Lose weight on your arms while doing housework! 3 steps to easily eliminate butterfly sleeves and clean windows

The weather is so hot that you really want to wear a sleeveless top to cool down, but every time you see your arms that are limp and tremble when you lift them, you immediately lose the courage? But you just can’t find the time to exercise and train properly? Japanese experts said that, in fact, sculpting a body is not as difficult as everyone thinks. As long as you follow the correct posture and movements when doing housework and make it a habit, it is a good way to tighten the parts of the body that you care about without forcing yourself and can be easily practiced in life.

Butterfly sleeves and body wrapped in flesh? Relaxation of the biceps and triceps muscles of the arms is the key

Masami Kiyota, representative director of the Japan Organization and Storage Association, who once co-developed a well-known Japanese weight loss cleaning program with Associate Professor Shuichiro Inajima, who studies sports health medicine at Aichi Prefectural University, wrote in his book "Housework Exercise to Sweep and Lose Weight: Squat to mop the floor, stretch to mop the windows, twist the waist to mop the table... Clean and exercise every day, my home is a gym!" In the book "The Butterfly Wings on Arms", the author specifically focuses on the problem of butterfly sleeves on arms, which is of most concern to many mothers-in-law, explains the causes of the arm flaps, and proposes ways to effectively combine them with housework movements to help exercise the arms.

Director Kiyota Shinmi pointed out that the so-called butterfly arms refer to the biceps brachii, which forms a muscle mass when the human body bends the arm, and the triceps brachii on the other side (inner side of the upper arm). Because subcutaneous fat is particularly easy to accumulate on the inner side of the upper arm, and the muscles in this area are rarely used by people when doing housework or office work, loose butterfly sleeves may appear if you are not careful.

Say goodbye to butterfly sleeves by learning how to clean windows! 3 tips to effectively exercise muscles and promote lymphatic circulation

Although we know that the annoying butterfly arms and biceps are caused by insufficient training of the biceps and triceps, so they become loose, but if we want to effectively exercise these two muscles, what should we do? Director Kiyota Shinmi said that the action of cleaning window glass by window wiping and sweeping is a good choice to exercise muscles that are not usually used! As long as people firmly press the towel on the glass and wipe it outward in large amplitude, it is one of the most effective ways to tighten the upper arm muscles.

First of all, before you start, you need to prepare items including "old towels" (for wet wiping) and "microfiber cloths" (for dry wiping). Fold them into the size of your palm and use them to wipe the windows. Wring out wet towels thoroughly. An old, thin towel is easier to wring out and is more absorbent. As for what to do specifically, let us follow the experts’ footsteps!

【STEP for window cleaning】

The inside of windows can get unexpectedly dirty from household dust and hand dirt. If you can polish it to a sparkling shine, the room will become bright and your mood will become more relaxed.

1. Wipe off dirt and sebum

Use a damp towel folded into the size of your palm to wipe off dust and other dirt. Start from the top of the window and wipe downwards as if writing the character "ㄈ". If it gets dirty, change the towel surface.

2. Wipe around

If you only wipe in a U-shaped pattern, it's easy to miss areas around the windows. Use a clean cloth to write the Chinese character "口" and rub it in a circle to remove any remaining dirt.

3. Use the same motion to dry wipe

Avoid leaving rub marks with a final dry wipe. Instead of just holding down the towel with your fingers, wipe it with the entire surface, applying pressure with your entire palm. After wiping in a "ㄈ" shape, don't forget to wipe the surrounding area!

[The Basics of Window Cleaning and Sweeping to Lose Weight]

Switch hands in each section, using both hands alternately

Build on the previous actions. After wiping the right side with your right hand, switch the towel to your left hand when wiping to the left side, switching hands to wipe each section. Bend your knees slightly, shift your center of gravity, exert force on your entire arms, press your palms on the glass surface and move slowly. This is the key to window cleaning to lose weight.

When you finally wipe the surrounding area, try to wipe as far away as possible and stretch your arms fully. Just be aware of the base of your arms and shoulder blades to promote lymphatic circulation and eliminate swelling!

[Window cleaning and weight loss time saving]

Wet wipe + dry wipe, dual use to shorten the time

Once you've mastered the basics, use a wet towel and a dry rag to wipe everything at once!

1. Wipe the top section with a wet towel first.

2. While wiping this section repeatedly with a dry rag, place a wet towel underneath.

3. Maintain this posture and start wiping from the place you first wiped, wiping in a "ㄈ" shape.

4. On the one hand, exert force, and on the other hand, avoid separating your hands, and move your center of gravity slowly to the left and right.

5. Since dry erasing can be done at the same time, it only takes half the time of normal work.