Exercises To Reduce Loose Skin

Loose skin occurs when you have gained an excess amount of weight and the skin has to accommodate an increased volume. If you lose the weight quickly, your skin won’t immediately snap back into place. How fast your skin tightens depends on your genes, your age and how much weight you gained and lost. There are exercises that help reduce loose skin by combining cardio and strength training to melt fat and tighten muscle.

Seated Triceps Press

This exercise eliminates loose triceps skin so your arms are taut and toned. Sit on the edge of a sturdy chair or bench with one dumbbell in each hand. Raise your hands into the air, with your hands pointing to the ceiling. Bend your elbows backward until they form a 90-degree angle. Flex your triceps muscles and lift the dumbbells straight above your head. Pause briefly, then lower the dumbbells to a 90-degree angle. Perform 10 times.

Front Squat

This exercise works the front of your quads and your butt to help eliminate loose skin in the butt and thigh. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, and hold one dumbbell in each hand. Cross your hands over your chest, and rest a dumbbell on each shoulder. Keep your spine elongated, and press your hips backward as you squat down, as if you are sitting in a chair. Pause briefly when your knees reach a 90-degree angle. Press into your heels and flex your quads as you push up, returning to your starting position. Repeat 10 times.

Mountain Climber

The mountain climber combines strength training with cardio activity, elevating your heart rate and building muscle tone to help reduce loose skin. Get into a full push-up position with your palms placed shoulder-width apart on the floor and your legs extended straight behind you. Engage your abdominal muscles and lift your right knee, pulling it to your chest so you look like you are in a runner’s pose. Quickly push your right leg back and lift your left knee to your chest. Keep alternating legs. Continue for one minute.

Bicycle Crunch

The bicycle crunch works your entire body but mainly focuses on getting rid of loose skin around your stomach. It also elevates your heart rate so you burn more fat and reduce saggy skin. Lie face up on the floor with your knees bent to a 90-degree angle and lifted above your hips. Place your hands behind your head and press your lower back into the floor. Exhale and extend your right leg straight out. Slowly lift your head and upper back off the floor, bringing your right shoulder to your left knee. Repeat on the left side. Alternate for one minute.