Fighting Turkey Neck and Wobble Arms

Health Wellness

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Growing old can be the pits to many seniors. The older we get the more aches and pains we have, the more health issues we have, and we lose our youthful bodies. Our skin begins to look like crepe paper in areas and we lose muscle mass. Consequently, we have areas like our arms that begin to hang down and wobble like the neck of a turkey.

Many experts will recommend various exercises to help combat what I call turkey neck arms. They want you to lift weights and be more active. They’ll recommend aerobics and similar type activities, but this isn’t always easy for many seniors.

Seniors living on fixed incomes can’t afford to go to aerobics classes or a gym to work out.

There are inexpensive devices that can be easily purchased to help, such as exercise bands. I have some that are about 4 inches wide and long enough to go under my feet with both ends held in my hand. I use them to exercise my arms by pulling on the bands in various directions. I do arm curls with hand up and then hand down. I pull out to one side and then across to the other. I do a combination of arm curls at an angle to each side trying to work all of the different muscles in the forearm and biceps. I started out slow but try to do at least 10 repetitions with each arm as often as possible.

But what if you don’t have the exercise bands?

Here are some suggestions that most any senior can do with NO cost and NO equipment other than you body. You can do them standing up or sitting down.

Stretch your arms out in front of you. With one hand, grab the wrist of the other arm and then pull up with arm being held and push down with the arm doing the holding for several seconds and then relax for several seconds and then repeat 10 times. Then switch arms and repeat.

Next, lock your fingers together in front of you like you were getting ready to pray. Hold tight and then push towards each hand the other, resisting each at the same time. The same thing can be done trying to pull each arm away while your interlocked fingers provide resistance.

Close your fists and then locked them across each other. With the bottom wrist/arm, pull up and with the top one push down. Do this 10 times and then switch which is on top and bottom and repeat 19 times.

Experiment and you will find other ways to use your arms to exercise. It’s important to use different positions of your hands (up, down, sideways) and pull and push in different directions to make sure that you exercise all of the muscles in your arms, not just your biceps.

These are all forms of weight lifting without using weights. It’s a simple resistance exercise and remember, resistance exercises not only help build up or keep muscles, but they also help strengthen bones and reduce the chances of developing osteoporosis.

You can do them while watching your favorite programs on TV or just sitting on the porch watching the birds and butterflies. The only cost is time and a little effort, but if done regularly, you may find out that they help reduce that turkey neck wobble under your arms.

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