Hi lovely <3

Thanks for reaching out! :)

What is considered lightweight lifting mostly depends on your body. I would say anything above 20 pounds is not considered lightweight but for some even 10 pounds is considered heavy.

Since you're a mesomorph, you tend to gain muscle easily which might also mean bulk up easily.

In this case, it is up to you and depends on your goal- if you feel like 20 or 40 pounds is not bulking you up and you said you wanted to maintain your current muscle mass, you can go ahead and continue with it.

However, if you at any point realize your muscles are growing bigger than you'd like them to be, stop! :)

Please let me know if there's anything else I can help you with!

Love,
Sara

Hi lovely,
No, these exercises were designed to help you get lean and toned without bulking! :) xx

Love,
Diana

Hi lovely,

The best way to lose fat from your arms is by reducing your overall body fat. We have written some good tips in this blog post on how to slim down arms so please have a read of this :)

https://www.rachaelattard.com/lose-fat-stubborn-areas-inner-thighs-lower-belly-hips-back-arms/

Also, having any issues with your thyroid can cause fat storage on the back of your arms. So if the fat storage here is unusual for you, then I would see a professional to get your thyroid checked.

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I would say I am an endomorph, 38 y/o, who successfully lost over 60 lbs over the past year, (200-39) at first doing a body detox and HIIT boot camp style 4 x weejly for one month but then only by eating very low carb and calorie, and running 2x weekly. I was quite lucky that my arms and legs didn’t develop saggy skin, but instead slimmed down with slender tone especially on my upper body.
My stomach was slim but had some belly chub/skin but liveable.

Up until a month ago I was decently satisfied with my arms and legs and only concerned because I had begun consuming more alcohol and wanted to prevent weight gain in especially my stomach and butt (which I noticed had dimpled a bit–maybe I hadn’t noticed before). I started doing HIIT/Tabata bootcamp workouts 2x 1st the 1st week, which incorporate pretty much all of the exercises you describe for slender arms and legs, including cardio then 4 x week and the following Monday of the 3rd week I noticed an armpit skin bulge, as well as a back skin bulge when wearing a tube top and a halter dress and several bras, which freaked me out as I have pics in the same dress to prove that only one month ago to this day the armpit bulge wasn’t there.

And it doesn’t feel taught like muscle, but I didn’t get saggy skin before after losing weight so I don’t understand this occurrence now, and I actually lost 1-2 lbs over the month. Is it skin? Did the muscle push the fat out? I know it’s had for you to comment without seeing it, but I am confused….and frustrated because I was way less active .

I know I should’ve expected to gain muscle and thus some width, in shoulders and lats, which was naive to ignore, but I want the old arms back! Especially because I bought those new dresses and it’s tank top/bathing suit season!!

Or at least the bulge gone…is the only thing to do now to tone, or I’ll get saggy arms and bra / back fat?

I never expected this and only after I started combo cardio/strength training boot camp style one month ago!

It’s had great benefits to my abs and legs and butt (except pesky cellulite still there)

However, what kind of exercise would you recommend for my arms/bra area? Just running/ cardio? Sorry for so much detail!

Thanks