How to build muscle in my arms and tone up my stomach?
by Craig on Sunday, July 25th, 2010 | 3 Comments
Hi I recently lose a lot of weight by diet and excising daily. And now that i have lost the weight im trying to tone my arms,stomach and love handles up. Is there any protein shakes that might help? And what type or excises should I do to build muscle in my arms and tighten up my abs and love-handles?
Congrats on the weight loss. I’m in the process of doing the same thing with proper diet and exercise.
Unfortunately, food (protein shakes) will not tone anything.
You’ve got the right idea about building muscle, though. To build muscle you want to do high intensity resistance training. High intensity does not mean spending hours in a gym getting an intense workout and it doesn’t mean working out really hard so the sweat’s dripping down your fact. It means doing roughly 8-10 reps with a level of resistance that challenges you enough so that it takes a significant amount of effort to complete that last rep. Then rest for about 30 seconds and move to the next muscle group. Workout out every major muscle group like this 3x times a week like Mon, Wed, Fri and then rest two days. You do not have to spend hours in a gym to effectively build muscle.
Have you considered using resistance bands (fitness tubes) to build muscle? Physical therapy rehab clinics use them because of their smooth resistance through the entire movement. If you get the kind with the clips on the end, you can easily customize the resistance level as your muscles adapt and the workouts become easier.
Here is some more information on where you can get free muscle building and toning workouts.
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Push-ups will take care of arms, abs, and love handles. They’re easy and can be done anywhere.
Congrats on the weight loss.
Protein is best eaten… eggs, lean meat, and dairy are great sources of protein.
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