If you need a little more help or a variety in your exercise routines for your upper body during computer breaks, try some of these workout exercises for your arms. Customize them to suit your needs, varying the number of repetition, the intensity of the workout level, etc. as needed.

Lower Arm Flab

Some things to try are dips. With dips, you sit on the end of your chair or other hard surface. Place your palms so that you have one on either side of your hips. And have your fingers dangling over the edge. Then proceed to walk with your feet pointing outwards while picking your hips up off of the chair. Then squat, bending your knees while you lower yourself, making your elbows come to 90-degrees, keeping your upper arms parallel with the floor. Stand up, and then repeat, lowering yourself with your arms. Continue repeating 10 more times. Then repeat two entire sets more (if you're new with this, grow your sets over time - -like work in one set the first week, then two sets the next and so on). And for those more advanced, you can stretch your legs out straight with this routine.

Another way to tackle lower arm flab is with kickbacks. Holding a small amount of weight (like a soup can), bend your wrist over having your hand (back side flat) on a surface. Now with the soup can or hand (or other) weight in your other hand, bring your bent elbow up to your side in what we call the 'start position.' Take the elbow at your side and reach back until that elbow is out straight, and then lower it back into place. Repeat this exercise of motion 11 more times, switch hands / arms and do the same on the other side, same number of repetitions. Then repeat two additional sets, again growing over time as needed. And for more advanced exercise levels, you can increase the weights.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Tips

This is especially a good exercise for computer users who are prone to getting carpal tunnel (painful wrists). Being by using wrist weights or holding light weights for resistance work; however, you do not want to grasp the hand weights tightly. Flex your wrists outward, then inward a dozen times each wrist. Then repeat a couple of sets. You can also vary this routine by adding a mix of other activities into your exercise plans like: doing wrist curls, swimming, placing wrist rests on keyboards or gently squeezing small rubber balls.

Upper Arm Flab

Combat upper arm flab in a variety of ways, too. You can hit the floor and do old-fashioned pushups, any style you like (military or other). You can mix in some reverse crab walking where you get down on your feet and hands facing upwards, looking at the ceiling and crawl around. Or you could enjoy some fun shadowboxing using a light amount of weights in your hands, punching roughly 15 rounds of jabs, hooks, undercuts and crossovers.