Womens Weight Loss Tone up Talk & Discuss
Old 07-18-2009, 07:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Just bought my dumbells....

hi everyone, I am 48 (female) and run 3 times per week, clocking up approx 30km per week. I LOVE RUNNING and have run for 3 years.

However....my upper body strength is shot, I can hardly lift a feather and the old arms are sagging fast !! Just bought 2 x 3kg dumbells and itching to get started as I want toned arms and great strength by summer (southern hemisphere).

Where do I start? Have I bought the correct weight dumbells?

I have so much enthusiasm so appreciate in advance any advice you may have, Thanks !
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Old 07-18-2009, 04:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
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3kg weights are fine, you may wish to move up to slightly higher weights as you get fitter in the upper body area. Don't forget, box push-ups etc (you can do push ups against a wall, then move to a lower surface such as a kitchen top to hold onto and eventually to the floor, when doing full push ups). For arms/shoulders: tricep extensions, bicep/hammer curls, lateral/bent lateral raises, front shoulder raises, chin-ups (if you have the strength, or when you do), shoulder presses.

All the exercises can be found on the internet, youtube.
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