2009-08-24

Arm Exercises for Women Bat Wings or Batwings

Arm Exercises for Women Bat Wings or Batwings
Get Rid Of Bat Wings by doing Kettlebell workouts and working out with weights.

Besides, it can be greatly improved by reducing your body fat through diet and cardiovascular exercises and a solid weight training program that features heavier compound movements.

Seated tricep dips, push-ups, bench presses with respectable weight, even some power yoga-type of poses. In general, heavy pushing movements will greatly help, plus you get stronger in the process.

Women who lose weight may develop something known as batwings on the under arm. These flabby patches of skin that do not seem to stop moving when your arm does. There are arm exercises for women that are specially designed to help solve this problem.

Whether you are a novice or someone who has been working out for some time now, the following tips can help you increase muscle in your arms, decrease the excess skin, and just get an overall improvement in strength. You can even include some maneuvers to decrease unsightly belly fat.

Everyone is familiar with Pilates and the exercises using giant blow up balls, but not everyone knows the purpose of them. When you work out with a Pilate ball you are using every muscle you can think of because you are constantly trying to stabilize yourself. Your workouts will be increased in difficulty but well worth the effort.

The first thing you are going to need is a stabilization ball and some free weights or dumbbells that weight 3 to 5 pounds. Make sure you have one for each hand.

With dumbbells in hand sit on the stabilization ball, and once you are settled and secure begin the routine by following these steps:

• Begin the exercise with your upper arms running parallel to the floor. Your lower arms should be perpendicular while the dumbbells are in your hand.

• When you are ready, begin by lifting your upper arms to a position over your head. You will need to be tightening your abs to maintain your balance on the ball. When your arms are overhead make sure that your palms are facing each other while you hold the dumbbells.

• From this position, lower the dumbbells behind your head slowly, bending your elbows so that they are pointing toward the ceiling. Doing this slowly is key as if you go too fast you can hurt yourself and you will also not get a workout.

• With your palms facing each other, slowly lift the dumbbells over your head. Try to get up to doing 10 to 12 repetitions three times. You will find your biceps burn. This proves you are working your muscles. Once the difficulty has lessened advance to heavier weights.

These arm exercises are not hard to do and will get your "batwings" under control finally. If you want to start out slower begin with using just the weights, avoiding using the exercise ball. If this is still too much for you to handle then use less weight.

Once you are ready, you can increase weight, add the exercise ball and increase your repetitions and sets. Keep in mind, however, that with less weight and not using the exercise ball the exercise will be dramatically easier and you will not see results as quickly.

Whatever your needs, be it under arm flab or just wanting to get more strength and tone, these arm exercises for women can help you achieve that goal.

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2009-07-31

馬會開錯盤 賭客「及時執死雞」 小保加對AC賠率對調 買齊必贏


馬會開錯盤 賭客「及時執死雞」 小保加對AC賠率對調 買齊必贏
(明報)2009年7月31日 星期五

【明報專訊】馬會發生疑是近年最嚴重的「開錯盤」事故,馬會證實由於人手輸入出錯,令「小保加 對AC米蘭 」賽事的「讓球主客和」主客賠率昨一度調轉。雖然該錯誤10分鐘內已被修正,但本報得悉,有投注者「及時」在雙方投注各4萬元,無論賽事結果為何,都大約會贏2000元至7.2萬元不等。

人手輸入出錯 承諾檢討

馬會昨未有披露有多少顧客藉着此錯誤下注,但承諾檢討輸入程序。

今次已非馬會首次開錯盤,民政事務局 回應說,關注馬會有否採取措施避免開錯盤,會跟進了解事件。

導致馬會「燒鬚」陷必輸尷尬局面的賽事「小保加(主)對AC米蘭(客)」,已於香港時間今日凌晨上演,理論上,馬會昨午12時開盤,但網友「M」指昨晨約11時58分已公布賠率及受注,但他即時發現賠率不妥。

這場球賽,主隊小保加不被看好,故根據馬會「主客和」彩池,小保加及AC米蘭在沒有讓球下的勝出賠率,分別為3倍及2.05倍。但在馬會讓球盤方面,即使小保加受讓1球,其一旦得勝的可獲賠率卻反而高達3.8倍,較不獲讓球的贏波賠率(3倍)更高,這不合情理。

「M」即時想到這是開錯盤,於是立即兩邊也投注,據悉,他先藉着「讓球主客和」的錯誤賠率,以約4萬元買小保加勝(3.8倍);他又同樣以約4萬元,在傳統主客和買AC米蘭勝(2.05倍)。

據本報分析,此投注組合下馬會必輸——若AC米蘭勝,馬會僅輸約2000元;但若小保加勝或賽和,馬會將會輸接近7.2萬元。「M」下注後,即在網上討論區公開馬會開錯盤,但由於馬會10分鐘內已得悉開錯盤及更正賠率,大部分網友無法趕及仿效「M」雙邊下注。

「M」接受本報查詢時,指從投注者角度,他當然希望馬會「不停出錯」,但他指若以馬會管理層角度,這是一個很嚴重的錯誤,因導致賭客必贏。他又指馬會一年都有幾次開錯盤,但通常發生在「走地波」身上,例如明明其中一隊剛入了一球,但投注領先隊伍最終勝出的賠率,卻往往不會即時下降,致投注者有「着數」。

馬會稱數分鐘內修正 按例照賠

馬會發言人回應時證實,小保加對AC米蘭的讓球主客和一度開錯盤,即是把主隊及客隊勝出的賠率調轉,理由是人手輸入賠率時出錯。但他強調,馬會在很短時間內(數分鐘)已發現及修正錯誤。雖然有人利用此錯誤,以必贏的策略下注,但馬會指會按規例「照賠」。

馬會發言人未肯披露賠率出錯期間有多少人下注,但承認以往亦有開錯盤。馬會表示,會再次檢討現時人手輸入賠率程序的核實機制,希望「做得更好」。

明報記者 陳志偉

馬會拒補回賠率差價 買錯讓球 隨時少賺


馬會拒補回賠率差價 買錯讓球 隨時少賺
(明報)2009年7月31日 星期五

【明報專訊】馬會開錯盤,投注者有得有失。因「聰明」的球迷可分析賠率兩邊均下注造成必贏局面,但另一方面,若有顧客不慎誤買了「讓1球」的AC米蘭 勝,有可能「贏少咗」即蒙受損失,因此時AC米蘭勝出的讓球賠率錯列為1.65倍,遠低於原本應有的3.8倍。

馬會昨回應時堅持,賭客接受賠率才下注,故不會考慮補回賠率差價。但博彩及獎券事務委員會委員何漢權認為,既然賠率出錯是因馬會職員犯錯引起,馬會便應向下注者賠償賠率差價,否則便不公平。民政事務局 指出,政府沒有收過有關馬會足球博彩有限公司「開錯盤」的投訴;但若有投注者對開錯盤不滿,可向博獎會投訴。

馬會開辦賭波以來,以「走地盤」賠率出錯的問題,較受球迷關注。就像約10天前國際米蘭 對阿美利加的賽事中,在阿美利加率先入球後,馬會開出的阿美利加得勝賠率一度仍維持在5.1倍,未有下調,即被網友質疑馬會出錯「益了下注者」。但由於最後兩隊賽和,故馬會未有實際損失。