How to Tone Your Arms In 3 Weeks

I used to think there were two possible subtexts when it comes to those #fitspo-y “get toned fast” workouts: A) This doesn’t actually work, and B) it works, but you’ll push yourself to the brink of misery and despair in the process. Pick your poison.
I’ve experienced both (and can certainly vouch for the effectiveness of the latter). And yet, in spite of my better judgment, I’ve still never failed to present my unrealistic demands to trainers and experts, in the hopes that one of them would suddenly whip out a secret to a killer physique in minimal time that still caters to my #lazygirl ways. “I want to add a lot more definition to my arms in three weeks,” I informed Lauren Rounds, an Equinox trainer in NYC earlier this fall. “But I also don’t want to feel like I’m dying the entire time.” I thought I would be met with the usual dubious yet sympathetic look—what I call the Oh, honey, no—but Lauren just smiled genuinely. “I think we can make that happen,” she said. The secret to getting toned fast, I would find out, is to actually slow down.
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