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To work the muscles in the middle of your chest, try the barbell bench press.  Begin by laying the bench flat.  Make sure that the barbell has no added weight.  Tighten your abs and grab the barbell with a wide grip.  Plant your feet flat on the floor.  Lift the barbell off the rack and lower it to a few inches from your chest.  Raise the bar again until your arms are straight.  Repeat this movement for 3 sets of 10 repetitions to start.

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Front raises can be very effective without using any weight at all.  Begin by standing nice and tall with your knees slightly bent and your feet shoulders width apart.  Keep your abs tight and your back straight.  Bring both of your arms straight out in front of you.  Keep your arms straight as you raise them until they are parallel to the ground.  Now lower them.  Repeat this movement for 3 sets of 12 repetitions.

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Cut your workout short by starting out with a warm up of some cardio for 5 minutes and then increase your intensity for 5 minutes.  Now hop off the bike or treadmill and move immediately into squats while holding a weight.  Now you can move back into doing cardio for 3 minutes and then onto another strength training exercise such as arm curls while standing.  Alternate these activities for 30 minutes and be sure to check your heart rate so that you can adjust your intensity in order to keep it in the right zone.

There is a tool used in Pilates quite a bit in order to tone up and build long, lean muscles.  This piece of equipment is called the toning ball.  It can be used in all of arm and abs exercise.  It is a soft weighted ball used in traditional movements such as arm raises or as you’re doing pulses with your arms.  It provides added resistance to your arm workout as well as your abs.