Every woman wants tight toned arms.  Spending hours on the treadmill or elliptical is not going to do the trick.  So, what do you do to make sure that your arm flab goes away?

You need to start lifting weights.

Yes, ladies, I should not be the only woman in the free weight section of the gym. Every woman should get off of the elliptical and join me!

One exercise that is going to help you tone your arms and drop body fat is the Chest Press. Its good for people at every level of exercise because you can easily adjust the exercise to fit your fitness capabilities.

Take a look a the video below, I talk a bit more about the benefits of the Chest Press and go on to show you three variations you can try.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phpkAJ7hCf8[/youtube]

Have questions? What did you think? Leave a comment or email me and let me know!

By Shannon Clark

Note from Melissa - When you are training for weight loss and those six pack abs, what you are doing in the gym is important, but also what you are doing outside of the gym can either speed up or slow down the process.  When you are setting your weight loss goals and creating your workout routines, make sure to take into consideration how much time you have to focus on these goals.  If you are working too hard and not eating properly, you may be overtraining, and instead of getting closer to your goals, you will only be getting further from them.  This article focuses the effects of overtraining, does any of it apply to you? If so, relook your weight loss goals and routines to make sure you are not overtraining.

One thing you’ll want to be sure to keep an extra eye out for when on your weight loss program is overtraining.
Many people don’t consider overtraining while on a fat loss program because they typically aren’t spending as much time performing weight lifting activities, and thus, think overtraining won’t affect them.
This couldn’t be further from the truth, however.

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