It can be a sign of age or weight loss, but many women develop loose skin under their arms that they desperately want to get rid of. These arm exercises for women are a way to help women be rid of, or at least lessen these so called "batwings."

Understand that if you have a lot of loose skin, no exercise will get rid of it completely, but you can increase the muscle size, which will help reduce the excess skin. And you'll get a general strength improvement as well. And by adding an additional item, you can reduce fat around the stomach also.

All you need to do is add a stabilization ball to the routine. You may know of it as a Pilates ball. It's simply a large rubber ball filled with air. If you do this workout on the ball, you'll have to stabilize yourself. And that means using muscles all over your body. The arm exercises will be more difficult, but the benefits are well worth it.

The only other thing you'll need is a couple of dumbbells weighing between 3 and 5 pounds. You'll need one for each hand. The stabilization ball is optional and you can use a stool instead.

Have one weight in each hand and sit on the ball (or a stool if you prefer). Once you are balanced, complete the following steps:

At the start you want your upper arms to be parallel to the floor with a dumbbell in each hand, while your lower arms are perpendicular to the floor. You may feel some stretching in your back as well.

Now start the exercise by lifting your upper arms straight up to the sky. If you're on a ball, you'll also feel some abdominal tightening because you will also be working to keep your balance. When your arms are straight up, your palms with the weights should be facing each other.

Now lower the weights slowly behind your head until your elbows are pointing at the sky. Doing this slowly is the key and it is very important. If you simply let the weights fall back you're not using your muscles and getting very little benefit. Also slow movements reduce your chance of injuring yourself.

Now go the other way, lifting the dumbbells back over your head, and again making sure to do this slowly. Repeat this simple motion 10 to 12 times, take a small rest, then do it all again. Then do it a third time if you can so you'll end up doing 3 sets of 10 to 12 reps. You should feel a small burning sensation in your biceps and triceps. This is good and tells you you're doing doing the exercise properly and working out your muscles.

This should not seem too easy. If it is, then you should increase the weight of the dumbbells by a pound or even two pounds.

These arm exercises are relatively simple and soon you'll notice the flabby skin decrease as your muscles grow. But if it seems too hard, there's no reason you can't start slower. Eliminate the stabilization ball and add it as you become stronger. The same goes for the weights. Start with less and work your way up. Do fewer reps or sets to start and gradually increase these as well. Don't make it too hard on yourself or you'll give up too soon. By the same token, don't make it too easy. Realize that with less weight and without the ball your results will be slower, but you will still see results.

These simple are exercises for women are great whether your goal is to reduce your batwings, tone your arms, or simply feel stronger.