Best exercise for flabby arms and a thick middle for female?

[Anonymous]

Weight loss first, then strength training. I like a class like Bodypump, because you get a total body strength workout - including core and arms. You can certainly start strength training now (in addition to doing cardio), but you'll need a fat deficit before the strength workouts can show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with PP above that eating clean and cutting refined is good. But don’t pair that with lots of cardio. It’ll backfire because it’ll make you super hungry. I found success with weight loss around my middle by revamping my diet and just doing barre/walking for ‘cardio’ maybe three times a week. Nothing he’s or strenuous. It’s a more balanced approach. Exercise is important but it can be low intensity. Your body shape and weight is all diet for the most part. You can improve tone with weights.

11:01 here - that's actually what I meant by cranking up the cardio. Same thing happens to me if I do too much cardio - the hunger is crazy and I end up gaining weight.

My fitness routine is pretty much what you wrote. I cardio-walk 3 days per week - between 4 to 5 miles each time. I try to get 15K steps per day, but minimum of 10K. The rest of the time, I'm in barre class - hence the recommendations for planks! I started doing barre a year ago and at that time I could hold a plank position for may 20 seconds Now, I can go for about 2 minutes. My whole core is really solid now!

[Anonymous]

Planks