Bingo Wings

WindSock

My weak chicken arms are growing into bingo wings. How many lifts and what weight do you recommend I start lifting? I must stress that I have very little strength in my arms, I'd lose a wrestle with a paper bag.

g'em

WindSock wrote: »

My weak chicken arms are growing into bingo wings. How many lifts and what weight do you recommend I start lifting? I must stress that I have very little strength in my arms, I'd lose a wrestle with a paper bag.

Push-ups & dips, and plenty of them and a good diet. Do them as often as you can manage (try and get some done once a day for sure) and you can use kitchen chairs to dip between.

tbh it'll be more about good eating and less about lifting to fix them

WindSock

Thanks. I think I should improve my strength though too. I should set a target. What would you recommend as a target for starting off? I can't even do a full push up I have to do the crappy one from the knees

g'em

WindSock wrote: »

Thanks. I think I should improve my strength though too. I should set a target. What would you recommend as a target for starting off? I can't even do a full push up I have to do the crappy one from the knees

Well going from knee push-ups to full push ups is a start

I think it's entirely reasonable for a woman in good fitness to do a set of 20 push-ups without a break, but when you're starting out work with smaller, more manageable blocks like aiming for 3 sets of 2 full ones and then 3 sets of five full ones.

There's a lot of bodyweight work that you can do to improve your strength that doesn't require any equipment - if you Google bodyweight exercise you'll get tons of results to start off with - and lunges, squats, dips, push-ups and chin-ups are great to get you started

WindSock

g'em wrote: »

3 sets of 2 full ones and then 3 sets of five full ones.

I'm not sure what you mean by this bit. does a set mean 20 push ups and full ones mean not going from the knees?

So I should I be doing 60 full push ups a day, then move on to doing 100?

g'em

WindSock wrote: »

I'm not sure what you mean by this bit. does a set mean 20 push ups and full ones mean not going from the knees?

So I should I be doing 60 full push ups a day, then move on to doing 100?

sure, why not!!

nah, I mean having a goal to do 20 full push ups would be a great long-term focus. But in the meantime try and work up to it in smaller bursts; say for example you'll aim to be able to do 2 full ones in three separate goes (i.e 2 push ups, rest, 2 push ups, rest, 2 push ups) by the end of the month. Then two weeks after that you'll aim to do 5 full ones in three separate goes and so on so forth. Essentially you're building up the number of push-ups you can do in a step-wise fashion. Does that make sense?

MargeS

not putting a dampner on things... but Madonna is supposed to be as fit as a Pro athelete and she has bingo wings. I figured it was something women got inevitably!

g'em

MargeS wrote: »

not putting a dampner on things... but Madonna is supposed to be as fit as a Pro athelete and she has bingo wings. I figured it was something women got inevitably!

Are you sure there Ted?

Bingo wings area as result of excess fat and flaccid muscle in the arm, it's true that as a woman gets older she will naturally lose some muscle and so it's an inevitable (but avoidable) thing. The bingo wing area is where your triceps are, so doing exercises with them helps reduce risk of having them.

MargeS

g'em wrote: »

Are you sure there Ted?

Bingo wings area as result of excess fat and flaccid muscle in the arm, it's true that as a woman gets older she will naturally lose some muscle and so it's an inevitable (but avoidable) thing. The bingo wing area is where your triceps are, so doing exercises with them helps reduce risk of having them.

I stand corrected

g'em

MargeS wrote: »

I stand corrected

ah you're right though, it is something that women get as they get older. I think these days though Madonna is being criticised for going too extreme int eh other direction - instead of having the 'fit and toned' look she looks exhausted and gaunt and old!

rubadub

www.simplefit.org has good info

celestial

g'em wrote: »

Are you sure there Ted?

Horrible. I'd prefer to see bingo wings.