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Shoulder, pectoral: alternate-shapers Starting position: Stand with feet slightly apart, Grasp your dumbbells in an overhand grip. Let your arms hang down, palms facing your thighs, dumbbells making a straight line, lengthwise.
These are to firm up your pectoral muscles - those muscles under your breasts. Here again, you don't need ankle weights. Only your dumbbells.
General: Start with one set of five reps, then ten reps. Later, three sets of eight reps each.
Weight- training is equally useful for both men and women. You can begin at the age of sixteen or even when you are middle-aged or older. After the age of thirty, however, you should give yourself a complete medical checkup and consult your doctor about the test- results, and then with his consent, go in for it. Again, if you are highly myopic, check with a vitreoretinal surgeon before training with weights.
Legging it up
General: Strap the 5-pound ankle-weights around your ankles. Start with one set to set of five reps, work up to 10, and finally to three sets of eight reps each.
Aerobics are the only exercise that can burn fat, while sensible eating prevents fat from accumulating on your muscles. However some people have specific problem spots-arms, thighs, love-handles at the waist, etc. which stubbornly droop even after having lost fat. This is where weight training - let's call it spot-shaping - comes in.