Little Black Dress Workout: 5 exercises for sexy arms & shoulders
You’ve seen it on the red carpet, walking down the runway, on the city streets, and at any cocktail party—the little black dress. It’s one fashion staple that never seems to go out of style, so to help the females among us look great in it, we have created a workout to help you tone your upper body and arms. Check it out.
The Little Black Dress Workout
For each exercise, start out with one set of 12 repetitions and work your way up to three sets of 8-12 reps, 3-5 times per week.
1. Push-ups: Push-ups are a great exercise for toning your chest, shoulders and arms. If you are unable to complete a traditional push-up (lying on the floor face-down, stretched-out), simply touch your knees to the floor and push up from there.
2. Tricep Dips: Tricep dips are a great exercise for toning your arms. To complete a “dip” you will need a strong chair or bench. Sit on it and place your hands next to you on the edge of the chair with your fingers pointed forward. Then lift your behind off the chair and bend down toward the floor. Gently raise back up again.
3. Bicep Curls: Bicep curls work the front and back of your arms. To perform this exercise, stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, arms at your sides with light dumbbells in hand. With your elbows at your side, lift the palms up towards the shoulder, pause, and slowly lower the weights back down to your sides.
These next toning exercises should be done in addition to the classics.
For each exercise, start out with 8-12 repetitions and work your way up to three sets of 8-12 reps, 3 times per week.
4. Lateral & Frontal Raises: This exercise will help tone both the front and sides of your shoulders. Stand with your arms shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent, hands at your sides. Slowly raise the weights out to your sides, with your palms facing down towards the floor. Pause, and slowly lower weights down towards the floor. Then, slowly raise your arms up in front of you, pause and slowly lower them down towards the floor. (Repeat that set for 8-12 reps.)
5. Overhead Presses: This exercise will help tone the shoulders and the backs of the arms. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, upper arms parallel to the floor with elbows bent at a 90-degree angle. Slowly raise the weights up towards the ceiling, pause, and slowly lower to start position.
The following exercises have withstood the test of time when it comes to upper body toning for women—we call them “the classics”—and the best part is, they can be done at home. All you need is a set of light dumbbells (or if you don’t have dumbbells, you can always use soup cans or water bottles.)
Reprinted from Nutrisystem.
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