YOUR STORIES:  Do you know what bye-bye arms are? They’re the kind of arms that keep waving long after you’ve stopped!

I was suffering from bye-bye arms and I wasn’t overweight. It was a symptom of having kids and getting older. Apparently women’s arms get bigger after having kids from all the picking-up and lugging around we do. After my kids grew up and left the house, my arms went into withdrawal it seems and became flaccid and dimply.

I decided to do something about it one day, so I started doing bicep curls like crazy. While the fronts of my arms started to firm up, the underside was still looking like a floppy camel’s hump. So I decided to add some killer triceps exercises like dips. As my arms started to get toned and I began to develop lean muscle mass, my flappy underside began to shrink, but not enough.

One day I was watching Live with Regis and Kelly and there was a segment featuring one of her workouts. Of course, Kelly Ripa is the tiniest, skinniest person you could ever meet, but I wanted arms like hers so bad. So I started working with a medicine ball and added shoulder work to my training and in the space of about a month, my arms were beginning to take shape.

Instead of my arms waving, it was me waving them bye-bye!

Here are some of the moves I did:

Stability Ball Overhead Reach

Holding a medicine ball, bring your hands above your head and lie down on a stability ball. Now sit-up as if you’re doing a crunch (in fact, this will also work your abs), bringing the medicine ball down in front of you. Start with 30 seconds and work your way up to two minutes.

Medicine Ball Slam Dunk

This time standing and holding a medicine ball, raise your arms above your head and in an explosive move, bring your arms forward to bounce the ball on the ground. Start with 30 seconds and work your way up to two minutes.

Medicine Ball Toss

You’ll need a friend for this. Bring the medicine ball to your chest and toss by pushing your arms outwards. Start with 30 seconds and work your way up to two minutes.

One Arm Toss

Same as above, only this time you’re going to use one arm and push out from your shoulder. Start with 30 seconds and work your way up to two minutes.

Can you say, “Bye-bye, bye-bye arms!”

– Eileen  from Texas

Tags: celebrity fitness, Kelly Ripa, triceps

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