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If you are equipped with bat wings, don't despair! You, too, can achieve firm upper arms just like Model Diet Citizen Debbie. One caveat - if the hanging skin on the underside of your upper arm is extremely loose, it may require the attention of Arm Life Surgery (brachioplasty). Before resorting to extremes, try this to tighten:

One of my favorite exercises to work this part of the body is to lay on the bed (or any flat surface) so that when you fully extend your arm up to your head-area, they hang off the bed. I use light weights (1-2 pounders) and holding one in each hand, I bring them up very slowly. It's not the speed that works the muscle, rather the force expressed during your workout. Work up slowly to a rep that suits your personal needs.

Exercise #2: Carry your free weight with you when you walk and work them while you work your arms. (You'll look a bit like a speeded-up Tin Soldier.)

Exercise #3: With a small free weight in your hand, and in a standing position, put your arm straight out. Next, bend your arm at the elbow. Next, slowly lift your arm - going towards your shoulder blade, on past until the weight in hanging above your back. Reach back as far as you can without straining. You should feel a slight pull in the underarm. This exercise is effective in working out the underarm area assists in toning and tightening.

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