Father Fitness: Spot Reducing Arm Fat
4:35 December 06, 2009
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Dear FatherFitness... How can I burn fat off the back of my arms? I can feel the muscles back there, but I can't see them because they're covered up by fat. What's the best arm exercise I can do to burn fat off of my arms?
There are lots of exercises you can do to build the muscles onto the back of your arms, but there isn't a specific exercise that you can do to burn fat off of the back of your arms.
There are lots of exercises to build arm muscles, but there isn't a specific exercise that burns arm fat. Of course you CAN burn fat off the back of your arms, but you can't burn fat ONLY off the back of your arms. Basically, no exercise is better than any other in burning fat off of one specific area. That's just not how your body works.
Can you burn fat off of your left side and not your right?
No.
Can you burn fat off of your butt and not your belly?
Nope.
Can you burn fat off of your arms and not your legs?
Not Possible.
Although YOU can control when and how your body burns fat, your BODY controls where it burns fat. Generally speaking... the first place you store fat is the last place its going to come off. And the last place you put it on tends to come off first. And, when it comes to where people store fat, everyone's a little different. If you tend to store it on the back of your arms, the rest of your body is probably going to be a little extra lean before your arms get lean. And this is why it's important to concentrate on the health of your entire body, not just one part. Make sense?
So... the notion of spot reducing fat has always been really popular... but has never really been possible. You CAN spot PROduce muscle, but you CAN'T spot REduce fat.
Still, working the muscles on the back of your arms (your triceps) is a great idea to gain strength and muscle tone in this area, but it's not going to preferentially burn fat off of your arms.
Actually, and this might get a little confusing, training your legs will burn more fat off of your arms than training your arms, because the legs are much bigger muscle groups and burn a lot more calories. But that's another topic...
...and as you ask more specific questions, I'll give you more specific answers.
In the meantime... don't starve yourself (eat tons of fruits and veggies). Don't strain yourself (exercise right and light); and don't stress yourself... about fitness and fat loss. Don't care about what other people think... within reason... and do this for you, not them!
There's a lot more to learn, but let's take one day at a time...
Keep smiling and I'll see you soon!
ALOHA!!!
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