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Tone and Strengthen Your Arms With This 4-Minute Workout

Pilates Arm Workout — 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, this four-move, four-minute workout created by SLT founder Amanda Freeman will have your arms shaking once you're done! Here's how to do it.

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Serve the Platter

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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.

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Newspaper

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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.

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I-Y-T

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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.

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Swimmer

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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.

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