Question:
What is the best exercise for your arms ?

I'm 59 this year!!! ugh..and i had surg in Dec. I exercise and have a rubber pully i use to exercise the bycepts. But I'm wondering at my age what is the best exercise to help delete the bat wings. I know at my age they will never go away, but would like to do the best i can!!!!    — Jackiis (posted on March 20, 2002)

March 20, 2002
This one works well. Stick your arms behind your back with your palms facing up and your fingers pointing towards the sky. Move your arms left to right in small smooth movements. Your hands should not meet. Do this 100 times every day you will feel it working the first time. Also the higher you have your arms the more intense it will feel. I used to have 18 inch pythons now they are 11 inches. I have very little flab in the arms. Now the stomach a whole other story. Good Luck!!!
   — Dana N.

March 20, 2002
Start with a one pound weight (and work your way up from there), hold it over your head with both hands and dip it back behind your head. Up and down. Don't push yourself, your body will know when it's had enough, and you will feeeeel it in your arms! Just another exercise :)
   — DonnaCarol

February 13, 2003
Bat wings are impossible to eliminate. I lifted weights like a fiend and eventually got my arms done. I had no choice. They were flappin' in the breeze! I love in Florida and can now go sleeveless and am very happy with the results. I still work out and lift 10# weights almost every night to stay strong and firm. My arms look great! All teh wrightlifting paid off once we got rid of the excess skin, the muscle showed. It cost $$ but is worth every penny. Best of luck to you...Diane www.WeightlossSurgery.ws
   — DianeN

September 3, 2004
There are several great excercises for the triceps: if you go to a gym or have a gym at home that has a pull down bar, put your hands close together on the bar, stand in front of the machine, with one foot in front of the other (aleviates pressure on your back) and pull the bar down until your arms are in a "L" with your forearms parallel to the floor. Pull the bar down and back to the starting position. Another one that you can do if you don't go to a gym is to put your hands on the edge of a chair or bench and stick your butt out in front of the chair like you are about to sit on the floor with your feet either straight out in front of you or bent slightly (bent slightly is for beginners). Slowly bend your elbows straight back using your own body weight as your resistance and push up. Do as many as you can until you can't do any more. Another one to do if you have free weights is to lay down on a bench with your arm straight up and bent at the elbow so the weight is at your ear. Move your hand up and down. You may put your free hand on your tricep to steady your arm.
   — Abear2