Exercises for Getting Michelle Obama-alike Arms

Buffed arms seem to be all the rage presently. Look no further as a live shinning exemplar of shapely arms is none other than our First Lady Michelle Obama. According to grapevine, Michelle Obama stays shapely with 3 ninety-minute exercising sessions on a weekly basis, at times also known to hit the gym in the wee morning hours just to ensure that she does not skip out on any workout sessions.

These exercises are aimed at giving sharpness and boosting muscle strength to the upper arms and are ideal ways of skimming off that dangling underarm flab. One could get those toned Michelle Obama arms by simply mixing these workouts with some moderate intensity cardio like briskly walking, bike riding or any associated activity for about thirty minutes.

Shoulder Presses

A shoulder press is a basic motion wherein one raises the weights or dumbbells above the level of the head by outstretching the arms upwards.

1. Grabbing two 10 pound weights or dumbbells on both hands.
2. Stand erect holding the dumbbells at the level of the shoulders, the palms of the hands faced out, away from the body. The elbows need to be bowed and then raising the biceps.
3. Extending the arms up, press the dumbbells higher than head level. The movement should be completed with the arms outstretched straight upwards above the head.
4. Returning dumbbells to the initial stance at the level of the shoulder and repeating this move for twelve reps and completing 3 sets of twelve reps.

Tricep Kickback

This form of weight training focuses on the region of the arm opposite the bicep, mostly neglected area with often a tendency of focussing on the biceps more. It is imperative that the triceps are worked upon for balancing these muscles and ensuring boosting strength in both of them.

1. Grabbing two 5 pounds weights on both the hands.
2. Positioning the dumbbells or weights in a manner that the forearm is at a ninety degree angle to one’s upper arm and resembling a capital letter ‘L’.
3. When standing, bending the chest somewhat forwards such that the torso makes a forty-five degree angle with the legs.
4. The dumbbells could be kick-backed by lengthening the arm towards the rear. On extending the arms, they should appear parallel to and following the analogous line as one’s trunk. The palms must ideally face inwards in such a way that both of the palms are facing one another.
5. Returning arms and weights to the initial stance and repeating this move for complete twelve reps and completing 3 complete sets of twelve reps.

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