. Then I regained the 10 pounds. Ordered GLA in the form of borage oil. Will report the benefits if any.

 

[SimonDoom]

Jada, I know exactly what is going on but you're not going to like my answer. Assuming you are 50-ish or older and/or post-menopausal, you're basically fucked.

You've exercised and dieted perfectly. The white surface fat on your arms and belly have shrunk to next to nothing. Your muscles are lean, they won't get "bigger" without testosterone, so you're good there.

The problem is that your skin has lost all its elasticity. Your skin, particularly on your arms, has been stretched for so far for so long , theres' no fat to hold it up anymore, so you have "batwings".

You can try various firmers and tighteners but they won't work. How do I know? I tried them when I lost a shit-ton of weight. My waist looked like a deflated inner tube.

Google "brachioplasty". It's plastic surgery specifically designed to remove the excess batwing skin and make your arms look all tight again.

I had an abdominoplasty in 2015 to remove seven pounds of excess skin. One of the best decisions I ever made.

The one hopeful thing I will say in response to this is that everybody is different. It's hard to say for sure how any one person's body will respond to an exercise program. And, regardless, it's better to be in shape and thin and healthy than out of shape and unfit, even if it means having some loose skin.

My suggestion is to focus more on good health, regular exercise, and diet as ends in themselves rather than as steps to making your body look a certain way. You'll feel better, you will have more energy, and will be able to do more things. That's far more important.

The other thing is that the key to getting better definition is losing body fat rather than doing weights. You will never, ever have muscle definition if a layer of fat lies over your new, bigger muscles. So figure out what your body fat percentage is, what you want it to be, and then target the new figure as a long term goal.

 

[RunningJib]

Kettlebells

As a suggestion, have you considered adding kettlebells to your routine?

Being as the gym isn't open, I've purchased a few kettlebells. They don't take up a lot of room and very versatile.

Consider the halo exercise as a warm up.

For your arms, try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq1qq9veBrc

 

[Jada59]

The one hopeful thing I will say in response to this is that everybody is different. It's hard to say for sure how any one person's body will respond to an exercise program. And, regardless, it's better to be in shape and thin and healthy than out of shape and unfit, even if it means having some loose skin.

My suggestion is to focus more on good health, regular exercise, and diet as ends in themselves rather than as steps to making your body look a certain way. You'll feel better, you will have more energy, and will be able to do more things. That's far more important.

The other thing is that the key to getting better definition is losing body fat rather than doing weights. You will never, ever have muscle definition if a layer of fat lies over your new, bigger muscles. So figure out what your body fat percentage is, what you want it to be, and then target the new figure as a long term goal.

I'm diabetic, so I always eat right. I am losing body fat but it's coming off the boobs.

 

[Jada59]

As a suggestion, have you considered adding kettlebells to your routine?

Being as the gym isn't open, I've purchased a few kettlebells. They don't take up a lot of room and very versatile.

Consider the halo exercise as a warm up.

For your arms, try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq1qq9veBrc

Not really because... I can't really see the benefit. I saw the exercises and I can do all of those with the dumbbells. Plus they are expensive! I have a good assortment of those and more leg weights coming. I'm going for cheap!

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I just read that CLA and GLA can tighten skin. I started CLA yesterday. I used to take it all the time. It will make me drop 10 pounds very quickly. I stopped because my Dr. said I didn't need it. Then I regained the 10 pounds. Ordered GLA in the form of borage oil. Will report the benefits if any.

So, if I need to drop around 20 pounds, I should double up?

 

[Jada59]

So, if I need to drop around 20 pounds, I should double up?

Sadly, it doesn't work that way.

 

[exgovie]

What are CLA and GLA

I just read that CLA and GLA can tighten skin. I started CLA yesterday. I used to take it all the time. It will make me drop 10 pounds very quickly. I stopped because my Dr. said I didn't need it. Then I regained the 10 pounds. Ordered GLA in the form of borage oil. Will report the benefits if any.

I do not know what CLA and GLA are? I tried search on GLA and got a car???? Thanks

 

[Jada59]

I do not know what CLA and GLA are? I tried search on GLA and got a car???? Thanks

Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Gamma Linoleic Acid.