Knowing how to do arm exercises for women the right way is important because it’s not easy to hide extra arm jiggle. If you have floppy arm flab, your clothing selection will be severely limited.

Most women simply forget about all the sexy sleeveless tops they have hiding in the closet if their arms are too big. The good news is that there is no reason you can’t get back the arms you used to have when you were twenty.

I never had toned arms as a young woman. And I wanted them so badly. I tried almost everything out there in an attempt to finally go sleeveless.

And I made a lot of mistakes along the way. Luckily, you don’t have to make the same mistakes I made. The following are unknown myths you should be aware of when considering arm exercises for women:

1. You can’t spot reduce. It’s true that you can’t selectively lose arm fat from only one area in your body. However, arm fat is only part of the equation. Moreover, I’ve seen countless women lose tons of fat and still not have toned arms. The key is to focus on tightening the arm muscle, and on changing the amount of water and carbohydrate within the muscle.

2. Push-ups are an excellent exercise for the back of the arm. Most of the push-up movement targets your chest, not your arms. Does it make sense to spend time doing an exercise that doesn’t tighten up your arms? Of course not because it’s not a good use of time! I cringe every time I hear an “expert” claiming that this is one of the best arm exercises for women.

3. Triceps dips are a must. Do enough triceps dips and the AC joint in your shoulder can wear out. Once your AC joint wears out, surgery is the only way to fix it. Stay away from dips at all costs. There are other equally effective exercises for your arms.

4. Triceps kick-backs are great for toning. Triceps kick-backs are the single most overrated exercise. Your time is much better spent doing other exercises. The problem with kick-backs is that they don’t allow you to add on a lot of weight because of the position your body is in. And you need a lot of weight to get toned arms as quickly as possible.

With the above tips you should be able to better navigate all the advice out there about arm exercises for women. Getting sexy arms is not that difficult, but sifting through all the advice is.

Writer Katherine Crawford, a fitness physiologist and former flabby arms sufferer, instructs on the best flabby upper arm exercises. Figure out how to get sexy and toned arms by exploring her blog about how to shake fat off right now!