As we age, the body replaces muscle tissue with fat. Women who are not prone to obesity rarely form fat cells in the upper body. Nature has laid down that the main reserves of lipids are deposited in the abdomen and thighs.

In the gym, the main attention is paid to these areas, and the hands are usually forgotten. For this reason, the triceps muscle of the shoulder, or triceps, gradually atrophies. And the skin that fitted her remains and hangs down like a piece of unnecessary fabric. It looks depressing. that defect is very easy to eliminate at any age. If the triceps have atrophied, it is necessary to return them to their place by performing simple exercises.
Stand up straight. Spread your legs slightly. Take a dumbbell weighing 3 – 5 kg. Grasp the bar of a dumbbell with both hands and lift it straight up over your head. Now bend your elbows and lower the dumbbell behind your head. This is the starting position. Slowly extend your elbows as you lift the weight up. Make sure that the position of the elbows does not change. Hands from shoulder to elbow should be motionless. Pause at the top and then slowly return to the starting position. To control the position of the hands, do the exercise in front of a mirror.

Sit on the edge of the gymnastic bench. Stretch your legs straight out in front of you. Place your hands on the edge of the bench, turning your hands forward. Slightly move the pelvis forward so that it hangs in the air, and the arms are straight. Gently lower your pelvis towards the floor by bending your arms. When the angle at the elbows becomes straight, linger for two counts and slowly return back. When doing this exercise, make sure that your feet do not slip on the floor. If you want to increase the load, put your feet not on the floor, but on some kind of elevation: a step platform, a chair or a bench.

Take a position as for an emphasis lying on the floor. Place your palms close together so that your thumbs touch. Stretch and tense your whole body. It should represent a straight line from the back of the head to the heels. Slowly lower your body as low as possible, trying to touch the floor with your chest. Hold for a moment at the bottom and return to the starting position. This exercise, in addition to triceps, makes the pectoral muscles work actively.

Exercises are listed in ascending order of difficulty. Choose the exercise that you like best. Triceps is perfectly worked out by any of them. Each Perform the exercise in three sets of 12-15 repetitions.

To increase muscle mass, you will need to increase the amount of protein food. Give up the diet, otherwise your body will have nothing to grow muscle fibers from.

Take extra care of your skin. In addition to applying nourishing creams for dry and sagging skin, massage the back of your hands with a stiff brush. This will not only increase blood circulation in the skin, but also save you from severe muscle pain that occurs when the body builds muscle.