It’s part two of the Slendertone Challenge and this month the challenge will be ARMS. Or more precisely THARMS you know, arms that look like thighs! Be gone tharms!
I have just under 5 weeks until Vegas (baby) and I need to be looking fit and fabulous poolside. Which would normally not be too much of a big deal as I have been eating green, clean and lean for a month or so now and was up to 5 workouts a week. But then, just showing that none of that stuff had made a blind bit of difference to my immune system, I got ill and I am still not recovered and it’s been 2 weeks now. I had tonsillitis which meant 2 lots of antibiotics as the first lot didn’t clear it, then I got post nasal drip and a chest infection, now I seem to have a chesty cough and cold, a mouth full of ulcers and an on and off eye infection! All in all I have felt like total crap and in no way able to look after myself or go to the gym. I am sure my body probably doesn’t look THAT different but I feel like a heffalump and just want to exercise!
You can imagine how pleased I was when I got an email asking me to do another Slendertone Challenge but this time with the arms garment, sign me up! I may not be able to work out until I am able to breathe without coughing up a lung but I can at least tone my arms for my bikini while I wait. You may ask the eternal question – Does Slendertone actually work? Well I have seen noticeable differences whenever I have used my different garments as long as I kept up using them a good few times a week so in my opinion YES they do work as long as you are near or at your goal weight and loooking to TONE as they are not fat burgers or weight loss devices, and don’t claim to be, it’s about inch loss and firmness.
The garment fits into the controller that I used with the System Abs Challenge so if you already have the slendertone controller the arm garment costs £39.99 and you use it with the controller you already have. You use the garment 5 times a week for 4 weeks to see how much better your arms look after the challenge.
http://www.slendertone.com/en-uk/toning-for-women/arms/slendertone-arms-female-accessory.html
The women’s arm garment only tones the backs of the arms (bingo wings) whereas the men’s tones the bicep and triceps so the front and back of the arm. I am not sure if Slendertone or anyone else know this, but I bought the men’s system arms myself as I wanted to tone the back and front of my arms around Christmas time, and I thought it was brilliant. I am still rather confused why the women’s one only tones the back of the arm.
The garment is easy to put together with simple instructions, you simply stick the pads on the garment, plug it in, put it on, select your programme and level of zapping from 1 – 99 and then away you go. I find that the women’s arm garment is quite different to the men’s one. It is larger and more comfortable with bigger straps and there is no worry when it is on that it might loosen or fall off. I do however find the vibrations so much more annoying with this garment as it works one arm at a time, the men’s one works both together, it feels like they are constantly being zapped whereas I much prefer them both going together then having a few second break.
Week 1 I have managed to get up to level 27 so on Week 2 I will be aiming for level 30 or above. Here is a picture of my arm after 3 of the 5 sessions of week 1.
Let me know if you have any questions!