Has anyone got rid of their bingo wings using handheld weights?

I eat healthily , box , do reformer Pilates, yoga flow, lift weights and I have bingo wings .
I think it is genetic tbh and there is only so much exercise can do to help.

Yes and no, yes it’s the loose skin that causes bingo wings, but it’s the lack of any muscle under the skin, that causes it to be loose, as such, building both biceps and triceps, does help with bingo wings.

I have naturally bigger tops of my arms and they were actually the thing I hated the most when I started exercising more. I can remember looking at them in the gym mirror close to 4 years ago now and thinking “gross, these have to go”.

now I have fairly slim arms through a lot of work. I have lost just under 3 stone in weight through diet and exercise, which has helped in general. Using hand weights and machines for things like triceps dips, tricep extensions and skull crushers.

For me though running has helped a lot as it’s the exercise I do the most and has toned everything up. I do a lot though, sessions at the track for speed work, hill reps, long runs. Probably a total of between 20 and 45 miles a week depending on what I’m training for at the time. it’s a lot of effort and not for everyone, but it has given me an exercise focussed social circle which has helped me keep it up and I really enjoy it.

my arms are now the bit I’m most pleased with.

My arms are really toned, always have been, but once the collagen goes , it's the skin that causes bingo wings. I can feel (and hear) mine flapping when I run 😅

I split my days so one day I do chest and triceps, the next legs, the next back and biceps (think that's the way, I have a plan I use).

I can do the plank and I have massive boobs, in fact I find the plank fairly easy (I do it every time) same with sit ups (although I have to make sure I don't suffocate myself on the way back down😆). I remember my old gym instructor threatening to come and sit on us if we didn't do the plank properly, so I learnt early on to do it properly.

One thing I see some of my colleagues doing is flexing their bicep then using that to show me how awful their bingo wings are.

You gotta flex the actual tricep to see the tricep! Don’t be cross with it for not being a bicep!

Not sure if link will be allowed, this is what I meant to support boobs doing press-ups (but with Pilates ring not ball). I don’t have big boobs myself but it definitely does seem to offer some support while still being very hard work for the arms!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XORAYyD3bZw&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD

Here's a couple of good tricep workouts you can do at home. Ignore the weights Caroline is using - just use what you have.

You can do press-ups into a Pilates ball so your boobs are kind of supported (if that makes sense)

I’ve reduced mine a bit with muscle development (and obviously fat loss) with very heavy weights, for example I can tricep cable 24kg and tricep kickback 15kg dumbell. Or tricep overhead with 15kg. Or skillcrushers with 20kg. I can do unassisted dips (this is not the same as tricep dips off a chair which are quite easy). All of this in the gym.

Start with small weights at home but I doubt you’ll get the muscle development you seek with them.

I feel your pain with boobs and arms - think the weight is linked
I had a reduction and this made a massive difference ( and literally KG) to my ability to exercise

Yes it is working for me, and the poster above mentioned trivet push ups, google the correct form, these are excellent, start low, like ten in the morning and ten in the evening and build up.

you can get you under arms operated on I think

I'm havig the exact same issue.
I've lost quite a lot of weight, so some of it is probably loose skin. I bought some dumbbells and have been trying to do a very short program most days, only 7 exercises and do them for 10 reps each, twice. I don't know if that's realy enough. It's a mix of biceps and triceps exercises I think. Plus I do some pushups. It's made my arms look a little more muscley but hasn't stopped the wobble! I don't know if it ever will, or if it's just the loose skin that is wobbling. Looks quite awful but not much I can do about it.

I don't think my weights are enough to really make much difference, but they are as much (or more) as I can do at the moment for some of the exercises - 4.5 kg at the moment. It's an adjustable set that will go up to 5kg. I've had some arms and shoulder issues, so I"m probably pretty weak. When/if I get good at the 5kg ones, I might buy the next set up. I can't be bothered to adjust it in between exercises right now, though, so I do all of them on the same weight, whether that's ok or really hard. If I move up to the next set, I could then leave some on the lighter weights and do the ones I can a bit heavier, which might help a little more. I don't really know whether my form is good or not as I've never been to a gym (and am not likely to go), so I just try to follow the instructions. I think for some of the exercises, the weights are a bit heavy right now and I lean back more than I should or bend my elbows more or something.

I’d say tricep press-ups will be waaaay more effective than hand held weights (but do both!). My arms are nicely toned but if I’m not tensing my triceps then obviously the still wobble (I’m not sure men get that in the same way?)

I have been going to the gym / lifting progressively heavier weights for a couple of years now.

A lot of areas are still very much below the extreme beauty standards that society holds us to.

BUT I am a Middle Aged perimenopausal woman. My body is now designed to hold onto fat!

I am stronger than most people my age and there are obvious areas where you can see that definition eg shoulders, biceps, thighs and I have a great bum

Knowing that makes it very easy to ignore my wobbly triceps, my very rounded belly, my tiny boobs, my chicken skin hands etc

So I’d say focus on building a strong body that you are proud of and the focus on smaller imperfections will fade.

Get some bigger weights or a gym membership!

The wobbly bit is fat, skin and gravity and won't be affected by exercise. I have semi muscular arms and when I flex my bingo wings disappear but if they are slack then they are just there. Unless you lose lots of weight you'll always have a bit of a bingo wing.

If you train hard enough they will certainly improve, which is all most of us want. I agree tricep dips and plenty of them is probably the way forward because they are so hard.

Yeah that’s nonsense, plenty of older women have strong muscular arms,

I remember hearing Matt Roberts in his earlier fitness guru years on Woman’s Hour. Jenny Murray asked about ‘bingo wings’ and he very kindly said that they’re just something that happens as women get older and not to worry or be self conscious about them (paraphrasing). Not to say don’t bother exercising, but you can’t actually get rid of them completely.

how heavy are the weights you are lifting? How many reps are you doing? What exercises are you doing and which muscle groups are being worked?

Whatever weight you are lifting, the last reputation needs to feel really hard, otherwise you’re not doing much.

Also agree with others in that you need to google tricep exercises. Tricep extensions, tricep kickbacks and tricep dips off of a chair would all be a good start.