Best exercises to tone arms?

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[Post New]04/26/2022 10:44
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Anonymous wrote:Deadlifts will tone arms, thighs, and butt at the same time.


Deadlifts are great for the thighs and butt, but not particularly helpful for the arms. Sure your forearms will get some work because of holding on to the weight. Also the deadlift itself is probably one of the better lifts for burning calories overall but for specifically targeting the arms at least add push-ups. At the top of page 2 someone added decent list of exercises. I probably swap out a few things and add in more tricep extensions in some bicep curls but hey that's me.

Also remember when doing a deadlift think of your arms as meat hooks. You're pushing away from the floor initially as if you were doing a leg press and then as the bar passes your knees you push your hips through (like a lever) all that force will come from your hamstrings and glutes. Keep your head straight and don't run your back. If you feel your back rounding just drop it.
[Post New]04/26/2022 13:17
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Vinyasa yoga. Pushups. For pull exercises, a TRX is a great at-home tool.
[Post New]04/26/2022 13:39
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Anonymous wrote:Vinyasa yoga. Pushups. For pull exercises, a TRX is a great at-home tool.



+1 on the TRX. For push exercises too.
[Post New]04/26/2022 23:18
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Deadlifts will tone arms, thighs, and butt at the same time.


Deadlifts are great for the thighs and butt, but not particularly helpful for the arms. Sure your forearms will get some work because of holding on to the weight. Also the deadlift itself is probably one of the better lifts for burning calories overall but for specifically targeting the arms at least add push-ups. At the top of page 2 someone added decent list of exercises. I probably swap out a few things and add in more tricep extensions in some bicep curls but hey that's me.

Also remember when doing a deadlift think of your arms as meat hooks. You're pushing away from the floor initially as if you were doing a leg press and then as the bar passes your knees you push your hips through (like a lever) all that force will come from your hamstrings and glutes. Keep your head straight and don't run your back. If you feel your back rounding just drop it.


If you can’t feel triceps firing in a DL, you’re doing it wrong. You are correct that hands should act as hooks but that doesn’t mean you let the lats, traps and triceps go.
[Post New]04/27/2022 05:25
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Deadlifts will tone arms, thighs, and butt at the same time.


Deadlifts are great for the thighs and butt, but not particularly helpful for the arms. Sure your forearms will get some work because of holding on to the weight. Also the deadlift itself is probably one of the better lifts for burning calories overall but for specifically targeting the arms at least add push-ups. At the top of page 2 someone added decent list of exercises. I probably swap out a few things and add in more tricep extensions in some bicep curls but hey that's me.

Also remember when doing a deadlift think of your arms as meat hooks. You're pushing away from the floor initially as if you were doing a leg press and then as the bar passes your knees you push your hips through (like a lever) all that force will come from your hamstrings and glutes. Keep your head straight and don't run your back. If you feel your back rounding just drop it.


If you can’t feel triceps firing in a DL, you’re doing it wrong. You are correct that hands should act as hooks but that doesn’t mean you let the lats, traps and triceps go.


This is beside the point because OP is clearly a newbie to fitness. She isn’t starting with heavy deadlifts.
[Post New]04/27/2022 06:02
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I teach yoga sculpt and HIIT - they're barely yoga classes but ppl love them. I can't believe how these classes have toned my arms and middle - both trouble areas for me.
[Post New]04/27/2022 11:37
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realdmv
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Anonymous wrote:I’m pushing 50 and I need to tone my arms…and thighs…and butt.

Nothing crazy…just want to do my part to attempt to remain healthy.

Tips? Looking for exercises I can do at home.


I like the Kira Stokes App.
[Post New]04/27/2022 16:10
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Deadlifts will tone arms, thighs, and butt at the same time.


Deadlifts are great for the thighs and butt, but not particularly helpful for the arms. Sure your forearms will get some work because of holding on to the weight. Also the deadlift itself is probably one of the better lifts for burning calories overall but for specifically targeting the arms at least add push-ups. At the top of page 2 someone added decent list of exercises. I probably swap out a few things and add in more tricep extensions in some bicep curls but hey that's me.

Also remember when doing a deadlift think of your arms as meat hooks. You're pushing away from the floor initially as if you were doing a leg press and then as the bar passes your knees you push your hips through (like a lever) all that force will come from your hamstrings and glutes. Keep your head straight and don't run your back. If you feel your back rounding just drop it.


If you can’t feel triceps firing in a DL, you’re doing it wrong. You are correct that hands should act as hooks but that doesn’t mean you let the lats, traps and triceps go.


Traps and lats yes but not triceps. All triceps should be doing is stabilizing the elbow joint, and that should not be so much work that you feel anything in the tricep afterward.
[Post New]04/30/2022 20:20
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Yoga: Chaturanga ruined my wrists. Down dogs are better as the weight bearing is at an angle, not directly over the wrists.

Headstands also gave me arms and fabulous back muscles.

Agree swimming, especially using swim gloves.
[Post New]05/01/2022 09:09
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Skull crushers! I learned about this move through the peloton app. Really feel it!
[Post New]05/01/2022 10:15
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Anonymous wrote:You need to define what you mean by "nothing crazy".


Basically, no Crossfit.


Crossfit doesn't need to be crazy! It's more a style of high-intensity workout, and doesn't have to be the sterotype you hear about. Street Parking is a crossfit-style at-home program that aims to be much more accessible than what most people think about when they hear Crossfit. It can be done with dummbells. They even have very simple on ramp programs for people who are completely out of shape.
[Post New]05/03/2022 14:00
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I've been pleasantly surprised at how much strength I have gained from yoga and pilates classes that I take virtually without any "crazy" workouts. I'm not like ripped by any stretch of the imagination but my core is definitely stronger and my arms have some actual muscle on them which they did not before. Toying with the idea of doing more intense stuff like HCOTF but not sure I will be able to sustain that.
[Post New]05/03/2022 20:11
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Deadlifts will tone arms, thighs, and butt at the same time.


Deadlifts are great for the thighs and butt, but not particularly helpful for the arms. Sure your forearms will get some work because of holding on to the weight. Also the deadlift itself is probably one of the better lifts for burning calories overall but for specifically targeting the arms at least add push-ups. At the top of page 2 someone added decent list of exercises. I probably swap out a few things and add in more tricep extensions in some bicep curls but hey that's me.

Also remember when doing a deadlift think of your arms as meat hooks. You're pushing away from the floor initially as if you were doing a leg press and then as the bar passes your knees you push your hips through (like a lever) all that force will come from your hamstrings and glutes. Keep your head straight and don't run your back. If you feel your back rounding just drop it.


If you can’t feel triceps firing in a DL, you’re doing it wrong. You are correct that hands should act as hooks but that doesn’t mean you let the lats, traps and triceps go.


I deadlifted 420 5x5 conventional in my last workout and I promise you my form is solid and I felt nothing in my triceps. Seriously, google an arms workout and see if you can find one that includes deadlifts. Also, I never said anything about letting the lats or traps go, I think everyone knows the first step of any deadlift is engaging them before beginning the movement.

You are probably forcing your arms straight, which is why you feel your triceps. The reason I mentioned the weight I lift is to point out the fact that I don't need to force my arms straight, my forearms on the other hand get plenty of work. Typically my forearms fail first if anything.
[Post New]05/03/2022 20:22
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Anonymous wrote:I've been pleasantly surprised at how much strength I have gained from yoga and pilates classes that I take virtually without any "crazy" workouts. I'm not like ripped by any stretch of the imagination but my core is definitely stronger and my arms have some actual muscle on them which they did not before. Toying with the idea of doing more intense stuff like HCOTF but not sure I will be able to sustain that.


I have had similar results with gyrokenesis. It's isometric and doesn't look intense, but if you do it correctly and consistently, it works.
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