Dare to Bare those Arms!

  I get asked a lot for exercises to tone the arms, especially the back of the arm...aka the tricep muscle. The flabby underside:) I have a workout for you that will not only target the arms but keep your heart pumping.  

Warm up:
  Spend about 5 minutes jogging, doing jumping jacks or anything that gets you moving and heart rate up.

This workout is done Tabata style.  For those not familiar with Tabata you will do 20 seconds of work followed with 10 seconds of rest for 9 rounds.  Each set is made up of 2 exercises.  You will do 20 seconds of the first exercise, rest 10 seconds, 20 seconds of the second exercise, rest 10 seconds, Repeat 9x. 

First Set

9 Rounds: 

Box Jumps and Tricep Dips

 

Second Set

9 Rounds:

Burpees and Bicep Curls 

Choose a weight that makes it challenging to finish the 20 seconds each time.  

Cool-down and stretch and you have yourself an awesome little workout that won't take you very long to finish.  

At-Home Interval Workout

This is a great workout for when you are short on time but still want to work hard.  It is just under 23 minutes including the warm-up and cool-down.  If you have more time this would be a good finish to a cardio session.  

 

Let me know how it goes:)!

 

Happy Workout!

Jillian Michaels Ab Workout...

Jillian's 6 week six pack workout is pretty good.  It focuses on abdominal exercises but has a lot of full body stuff too.  Plus it will keep your heart rate up so you burn some calories.  I would think this would be a decent dvd to have on hand.  Or just use the youtube video...

I will be using some of these moves for my training clients tomorrow.  I am going to do it for part of my workout too.  Just FYI you will be seeing a lot of ab workouts on here.  I am so ready to get some muscle tone back in my post baby belly.