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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is impossible to spot reduce. If you want to lose fat in your arms you just have to continue to be in a calorie deficit to reduce your overall body fat and eventually, based on your genetics, you'll begin to burn the fat in your arms.

There are no exercises that can help. Any suggesting types of arm workouts are complete clowns that should be ignored. Again, spot reducing fat is impossible. It is entirely based on genetics.
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OP I disagree with most of what you said.  I am not trying to "spot reduce". There is nothing to "reduce", I'm 5'9 and 125lbs so calorie deficit is literally the last thing I should be doing. I'm 57, I work out 6-7 days a week, also I'm not skinny-fat so my overall body fat % is not the problem here. I'm just at the age where this stuff starts to happen at a more rapid pace, so I'm trying to delay the eventuality of what's going to happen to every single one of us should we have the luck to live so long.

I also completely disagree with your "clowns" comment. I am not spot reducing! I'm looking to BUILD MUSCLE. I know there are certain exercises one can do to build muscle in your arms. Push ups, bench press, tricep kickbacks and dips - I know this because I was able to do it before, but then my gym closed so I was simply looking for at home options. [/quote]

Oh wow.  Your BMI is 18.5. That is very low, especially for in your late 50s.  You need to gain muscle all over, not just your arms.  Lift heavy weight, more than body weight resistance and stop doing cardio more than 2-3 days per week.  You also need to be eating enough protein and an overall calorie surplus to gain muscle.  [/quote]

Yes I acknowledge that, which is why I've been focusing on lifting more. I only do 2 days of cardio. I know I don't need more than that. I've also increasing my protein consumption by quite a bit. But I'm not here to debate my weight, I just wanted ideas on what to do at home while I find my new gym. Only reason I even mentioned my weight was because the PP said I needed to go into a calorie deficit, which I know I do not. [/quote]

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