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So if you have that loose saggy skin underneath your arms , you're gonna be very excited to watch this video .
Typically a person with loose skin underneath their arms might just think it's a fat problem , and they just need to lose weight .
So they do all this cardio , and they change their diet and it doesn't do anything .
So what I have to share with you first is what the problem really is .
And from there , we can come up with a really good solution .
Now there's a term I wanna introduce you to called sarcopenia , age related muscle loss .
And this may or may not be happening to you depending on your age .
And one other thing .
Are you sitting down for this ?
Immobility .
If you immobilize a muscle or a joint , is it the muscle that actually keeps the shape of the arm ?
The answer is no .
It's this right here .
So in our bodies , we have saran wrap .
We have a certain wrapping tissue that surrounds the muscle , and that tissue is called fascia .
Fascia is the bag that surrounds the arm and holds everything in a nice tight way .
And in this diagram here you'll see you have the skin .
And then just underneath it you have a layer of fat .
It's called subcutaneous fat .
And then you have the first layer of fascia .
Okay ?
And then you have another layer of fat .
And then you have another layer of fascia , and then you have the muscle .
And fascia also becomes immobilized with immobility and aging .
Yes , you might have some fat there that needs to be dealt with , but probably the bigger problem is this atrophy of the fascia and the muscle .
Now there's an interesting book that I'm reading right here : Fascia Treatment with Shock Waves , which I'm not recommending in this video anything about the shock waves .
That would be for more of a myofascial problem , which we're not talking about .
But I wanna share something in this book , this very expensive book .
Fascia can change its tone .
It has contractile cells within the fascia itself .
It can change its tone .
So the question is how ?
We just basically undo the immobility , and we start to move it .
But here's the problem .
If you do this on more of an isolated basis where you're just working 2 muscles , right , you're you're extending the tricep or you're contracting the bicep .
That doesn't involve the fascia .
It only involves the muscle .
Fascia is much more dynamic , and it crosses over a lot of different muscle groups .
So the type of solution that I'm gonna recommend is not a 2 dimensional contraction relaxation type exercise , but more of a functional exercise that involves , like , at least 20 muscles , because it's all one continuous unit .
If you're just gonna focus on this one small area with If you're neglecting what it's connected to the back part , we're probably not gonna see much change .
So I'm gonna show you the best exercises to start out with , which I'm gonna put a link down below .
Rather than reinvent the wheel , you just need to watch how this person did these exercises .
Because she did a wonderful job of doing the most incredible dynamic functional exercises with the arms without any added weight .
The fascia adds elasticity , flexibility , posture .
It holds everything up .
If we didn't have it , we'd just basically be this big ball of mush .
So really , the solution is a lot of movement in that area .
Even in anatomy and physiology , when you take the courses , you learn the , origin insertion of the muscles .
Right ?
And that's important .
But in life we're not just using like 1 or 2 muscles I mean the motions that we do in living are very very dynamic and , that's why going to the gym and just isolating one muscle at a time , I don't think is the best workout , especially for your fascia because the fascia wraps around , and it goes to other muscles .
It's one big sheath that kind of covers everything .
Alright .
So here's the first step .
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And I would recommend watching this entire video , but this is an arm workout .
So as you can see that you're holding She has a timer there .
You can follow along .
Doesn't matter to And she's just about ready to show you the first exercise that involves ears and not just the arm , but the shoulder itself .
And you're gonna get No weights .
Circles for Okay .
Then she goes to another workout right here where she's doing a different motion .
Okay ?
Amazing .
This involving the shoulders The shoulder blades arms together .
I'm gonna turn around so you can see .
Okay ?
Some of the rest .
Then she does a series of additional exercises , including this one where she's pushing her arms out and in .
Okay ?
Looks easy , incredibly difficult .
Okay .
Your arms are gonna burn .
So just do as much as you can this first workout .
You don't wanna get too sore .
Now what you're doing in this functional exercise , you're doing a series of moves and motions that involve the fascia and the muscle , And you're gonna do this workout as much as you can until you have no more soreness .
Now it could take a week before all the soreness goes away .
And then you want to do it again .
You're gonna keep doing these exercises over and over and over until the point where , you know , you can do them comfortably .
And there's very little , if any soreness at all .
Alright .
So now that you went through this exercise , which you're working the muscle , we want to go heavier into the fascia using one of these right here .
Okay ?
Bands .
And I found a really good exercise for that maneuver right here .
We're gonna take a look at it right now .
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And , you can see this person is taking these bands , and they're stretching all the way to the lateral side of their body , and they're really activating the fascia .
All the fascia that comes underneath here comes all the way down your arm through here .
Okay ?
So what we wanna do is we wanna stretch all of that because it's not just the exercise that stimulates the reversal of atrophy .
It's also stretching .
Stretching will help activate the fascial bag around this tissue and start tightening it because it has contract out tissue .
To do .
And , of course , you wanna do the other side .
Right .
Okay , with these bands .
To the maximum .
Do both sides .
Left arm pulls down .
Okay .
And you'll see that , then he transitions to another maneuver which is on your knees , then goes through that technique .
Amazing stretches , I mean for your fascia .
It's gonna tighten up underneath your arm , and you're gonna do both sides .
And then once you graduated from that video , there's one more that I found .
That's awesome .
Now you're gonna add weight to your arms while you do some of these exercises .
And this video is called Solid Arms and Shoulders 30 minute strength workout with dumbbells .
Okay .
And of course you wanna use the appropriate weight for this .
So maybe you start out with a 5 pound weight , go to a 10 pound weight , maybe a 15 pound weight , but probably not anything more than that .
Bring in the dumbbells .
So in this exercise , you can see that she has dumbbells .
And one And she is basically going to work her arms 1 at a time over her head , which I like this a lot better than doing curls because you're working the entire arm , the shoulder Breathing .
Everything .
So you're not just working the tricep .
It's very functional , very simple , and she has a countdown so you can do that .
This is a great video so I don't have to reinvent the wheel .
These are 3 amazing videos that I think you can use in the recovery of the fascia underneath your arm as well as the atrophied muscle underneath your arms .
And on that note , I have the first video connected right here .
Check it out .