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I'm lifting 5 kg dumbbells everyday. how many times a day should i lift to make my arms thinner?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Lifting: Can tone muscles but lifting alone does not give one skinny arms _ that requires actual weight loss.

Answered 1/12/2014

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