Have you been doing your arm toning exercises the average way? If so, you are most likely getting average results. And who wants that?
You absolutely have to implement intensity-enhancing tricks every once in a while so that your progress doesn’t slow to a crawl. Seriously. Failure to do so will prevent you from ever getting those sexy arms you so desperately want and deserve.
The problem here is that the female body has evolved over the millennia to become highly adaptable. After all, adaptation is what has allowed us to become the top species on the planet. Unfortunately, it will also prevent you from getting toned arms.
Thus, today I will discuss 4 tricks that will enhance your arm toning exercises:
1. Focusing on the negative portion of an exercise. The negative portion is when the muscle lengthens. In other words, when it is not contracting. This can be described as when the weight comes up. You need a partner to help you do the positive portion (the contraction) and you should do the negative portion all by yourself.
2. Same exercise drop sets. A drop set is when you do three back to back sets for the same exercise without any rest in between. You start off with a very heavy eight for the first set, then move onto a medium weight for the second, and a super light weight for the third. The end result? Lightening fast arm toning.
3. Forcing the reps: Forcing your arms to bust out a couple more repetitions is very challenging. Your will power will be tested, trust me. BUT, the results you will get from this will more than justify the pain. I promise. You will need assistance on this one. Once your arms are completely gone, have a partner help you do a couple more forced repetitions.
4. The five five cadence. What is five five? It refers to how much time you spend in the negative and positive portion of the movement. If you were doing triceps press-downs, for instance, you would spend five seconds pushing the bar down, and five seconds letting it up. Slow and painful, yet brutally effective!
Do not do your arm toning exercises with an average level of effort. If you do, you’ll get average results. And who wants to be average? I’m sure you don’t. Implement these advanced techniques and you’ll take your arm workouts (and results) to the next level. Guaranteed.
