If I Exercise My Tricep Muscles, Will I Lose My Bingo Wings?
The tricep muscle, on the back of the upper arm, is an area that many women of a certain age begin to accumulate a little more fat than they feel is socially acceptable to their peers.
Over the years, my clients have referred to the loose skin on the back of their arms as Hello Helens, Bingo flaps, dinner lady arms, sugar gliders and nanna wobblers. The misconceptions on how to make them disappear are rife.
Using exercises to target specific muscle groups, such as the "nanna wobbles", can help to a degree by firming and toning up the muscles but it is sadly a myth that exercising a certain area will encourage the fat to melt away.
This theory of "spot reduction" has been tested numerous times on tennis players, comparing their playing arm with the other redundant one. Although there was a clear musculature difference between the two, the fat levels were identical proving that irrespective of use, exercising a particular muscle does not reduce the fat content of the respective body part – sadly!