Toning Exercises For Arms

Men and women like to tone their arms. There are a few toning exercises for arms that will help someone tone muscle without having bulk. With any exercise program, following proper nutrition is very important in keeping muscle tone and the energy required to exercise.

Before beginning a toning exercise program for the arms, make a good plan that can be followed and set up a good nutritional diet to follow, or mentally note these things.

A good plan for beginners is to begin slowly and then increase the activities in a couple weeks or so. Start out with just one set of each exercise, 2-3 times per week, with just a few reps in the sets. 10-15 reps is good to start with.

The next step will be figuring out a good nutritional plan to follow. This diet should include moderate amounts of carbohydrates and protein. Try to avoid foods and liquids that contain higher contents of fat. Also, it is a good idea to do some other exercises to burn off some calories, which in turn will help to burn some fat. Depending on the tone that is sought, some people use weights and some do not. Weights can be used, but the weights should not be too heavy or this will result in a bulky look instead of a toned look.

Here are a couple of toning exercises for arms. These can be done at home, with or without weights. This first one is done without weights.

One great way to tone the arms is by doing some pushups. Start out slow and do about 10-20 pushups. This will be one set of 10-20 reps. Do these at least 3 times per week.

Another good one for toning the arms is one done from a sitting position. Sit on something comfortable, like a padded exercise mat, and then place the hands on the floor, one on each side, and push the body up off the floor and hold the body up as long as possible. Do this as many times as possible and repeat it 2-3 times per week.

Another good one for toning the arms is done with some small weights, like dumb bells; one pound is good to start with. Remember, too much weight will mean bulk instead of tone. For this one, take the dumb bells and hold the arms straight down at each side. Bend the elbows and lift the weights up, from the side, up so that the hands are pointing up. The arms are straight out beside and even with the shoulder. This exercise will also work the chest and shoulders. The dumb bell exercise can be done in a sitting or standing position.

Some people think that when they reach a certain age that they will not be able to tone the muscles in their arms, but this is not true. Remember the old saying, “An old dog can learn new tricks”? This is true for people, too. It is never too late to learn new things or to tone any part of the body.

Men and women become quite subconscious about their arms when they get older. Their arms lose firmness and begin to look saggy and weak. There are many exercises that can firm the arms back up and tone the muscles, no matter how old a person is. If they want to improve this part of their body, it can be done.

This article mentioned a couple of easy and popular toning exercises for arms. There are some more advanced exercises, as well, to help tone arm muscles. Here are a few more advanced routines one can use in their exercise program.

One can try doing the arm exercises while they do crunches or sit ups. Using the weights, sit on an exercise mat or a comfortable place and do a sit up or crunch, holding the arms and weights straight out and moving along with the sit up. Hold the arms and over the knees and do not let the arms fall back down. While sitting up, the arms will move with the body and then back down with the body when lying back down on the mat. Do about 10-20 reps of this exercise a few times per week. One set is good for beginners, but intermediates may do 30-40 per set. There are some great toning exercises for arms on video now, too.