Sexy shoulders and lean arms aren't going to appear out of thin air, although that would be pretty awesome if that were possible. If you want leaner arms [1], this four-move, four-minute workout [2] created by SLT founder Amanda Freeman [3] will have your arms shaking once you're done! Here's how to do it.
Serve the Platter
- Holding light weights (or equally weighted objects) in each hand, start with hands at waist level and slowly (use a 4-count) lift up and away until your arms are extended at shoulder height.
- Slowly lower them down to your waist.
- Repeat for one minute.
Newspaper
- Holding light weights in each hand, bend your arm 90 degrees at the elbow.
- Keeping your upper arms tight to the body, slowly hinge your arms out to the side like you're opening a newspaper.
- Then slowly bring your hands together, like you're closing a newspaper.
- Repeat for one minute.
I-Y-T
- Start standing with feet hips distance apart and weights in each hand at the front of your hips (with palms facing down).
- Slowly raise both arms up in front of you to shoulder height (creating an "I").Slowly lower back down to starting position.
- Slowly raise both arms up and out on a diagonal away from your body (creating a "Y").Return to starting position.
- Slowly raise both arms up and out to your side for a lateral raise (creating a "T"). Slowly return to starting position.
- Repeat for 90 seconds.
Swimmer
- Lie face down on a mat with light weights in hand. Engage your core and lift your legs up off the mat.
- Start the movement with arms straight by your side and slowly extend arms out and forward like you're swimming the breast stroke and then bring them back to your sides.
- Repeat for one minute.