So if you’re ready for strong, powerful arms, go ahead and take our 30-day arm toning challenge!
Sure, a perky butt and washboard abs are great, but we shouldn’t neglect our upper bodies. Many women avoid tough arm workouts because they’re afraid of looking masculine, but in reality there’s nothing to be afraid of! Strength training won’t make you look bulky. In fact, strength moves such as bicep curls and tricep extension are the best for getting toned, sexy, jiggle-free arms.
For this arm workout challenge, you’ll be doing four weeks of upper body strength training using the heaviest weights you can manage. The challenge is simple. There are three workouts to complete each week. We suggest doing these on non-consecutive days, so that your muscles get some recovery time. On other days, you can do cardio, leg workouts, or ab workouts.
So if you’re ready for strong, powerful arms, go ahead and take our 30-day arm toning challenge!
What You’ll Need: dumbbells from light to heavy, a bench, and (optional) a gym mat or towel for the floor
What to Do: Each week, complete all three workouts. On the first week, record the weights you use for each exercise, and increase the weight a little each week. Don’t increase the weight too much. Weights that are too heavy can cause you to lose proper form. If you started doing bicep curls with 5 lb. dumbbells, try using 7 to 8 lb. on the second week.
Below, we’ve included videos showing how to perform each move. Using proper form helps prevent injuries and ensures you’re getting the most out of your workout.
Workout 1:
Bicep Curls: 4 sets of 12 reps
Tricep Extensions: 4 sets of 12 reps
Bench Dips: 4 sets of 15 reps
Push Ups: 4 sets of 10 reps
Workout 2:
Bench Press: 4 sets of 12 reps
Incline Bench Press: 4 sets of 12 reps
Up Down Plank: 4 sets of 24 reps (12 each side)
One-Arm Dumbbell Row: 4 sets of 24 reps (12 each side)
Workout 3:
Upright Row: 4 sets of 12 reps
Shoulder Press: 4 sets of 12 reps
Dumbbell Flys: 4 sets of 12 reps
Push Ups: 4 sets of 10 reps
Bicep Curls
Tricep Extensions
Bench Dips
Push Ups
Bench Press
Incline Bench Press
Up Down Plank
One-Arm Dumbbell Row
Upright Row
Shoulder Press
Dumbbell Flys
I like your fitness suggestions, and the food is marvelous. However, please change tricep to triceps and bicep to biceps. There are no such words as tricep and bicep.
Kathy, Thank you for the feedback. However, there are singular forms of both words…please check your dictionary.
For example, my right bicep is smaller than my left bicep. 🙂
I’m a little confused … 3 arm days in a week? Or each of these every day?
Thanks!
Tammy, This 30-Day Challenge is designed to be completed 3 days each week for 30 days. For example, complete the workout on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday for the next 30 days. 🙂
Is there any way to substitute something for the bench? I don’t have one.
You can lie on the floor or on a yoga ball.
Thanks for post! And I’m sorry someone would make a stupid grammar comment on a post that is ver self explanatory. Some people have too much time?
I am still unclear. For example, do you do workout 1 on Monday, workout 2 on Wednesday and workout 3 on Friday, and repeat the next week. Or do you do all three workouts on each of those days. Doing just workout 1 on day 1 seems like not much of a workout. It’s co fusing listing them as workout 1 2 and 3 if they are supposed to be done all on same day.
Darynn, you do each workout one day during the week. For example, you do workout 1 on Monday, workout 2 on Wednesday, and workout 3 on Friday.
I find this interesting yet also sounds easy to only do one work out a day. I do 3 sets of almost all of this in one upper body workout! Since I enjoying switching things regularly I plan to give this a tey for a couple weeks so see how it goes. Increasing weight and doing an extra set may just make it more challenging? Leaves a lot of time for cardio. Thanks for the videos. I prefer that to pictures
Thank you, Penny. We hope you enjoy trying out this challenge!