|
07.9.2015

Two Top Tips for Fit Arms

#LGSummerFitcation Phase 2, Week 2A
Daily Workout: Arms Circuit
Today’s workout is found in Fit For Life (home workouts – page 12)   
& Total Body Transformation (gym workouts – page 12) 

What is #LGSummerFitcation? Read more here  


#LGFitAndFlexible Instagram Challenge: Forward Fold

Recreate the above pose holding for 30 seconds. Complete 3x total. Click here for more details


Tip of the Day: In honor of arm day, I have two tips to share for training biceps and triceps that have increased the effectiveness of my “lady guns” ((lol)) training over the years. When I first began weight lifting, I found it best to listen to what works for others and try implementing it myself. There’s a lot of technique that comes into play in fitness. It’s actually one of the reasons I wanted to start doing workout videos; I can instruct you to do a certain amount of sets and reps with a particular exercise, but if I teach you one little tweak to your form, it may make a whole lot more difference in your training. So, here I have two training tweaks that I often make that have helped me engage my arm muscles to work on that fit, defined look!

BICEPS:
With a standard dumbbell or barbell bicep curl angle your upper body slightly backwards – just a hair! I’ll shift the weight from my toes to my heel if I’m standing and feel my upper body hinge at the hips to lean backwards just ever so slightly. This little tweak seems to target the “meaty” part of the biceps by placing the workload there. You can see this demonstrated in the picture below in a modified V-sit curl. You could also perform this on an incline bench!

TRICEPS:
The tricep muscle is one of the smaller muscle groups, and often acts as a “secondary” muscle in many compound movements, such as the bench press and push ups. Tweak those compound movements to target the triceps, such as by implementing a “close grip.” As you bring your grip closer together, the workload moves from the chest to the triceps. Think of a close grip bench press or a triangle (close stance) push up…major tricep targetting there! As I mentioned above, because the triceps are smaller-sized muscles, it doesn’t take a lot for them to feel overworked, so focus less on heavier weight and more on activating and engaging the muscle effectively through slow, controlled motions.

Check In: Stay
accountable by uploading your workout, meal, challenge and/or lifestyle
pics to Instagram; inspire and be inspired by the community. Use our
hashtags #LGAccountability #LGSummerFitcation #LGMealPlan
#LGSweatSeshSelfie & tag me @laurengleisberg so we can all connect.  
Don’t forget to leave love on other community members’ photos!

JOIN #LGSummerFitcation HERE:
Receive weekly
motivation, tips, workouts, recipes, promotions & more direct to
your inbox to help you reach your health & fitness goals:

#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; }
/* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.
We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */

Save this post

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Comments

  1. Anonymous

    Are we not stretching anymore? 🙁

  2. Fiona @ Get Fit Fiona

    I'll have to give these tips a try!

  3. Poly

    Hi There! Nice..keep up the good work , hope your now in my reading list.

Shop LG plans
Powered by chloédigital