In this episode:
00:13 – Joan asks “How do you lose your bingo wings?”
00:25 – What are bingo wings?
00:43 – Fat is stored there because of a reduction in testosterone
01:25 – You store more fat on your triceps as you get older
01:39 – There are ways to prevent bingo wings
01:46 – Eat cruciferous vegetables
02:08 – Do not eat too much sugar
02:45 – Do exercises that tone up the muscle behind your arms
Transcript:
Mark: Hi! This is Mark and Stephen from TheDVCC.com. The place to be if you want to lose weight and increase your muscle tone! So, we have got another question. This time, this is from Joan. And she says, “How do you lose your bingo wings?” So, bingo wings are basically underneath the arm. They are called – I had this down, actually – gravy dunkers and wobbly bits. Some weird names. But basically, the bits that keep moving if you wave that is body fat stored on the bottom of your arms, your triceps.
Now, actually, you store fat there because of a reduction in testosterone or a lack of production of testosterone. So basically, you produce testosterone and this is the site, the area, that it shows up with how much. So basically, you can tell that if someone doesn’t store much body fat there, that they’re generally going to produce a fair amount of testosterone. So that is actually why men have less body fat there naturally than women.
Stephen: And that’s also – I’m sorry to interrupt – that’s also why you’ll find nowadays, a lot more men actually tend to store fat there as well. That’s because their testosterone is naturally lower than it was years ago.
Mark: Correct, Stephen. So, as you get older as a lady, you’ll find that you’re probably more likely to store fat on the back of your arm, on your tricep, and stop tensing, please. And that is because you naturally produce less testosterone as you get older. But, it doesn’t mean it has to be. It’s not a fact that it’s going to happen and you have to let it happen. There are things you can do. And the things are such as?
Stephen: So, if you eat cruciferous vegetables. So things like broccoli, curly kale, really dark green, leafy vegetables. They will actually help get rid of any bad estrogens you have in your body. They will actually allow you to actually have more natural testosterone in your body. So that will help in one way getting rid of the bingo wings.
Mark: Not eating too much sugar because sugar is basically a castrator. It basically gets rid of your ability to produce testosterone. And I know you’re a woman and you’re thinking, “Well, I don’t want to produce testosterone.” Actually, you do. You want to produce. Every female produces testosterone at different levels. But basically, unless you are extremely muscular and hairy already, you know that you don’t produce too much and you can do with probably producing more. And certainly as you go 40+, you’re producing less naturally. So, like Stephen said, eating cruciferous vegetables and limiting your sugar are two great ways.
Also, doing exercises that tone up the muscles behind your arms. So, you can do – they’re called French Press extension of your arm. The Skullcrusher where you lie on your back and you extend your arm with resistance. Lots of different exercises. And actually, we have our ladies at both Bedford and Milton Keynes Centres do a fair few of those because arms are pretty much what everybody shows off, whether it’s summer or winter. So, that’s why it is such an important thing to most people.
So, if you have any questions, do ask them in any of the normal ways. Tweet us, Facebook us, Instagram us, LinkedIn us, email us, even just talk to us occasionally, and we’ll be able to answer you.
So, this is Stephen and Mark from TheDVCC.com
