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I admittedly have an obession with arms. I check out everyone's arms, compare mine to them, obsess about how my arms look in pictures. It's really a problem. I don't think I'm fat at all but I have never been happy with the shape of my arms- even when I work out like crazy!! I have about 5 weeks until my wedding and I reallllly don't want to have to be worrying about how my arms look in all the pictures. Does anyone know any good arm workouts, or have any tips for making arms look thin/toned?? Also does anyone else have this problem or am I a total weirdo?? 

everything above my elbow! Not so much my forearms. 

There is a trick to taking photographs with arms. Make sure that your arm is always away from your body, like resting on your hip. If it is flat against your body, it doesn't matter how thin you are, it will look fat.

Here is a picture of me at halloween with hand on hip. But there are more subtle ways to accomplish this. If you peruse In Style magazine, you will notice that the actresses have "poses" that they repeat for every red carpet. Notice how they never squish their arms agains their body. 

This is very important to know for your wedding pics. 

But, I am a trainer and I will give you my secret to good arms: light weights 2-3lbs tops.

Start with little, evil arm circles in with your arms in a t but slightly in front of your body. Do 10 one way, 10 the other, then 10 small pulses up and down. Then bend your knees slightly, with a flat back lean slightly foward and put your hands to your sides with your palms facing the ceiling. With straight arms, pulse your arms and inch up and down 30 times. 

Repeat. 

I work with celebrities all the time and this does the trick. It's good to have the weights around the house so that you do this every day. It's good to do the day of your wedding so that your arms look good in pictures.

The other workout would be pushups on your knees, but with your butt in alignment with your shoulders and knees: 10 pushups.

Then go to your toes for a standard push up and make your arms really really wide for chest pushups. No saggy boobs here!

Finally, go to downward dog and do little pushups with your elboes to the side.

If you really want results, do 20-30 tricep pushups.

Best workout ever!

I was just thinking the other day that I need to start working weights and such back into my routine. Y'all have inspired me! Hot (Michelle Obama style) arms, here I come!

Just do bicep curls, concentrated bicep curls, tricep dips, and other tricep exercises you can find online like every four days. 20 reps of each and about four exercises should work. Also general cardio and weight maintenance is essential to keeping jiggle away. When all us fails - skinny arm pose is the best! Just put your hand on your hip in pictures - it always works :)

You are women.  You will not "get bulky" by lifting anything over 5 pounds.  This is such a stupid common misperception.  We don't have testosterone.  No testosterone = not going to bulk anytime fast.  If you want to see results, lift as much as you safely can.

I do dips (I no longer need the assist bar--so with all 120lbs of body weight) for my triceps at least 3 times per week, sometimes more.  I also do pullups and lat pulldowns with about 100 pounds at least 3 times per week, sometimes more.  Those build up my back.

I don't look bulky AT ALL.  My arms look what most people would call "toned" or "sleek."  Even when I flex it's no remarkable show.  I look very feminine, and I still look about half as strong as I actually am, because WOMEN DO NOT BULK EASILY.  You have to be shooting steroids, have a unique body chemistry that involves a lot of testosterone, or be a professional who lifts all day to get big.  You will not get big.

 Also another common misperception, there is no such thing as "toning."  You either lose fat or build muscle, or both.  You have to lose some of the fat over the muscles to get more definition, or make the muscles bigger to get more definition.

I'm obsessed. I'm pretty slender but I have these big jiggly upper arms. It's the worst and I analyze them in pictures lately. Khloe Kardashian said it best, "when I wave, nothing should wave back". I started doing pushups in my work out a couple weeks back and I think it's helping a teeny bit. Plus I can actually do some regular ones now without having to do them all on my knees. :)

Wow, so many responses! Thanks for the tips ladies! Glad to know I'm not the only one with an arm obsession. My sister makes fun of me because I comment in my arms in almost every picture, haha! It's just quite frustrating because I have a very slender frame but thick limbs- haha. Im going to try really hard to do everything I can in the next 5 weeks to get my arms in shape!! THANKS!!!

I'm starting to become obsessed with my arms.  I started working out with a trainer tonight just so when I throw my bouquet, hopefully, my arm won't still be moving when the flowers are gone.  Here's hoping!!!!

My arms have ALWAYS been big!  I was a swimmer for 10 years, and they were toned and awesome, but now they are just ... big :(  In pics they make me look heavier than I am, so I too am obsessed with working on them for my wedding.  I've picked up swimming again, but I also tried kranking recently and I love it!  It's like spinning, but you use your arms and get a cardio workout (I think it was invented by the same guy who invented spinning)

http://www.krankcycle.com/

Too soon to visibly see results, but my workouts have gotten easier in the past 2 weeks ...

haha miss hot sauce! that was one of the first things I noticed in that post too! Arms are hard to tone for me but I totally appreciate all the help/advice from everyone on this thread! I have some tricks to try at the gym now! 

My aunt calls flabby arms that shake "Hi Helen's" - she said my grandmother would wave at her friend Helen and say "Hi Helen" and her arm fat would shake! 

So I just really don't want to have Hi Helen's!  Right now, they look okay but I have definitely been guilty of sportin' some major Helens in the past!!!

I just got home from the gym with my trainer - lots of tricep dips and push-ups. We are concentrating a lot on shoulders as well. I just need to do more when I'm not with Anna. That is the key for me.