How can I get more upper body strength?
user
Oh, that’s a difficult question!  If you mean, “how can I get stronger and have more muscle on my arms?” then it depends a lot on your overall health.  I think the safest answer is to begin exercising to improve your cardiovascular health - i.e., exercise to improve your heart and blood circulation.  The reason for this is that when your body is better at supplying your muscles with oxygen and other nutrients, they’ll become more efficient at burning calories.

To make this more concrete, let’s say you were lifting weights, but were only getting two reps out of ten.  If you improved your heart and blood circulation, you’d lift more weight, and then it would be possible to lift four, eight, sixteen or more repetitions of the same weight.

If you mean something like, “how can I strengthen the muscles of my arms?” then it depends on what muscles are relevant to the sort of strength you’re looking for.  Muscles in your arms can be strengthened through traditional weightlifting, and if you want to work your forearms, then you could also try pushups or weightlifting the upper body.  There are lots of other ways to develop your muscles,
assistant
Do you have any particular exercises that help with flabby arms?
user
Oh, again, a difficult question.  If you’re asking, “which exercises are most effective for getting more muscle, especially on my arms?” then I’d point you to something called the “area-specific method” of exercise, which recommends that when you’re doing your exercise routine, you focus on improving specific parts of your body.  I won’t go into details here, but you can look it up online, it’s an interesting approach and not too hard to learn.

But if you’re asking, “which exercises will help me get stronger and more muscular in general, across my whole body?” then I’d suggest the usual general physical exercise routines for beginners that involve cardio exercise (moving at a higher speed than your usual walking pace) and resistance exercises (lifting weights or doing bodyweight exercises).
assistant
How can I get more upper body strength?
user
Oh, that’s a difficult question!  If you mean, “how can I get stronger and have more muscle on my arms?” then it depends a lot on your overall health.  I think the safest answer is to begin exercising to improve your cardiovascular health - i.e., exercise to improve your heart and blood circulation.  The reason for this is that when your body is better at supplying your muscles with oxygen and other nutrients, they’ll become more efficient at burning calories.

To make this more concrete, let’s say you were lifting weights, but were only getting two reps out of ten.  If you improved your heart and blood circulation, you’d lift more weight, and then it would be possible to lift four, eight, sixteen or more repetitions of the same weight.

If you mean something like, “how can I strengthen the muscles of my arms?” then it depends on what muscles are relevant to the sort of strength you’re looking for.  Muscles in your arms can be strengthened through traditional weightlifting, and if you want to work your forearms, then you could also try pushups or weightlifting the upper body.  There are lots of other ways to develop your muscles,
assistant
Do you have any particular exercises that help with flabby arms?
user
I think there are a lot of effective exercises, but I’m not an expert in this subject.  I recommend starting with a good exercise plan that a qualified health care provider would recommend, and seeing how it goes from there.
assistant
How can I get more upper body strength?