Lifestyle: Great exercises for fat arms and flabby thighs

Doyinsola Fagoyinbo shares the tips on Exercises that help deal with Fat Arms And Flabby Thighs.

Flabby thighs or big arms can really put you down and ruin your image! Big arms are hard to carry a slim fit dress and going sleeveless is a huge problem.

Women want toned and slender arms. No one likes saggy arms as such make the arms look bigger than they actually are.

Exercises To Tone Thighs And Arms

You do not have to become a member of a well-known gym and burn a hole in your pocket. You can perform these exercises in your home, using the things available. With these arm-and-thigh-toning exercises, you can get back in shape in just two months. But you need to be determined and consistent enough to do so.

Cardiovascular Exercise for burning fat

Choose a form of cardiovascular exercise that appeals to you. Running, stair climbing, swimming, rowing and cycling are all good ways to choose. Do interval training with your workouts to ensure you maximise your caloric expenditure.

Start with a light warm-up for five minutes, then exercise at a high intensity for 20. Reduce your intensity low for 40 seconds, then increase it again. Alternate back and forth for 30 minutes and finish with a light five-minute cool down.

Squats

Squats burn thigh fat, tones and shape up the thighs.

With your legs shoulder-width apart, lower your bum down to the ground until your thighs are parallel with the ground. Balance here for at least three seconds before pushing up.

Try to do squats with an exercise ball. Place the ball against the wall with your lower back firmly pressed against the ball. Not only will the ball increase the intensity of the squat, but it will also give you a nice back rub!

Lunges

This helps burn thigh fat and tone the thigh muscle

Lift a 5- or 8-pound dumbbell in each hand, lunge forward with one leg and bring the opposite knee about an inch above the ground.

Step back and continue with the opposite leg, and draw it in so that it lightly taps the back of your right knee. Extend the left leg out again. Repeat with the other leg.

Lateral Dumbbell Raises

This exercise is one of those that burns arm fat.

You have to start off with light weight! You need to have two dumbbell weights on your side.

Now you should raise both your arms as if you are trying to fly. Then bring the weights together so they are in front of you. Note, that your arms will be extended in front of your body. You need to keep them straight the whole time. Do that three sets of 10 reps.

Jump Roping

Jump roping helps burn excess fat from the arms. Remember the faster you go, the more arm fat you will get off. This is great because you’ll work off fat all over your body and not just your arms.