If you can never see veins in your arms, and doing push-ups doesn’t work, you may need to work out to lower your body fat percentage before your veins will be visible. Skip to the next section.
This action should force blood into your forearms, an effect called vasodilation, as you’ve forced your muscles to require more oxygen and thus forced more blood to flow into the area, making the veins appear more prominent. Stress balls or grip clamps are also good tools to use to give your fist some resistance, as well.
If you can, hang over the back of the couch or the kitchen counter, or some other surface that you can lean your armpits against and let your arms dangle. You might start getting that “pins and needles” feeling if you get too much blood in your arms, and they’ll fall asleep. Stop what you’re doing when and if this happens. [2] X Research source
Cutting off the blood flow to any part of your body is never recommended. Never use tourniquets or other tied-off bands to force the veins to the surface in your arms. If left in place too long, this can cause irreparable tissue damage, or even result in the loss of a limb. [3] X Research source
The great thing about your arms is that you don’t carry too much body fat in this area, so it’s a little easier to get your veins to show in your forearms and biceps versus trying to get veins to show in your abs where you carry most of your body fat.
Bicep curls Tricep extensions Skull crushers Close grip benchpress Pullups Forearm curls Forearm extensions
Generally it’s recommended that forearm exercises should consist of an appropriate number of reps to end in muscle failure. More reps, less weight. If you don’t have access to a gym, try to do some dead hangs on a door frame. These build up massive forearm vascularity, forearm strength, and finger strength. Just put your fingers on the top of the door frame, and hang for as long as you can. Do a few every day, and eventually add some pull-ups to the routine.
The other form of cardio is called HIIT (high-intensity interval training) and this is when you do super high-intensity cardio for a short amount of time (20-30 minutes) and you do short intervals with rest in between them. An example of a HIIT cardio workout would be ten 100 yard (91. 4 m) sprints with 60 seconds rest in between them. An example of a slow and steady cardio workout would be 45 minutes on the elliptical machine.
If you want a relatively easy and hands-off way of tracking your calories and exercise regimen, consider signing up for a Fit Tracker account, or some other app which will help to facilitate your weight loss plan.
Your diet is the most important aspect of your fitness plan you need to focus on if you really want to reduce your body fat percentage. The type of calories you put into your body and the overall amount of calories are absolutely critical to building lean muscle mass and burning fat. Lean chicken, eggs, and fish are all a good source of protein, but also can make you gain weight. Go for protein-rich soy and legumes.
One body-building trick that’s not recommended is limiting the amount of water you drink before a show. While this does work in eliminating the water weight and getting your skin to tighten, it’s not recommended for overall vascular health. Eliminate the salt instead and you’ll get the same effect. Stay well hydrated.
