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To ask if post 50, you really can tighten up the bingo wing upper arm with exercise?

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GenXsurvivor · 15/06/2023 17:15

Suddenly, over the past few years, everything seems to be heading south, including my upper arms!

I have a serious ‘flap’ going on, something of which has been secured by long sleeved tops!

Now the warm weather is here I realise just how floppy my upper arms have become!

Is there REALLY an exercise that will make a difference? Or post 50 is this really difficult to achieve?

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Humphriescushion · 15/06/2023 19:09

No, tried weight’s religiously and nada! Given up hope now.

Applesinmyhouse · 15/06/2023 19:09

Yes you can. I had insane loose skin from huge weight loss and I got reasonably toned looking arms. I mean I still had loose skin, nothing removes that except surgery but there was a huge difference.
The heavier the weight the better, try drop sets, don’t be afraid of the humble bicep curl and kettlebell swings are also a good one.

ALongHardWinter · 15/06/2023 19:06

Watching this thread with interest! I have a similar problem (I'm 59). I have lost quite a bit of weight in the last 3 years (7 stone) so I suspect that the resultant loose skin is not helping.

Rogue1001MNer · 15/06/2023 19:03

Hmm. Somewhat depressedly following.
Mine have reduced with low carbon diet and exercise, but I think they're probably here forever now.

Hoping for a success story to give me optimism

libertybelle · 15/06/2023 19:02

I can heartily recommend Amanda Kloots Arms video on YouTube - the 4 minute one. Works a treat! I do daily and it’s make a huge difference - no more wings!

Nannyfannybanny · 15/06/2023 19:01

I have been doing Harley Pasternaks excercises with weights for over 20 years, they do help. The most amazing thing I found was over the years, barrowing soil compost, shingle down our garden really tightened them up, incredibly, but it doesn't last.

ContinuousProcrastination · 15/06/2023 19:00

My mil doesn't have them but is very, very thin and basically been that way since her 50s

BerfyTigot · 15/06/2023 18:55

I'm afraid to say that I have resorted to elbow length sleeves after a couple of years of trying to get rid of mine.

I would love to learn to love them but I also have stretch marks on them 😥

VWT5 · 15/06/2023 18:54

I can say that swimming hasn’t sorted mine, serious amounts, hours and hours, endless hard aerobic swimming - nada, no change at all.

As part of HRT regime, adding in the testosterone gel, now that did make a difference, in terms of muscle and improvement to general arm definition…a work in progress

Bluevelvetsofa · 15/06/2023 18:48

I don’t think so. I’ve done weights and all sorts of other stuff, but no, not really.

Ilikewinter · 15/06/2023 18:43

Im embarrassed by my bingo wings and have taken to wearing 3/4 sleeves this summer..... so im now doing weights 3 or 4 times a week, but only for about 3 rounds and then when nothing happens I give up 🙈. Ive been reading into fat freezing, but its expensive and I cant decide if its a con !!

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GenXsurvivor · 15/06/2023 18:14

*wing not ring! 😆

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GenXsurvivor · 15/06/2023 18:13

@balzamico Well done on doing anything! At least you’re giving it a go!

I haven’t even started but need to do something.

I’d just love to know if there were any MNetters who had given it a go and had seen results!

I’ve seen some Hollywood people who have had surgery! Not something I could afford, so I was wondering why they had chosen this route!

once the bing ring appears, is there no going back?

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balzamico · 15/06/2023 17:35

Watching with interest, I have started doing some exercises with heavier dumbbells (5kg), but as I only spend less than 10m twice a week unsurprisingly I'm not seeing a great deal of results.

However, I do see some definition and I figure its better than nothing so I'm persevering, I just find it really hard to remember to do them, need to tie them to a time I think

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