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OT: Upper Arm Smooshage

ironkurtin

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Poll! I have been working out a LOT and I admit it - I am enjoying my nice arm definition. But still - when I press my upper arms against my torso, SQUISH. Suddenly my upper arms turn into smooshed sausages. Does this happen to everyone? Is my dream of forever losing teacher-arm doomed?!

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Diana

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I have this problem too. Unfortunately I know of no solutions. Will be keeping an eye on this thread for sure!

Mo

(website)

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IK, I think it's just how it goes . . . and to add to that, the skin gets a little less, um, taut, under the arms as 40 recedes in the rearview :/

Anonymous

Yes -- I don't have big arms, and they are muscular, but in photographs they look horrible and flabby, when I know they are NOT!

rute

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I had the same problem! For me the solution was crossfit, now after almost an year doing crossfit I see changes for the first time in my life.
So weights and the solution!

Isis

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I work out with weights and have large arms....the solution is to NEVER press your arms against your torso.

In fact I walk around like this as much as possible.

(OK- I've GOTTA log off, go for my run and then get to work!)

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Parsley

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Haha, Isis- Great solution!
You are too funny!

I feel your pain, IK, and I wish I could tell you that it gets better. My arms were always one part of my body that I thought I could count on to look decent, but sadly, I was wrong...
Time does take its toll.

Honestly, though, your arms look great, and I would try to just not worry about it!

celia

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I feel your pain IK.My arms have been getting more definition(and less flabiness underneath) but on photos they just seem bigger than before.

Isis, that is both impressing and hilarious.

Suz

(website)

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Ha ha! I am with Isis!

Diana

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Isis, look at those guns!!!! Wow!

I just remembered that a couple of days ago I did not post one of my photos (the one with the green top and white skirt) from the side because my arm looked SO HUGE in it. Plus, I had a mosquito bite right in the middle of it which just made it look all that much worse.

Sylvie

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I think Isis has the right solution. I also stick my hands on my hips a lot so that my arms stick out from my body.

In all serious though, our arms aren't made of rocks. I know there's muscle definition there so I don't worry about them looking "soft' if they aren't flexed.

Isis

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Seriously, I think someone here pointed out that arms always look artificially big when we take pictures with our arms by our side. But in real life, we are moving around....

Even rail-thin models pose their arms away from their bodies, case in point...

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kellygirl

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Lol! Isis, you crack me up.

catgirl

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What Isis said. LOL.

My arms are my favorite part of my body, and it makes me sad to live in a place where I can't show them off. I'll flex for you at home too, now that Isis has shown the way!

ironkurtin

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Guys, look though!

#1 - Gun show!

#2 - SMOOSH show! Ugh! Right above the elbow!

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catgirl

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That's muscle you're smooshing, girl. It's defying gravity, therefore it is not flab.

Isis

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What Una said. I see delts, triceps, biceps. Nice definition.

April

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IK, I'm convinced that the only way around this is to be born male.

My son is beanpole-skinny and tall at 15, but that darned testosterone gives him amazing biceps without ever lifting anything as heavy as oh, say, a laundry basket.

Pretty sure even Michelle Obama gets smooshage.

Jonesy

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Okay, Dana, I think you are totally fab, but you've gone around the bend if you think that is "smooshage"!!! LOL! That is muscle, woman! You have some amazing arms going on'!

My own personal smooshage tale of woe: When I met Sveta for the NAS trip, I wore a terrible top for ITs (sort of an extended tab sleeve with a tab). I knew it was horrible on my arms but I liked it anyway. In all of the pics in which Sveta is trying on boots, I am seated with my arms smooshed against my chest, grasping my knee with my hands. Of course when I was sitting like that, making my arms as big as possible, I wasn't even thinking that her hubby was taking pics. Then I saw the pics on Sveta's thread and was appalled! But whaddyagonnado?

Anonymous

That's your bicep, not smoosh!

KathyL

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Isis, you are too funny.

And, IK, I see no smooshage either, just great definition! Wow, you have fantabulous arms and biceps!