Lose Arm Fat Quick: BEST TIP - Dr. Berg

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Flabby arms can be a frustrating problem for many individuals, especially as they age. The loss of muscle mass and strength in this area can not only affect physical appearance but also limit daily activities and overall quality of life. In addition to sarcopenia, the process of age-related muscle loss, and flabby arms can also be caused by weakened fascia.

Fascia is a connective tissue that surrounds and supports muscles and other structures in the body. Without proper maintenance and movement, it can become tight or restricted, leading to a decreased range of motion and weakness in the associated muscles. This is why targeting both the muscles and fascia is crucial for effectively improving flabby arms.

Functional exercises, which involve multi-joint movements that mimic everyday tasks, are key to targeting muscle and fascial health. Working multiple muscles and joints at once helps strengthen and activate the surrounding fascia, which can lead to tighter, more toned arms with improved strength and function.

To incorporate exercises into your routine to help improve the fascia, I recommend trying out the three workout videos linked above. These videos focus on a variety of movements that target the arms, shoulders, and fascia for a well-rounded approach to flabby arm reduction.

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0:00.0	So if you have that loose saggy skin underneath your arms, you're going to be very excited
0:06.1	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.
0:15.7	So they do all this cardio and they change their diet and it doesn't do anything.
0:21.3	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.
0:28.0	Now there's a term I want to introduce you to called sarcopinia, age-related muscle loss. And this may or may not be
0:37.1	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,
0:48.7	is it the muscle that actually keeps the shape of the arm? The answer is no. It's this right here. So in our
0:56.8	bodies we have saran wrap. We have a certain wrapping tissue that surrounds
1:01.6	the muscle and that tissue is called fasha.
1:05.1	Fasha is the bag that surrounds the arm and holds everything in a nice tight way.
1:12.4	And in this diagram here you'll see you have the skin and then just
1:16.4	underneath it you have a layer of fat it's called subcutaneous fat and then you have
1:21.4	the first layer of fascia okay and then you have another layer of
1:27.3	fat and then you have another layer of fascia and then you have the muscle and fascia also becomes immobilized with immobility and aging.
1:40.9	Yes you might have some fat there that needs to be dealt with, but probably the bigger problem is this
1:45.8	atrophy of the fascia and the muscle. Now there's an interesting book that I'm reading right here,
1:51.4	fascia treatment with shock waves, which I'm not recommending in this
1:55.8	video anything about the shock waves.
1:57.4	That would be for more of a mile-fasual problem which we're not talking about. But I want to share something in this book, this very expensive book.
2:07.0	FASHA can change its tone. It has contracted ourselves within the fascia itself. It can change its tone.
2:17.0	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 two muscles, right?
2:33.0	You're extending the tricep or you're contracting the bicep.
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