10 Best Lightweight Arm Exercises for Sculpted Muscles

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Pushup To Side Plank

“You will work your chest, shoulders, triceps, transverse adbominis, internal obliques, and adductor muscle of the hip with this exercise,” says Joi. Push-ups are an excellent bodyweight exercise all on their own, but adding a side plank increases the activation of your obliques, the muscles on the sides of your body.

1. On the ground in a high plank position with feet shoulder-width apart, keep hands close to armpits and shoot elbow back while bringing your chest to the ground (on knees is needed).
2. As you press up into high plank shift body weight to one side opening up into a side plank.
3. Intentionally lift hips up to engage your oblique muscles with a tight engaged core.
4. Lower hand back to the ground and lower into a pushup and repeat on the other side. 

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