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May 30th, 2009 by Louis Locke

There are specific ways of doing flabby arm exercises that give you the biggest bang for your buck. And there are ways of doing said exercises that give you the smallest bang for your buck.

And in some cases, the technique used is so poor that serious injury results. I had to learn this the hard way. My loss is your gain. Please learn from my mistakes.

So please do not fall under the paralysis by analysis spell!

Here are 4 critical things you should NOT be doing when performing flabby arm exercises:

1. Shutting their eyes. Believe it or not, many personal trainer text books recommend doing exercises with eyes closed as a progression to increase balance and/or coordination. The issue, however, is that you are trying to get toned arms ASAP not increase your balance. Closing your eyes while exercising, will slow down the arm toning process.

2. 12 or more repetitions. Please do not buy into the outdated myth that high repetition work is the key to toned and sexy arms. Nothing could be further from the truth. The true key to toned and sexy arms is to work all your muscle fibers. The only way to do this, is to use light, medium, and most importantly, heavy weights.

3. The exact same workout for extended periods of time. I don’t know how some women can endure the psychological boredom of doing the same workout week in and week out. Not only is this boring for your mind, but it’s boring for your body. And if your body gets bored, you’ll stop getting results.

4. Body-weight movements. Maybe ok for beginners, but not ok for those that want fast results. You see, free weights are much better because they allow you to work the arm muscles from many angles with any amount of weight.

Don’t get bogged down with all the information about flabby arm exercises. You have to take action or results will never come! Simply ignore the feeling of overwhelm and get started now, not tomorrow. With the above pointers in mind, your toned arms will be right around the corner.