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Toning Up My Arms

Toning up my arms wasn’t the easiest task. After years of focusing all of my workout efforts on my lower body, my arms were showing my neglect. It started with the loose skin at the bottom of my upper arm that looked out of place with the rest of my fit body. But with so little time to spare, toning up my arms just wasn’t a priority. Once I learned these tips to help add arm toning to my life, I started to change my upper body – and you can too.

The biggest obstacle to toning up my arms was the time concern. I was already working out an hour every other day and I couldn’t seem to figure out how to add more workout time to my schedule. What I needed was either a quick arm workout plan or something that would work with the routine I already knew. Luckily, I found solutions for both of my desired situations – conveniently and efficiently.

A quick workout plan for toning up my arms was the first step. What I did was start with as many pushups as I could do without falling onto the floor – it wasn’t a lot at first. But as I grew stronger, I began to add more and more repetitions to each day. I found that doing these pushups in the morning was the easiest way for me to avoid ‘forgetting’ about them later. Once I added those exercises to my routine, I then started to add variations of the pushup to my morning – with my hands touching, with my hands farther apart than my shoulders, etc. Whenever I moved my hands, I found that other muscles in my arms were being worked – and that led to better results.

The real breakthrough in toning up my arms was realizing that I didn’t have to change my current workout plan, but I did have to adjust it. I began to look for ways to add upper body toning to my workout. For example, when I would do a squat exercise, I would do a bicep curl as I came up from the lower position. When I did a lunge, I would push my arms over my head to strengthen my shoulders. Whenever I did another exercise, I tried to find ways to use my upper body as well – and that meant that my workout time didn’t have to increase one minute. The only exercise I didn’t adjust for upper body toning was my daily walk. I’d read that adding weights to your walk can actually hurt your muscles if you’re not careful, so I decided to avoid carrying additional weight.

When it comes to toning up my arms, I realized that my life didn’t have to change in order to get in shape. But what I did need to do was be more efficient in the time that I did spend working out. And now I have the results to show off to the world.



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