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Appalonia · 2025-09-06T20:23:30+00:00

I recently bought some small handheld weights and tried a few exercises daily for a few weeks. I can feel small muscles develop on the top of my arms but it's not affected my underarms, which is what I would really like to change. Had anyone had any success in improving this area please?

Tontostitis · 07/09/2025 07:42

I'm a retired fitness instructor always had a healthy diet always exercised and my bat wings wobble. It's better if I do weights but it's also just genetics imo.

KvotheTheBloodless · 07/09/2025 07:40

Unfortunately you can't lose weight from one particular area - if you want to get rid of fatty bingo wings, you need to diet. If it's loose skin, then there's very little you can do, other than tone up your arms to make them less obvious, or have skin removal surgery.

Anyone promising targeted weight loss is lying to you. Only liposuction can do that, which is expensive and carries its own risks.

Notmyrealname22 · 07/09/2025 07:36

Agree with this. Also tricep dips. Just google bicep exercises.

i think it will be hard. I am in the same position, just lost a decent amount of weight. Have big arms which are now flabby and a family history of bingo wings (grandma). I’ve got a friend who is about 10 years younger than me who lost 20kg about 6 months ago and I can see she still has the bingo wings. I think they are difficult to shift. What exercises are you doing?

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Whoops… google tricep exercises (not bicep).

Notmyrealname22 · 07/09/2025 07:36

Musicaltheatremum · 07/09/2025 07:32

Things like overhead extensions. Hold the dumbbell with 2 hands behind your head and straighten your arms up or triceps kick backs .... probably easier to Google the excersises than have my awful explanations 🤣

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Agree with this. Also tricep dips. Just google bicep exercises.

i think it will be hard. I am in the same position, just lost a decent amount of weight. Have big arms which are now flabby and a family history of bingo wings (grandma). I’ve got a friend who is about 10 years younger than me who lost 20kg about 6 months ago and I can see she still has the bingo wings. I think they are difficult to shift. What exercises are you doing?

Brightlittlecanary · 07/09/2025 07:34

If you feel it on the top of your arms you’re working your biceps. You need to work your triceps, which is the back of your arms, google bicep exercises, and you need to lift heavy, little weights won’t cut it.

I did the same thing, I have clear muscle on the top of my arms, my biceps, and when I moved my skin looked crepy, which was small bingo wings, I’d not done my triceps, so now I have added those in, and it is improving. I also moisturise all over every day, keeping the skin supple.

Musicaltheatremum · 07/09/2025 07:32

Appalonia · 07/09/2025 07:25

Triceps exercises, like what do you mean?

Things like overhead extensions. Hold the dumbbell with 2 hands behind your head and straighten your arms up or triceps kick backs .... probably easier to Google the excersises than have my awful explanations 🤣

minishiteboard · 07/09/2025 07:26

my arms are way better since using weights and the old cable machine. Spent the first 20 years of adulthood refusing to reveal them
Make sure you are exercising all muscles and your form is good, esp withbicep curls

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Appalonia · 07/09/2025 07:25

Triceps exercises, like what do you mean?

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Mokeytree · 07/09/2025 07:11

Are you doing any triceps exercises?

TheChosenTwo · 06/09/2025 21:28

I’ve got to be honest I don’t think there’s a way of banishing them.
I swim 3-4 times a week, gym twice a week focusing a lot on upper body and do 2 reformer Pilates class a week.
I have lost weight and did eat a pretty shit diet for a long time before this so it’s clearly taken its toll, those wings aren’t budging!
I know a couple of women who’ve had surgery to remove it and they’ve been very happy with the results.