Now that summer is here, we’re all ready to throw up our arms and enjoy some sunshine. However, there is one thing that does not allow us to display our arms comfortably: sagging skin . Sagging skin affects men and women equally. Aging and/or inactivity during the winter months can make our skin especially prone to sagging.
Flabby arms can be easily toned by exercising the triceps. Fortunately, this can be done accurately and effectively. Here are five exercises that will make sagging skin on your arms disappear.
1. Push-ups
This classic exercise will do wonders for your triceps. Here’s how it’s done: Position your body parallel to the ground, feet together, arms braced. Keep your body in line with your head and hands below your shoulders. It is about staying close to the ground by bending your elbows. At the lowest point, you want your elbows to be at a 90-degree angle.
Make sure your body stays straight as you push up. In the highest position (drawing A), the arms are fully extended.
2. Triceps exercises
For this exercise, you will need an exercise bench. Extend your legs and face outwards with your body straight and your rear towards the seat. Keep your arms straight, hands parallel to your shoulders, and stay on the bench.
Lower your body to the ground, bending your elbows at a 90-degree angle. Your back should be close to the bench. Let your body touch the ground, and then straighten your arms to repeat again.
3. Bent over with weights
For this exercise, you will need some dumbbells. You will have to keep your knees slightly bent, bending slightly at the waist with your back straight. You should hold the weights with your palms facing down.
Keep your head up, with your back almost parallel to the ground. Keep your arms perpendicular to the ground and to your body. Let the weights hang directly in front of you, and breathe.
Keeping your body still, exhale and lift the weights. Let the weight stay on your forearms alone, as much as possible. Flex your back muscles in the top position, and hold for two to three seconds.
As you inhale, slowly return the weights to the original position.
4. Triceps Extension
This exercise requires a dumbbell. Get into a standing position with your feet shoulder-width apart. Raise the dumbbell above your head with both hands. Once you have your arms fully stretched out, your palms should be facing up.
Next, slowly bring the dumbbell behind your head, in a circular motion, until your elbows are perpendicular to the ground and your biceps are in contact with your forearms.
Throughout this exercise, keep your upper arms stationary. Let your forearms do the work. Inhale, raise the dumbbell with your triceps, return to your starting position, then exhale.
5. Dumbbell Triceps Kickback
This time you will need two dumbbells: one for each hand. Keep your back straight and your palms facing your body. Allowing your knees to be slightly bent, keep your body bent at the waist, leaning forward slightly.
While keeping your head up, make sure your torso is parallel to the ground. Keep your forearms pointing to the ground at a 90-degree angle with your upper arm. With this starting point, you can now do the movement that will work the triceps.
Keeping your upper arms static, lift the weights with your triceps until you have fully extended your arms. As always, make sure your forearms are doing the work.
Inhale and pause. Then slowly bring the weights back to the original position.
