arghh arms....

[xplosion]

yeh, so i'm bulking up for summer, its going good, gainin about 3-4 lbs a week, but for the upper body, it seems to be more on the chest and triceps...and the arms just dn't seem to bulk in proportion..and its not like i undertrain them nor overtrain, its the same routine as my chest etc but its not working that much, any ideas boys?! its pissin me off.....!!

[vedicom]

maybe due to genetics, but if you are bodybuilding and really care about the lack of proportion, then you gotta adjust your workout scheme appropriately... increase the arm workouts and reduce the chest workouts

[PakPlaya69]

I was the same , its the body structure , start working on your arms twice a week instead of one and drink more protein on the days you do your arms , inormally drink once a day but on my arms days i started drinking twice , worked for me donkno about your skinny ass

[xplosion]

Originally Posted by vedicom

maybe due to genetics, but if you are bodybuilding and really care about the lack of proportion, then you gotta adjust your workout scheme appropriately... increase the arm workouts and reduce the chest workouts

yeh, trying to do that, will reducing reps and increasing weights be any aid, i'm doin about 8 reps for curls, and 8 on the bar...thing is, they arn't weak...compared to other body parts, just dn't bulk

[vedicom]

Originally Posted by xplosion

yeh, trying to do that, will reducing reps and increasing weights be any aid, i'm doin about 8 reps for curls, and 8 on the bar...thing is, they arn't weak...compared to other body parts, just dn't bulk

don't reduce the reps.. it's a misconception that doing heavy weights results in getting bigger/bulking. it's probably due to your frame, but what i said in the previous post is the best thing you can do.

[xplosion]

Originally Posted by PakPlaya69

I was the same , its the body structure , start working on your arms twice a week instead of one and drink more protein on the days you do your arms , inormally drink once a day but on my arms days i started drinking twice , worked for me donkno about your skinny ass

safeee, mite try upping the protien intakes on arm days....see how it goes.....

[PakPlaya69]

Originally Posted by xplosion

safeee, mite try upping the protien intakes on arm days....see how it goes.....

Also less reps and heavy weight, do 4 sets of all the excercises

fst set = 8 reps
second rep = 6 reps ( increased weight)
third rep = 6 reps ( same wight)
forth rep = 4 reps ( increased weight)

[Unsigned Hype]

/have a split where ur hitting arms every workout

[xplosion]

Originally Posted by Unsigned Hype

/have a split where ur hitting arms every workout

cool, how much time do arms need to recover, a day?! cez when i get the pump, they ache like 3 days after...so wonderin, sud i be woking them out when they still aching?

[JayJai]

if you can, throw in some close grip chins where you hang down with your hands attached to the bar with no more then 4 inches space between them. This using your arms and biceps pull yourself up. This will catergoricaly put on the MOST mass on your biceps in the least amount of time.

[CrazyJoker]

Originally Posted by xplosion

yeh, trying to do that, will reducing reps and increasing weights be any aid, i'm doin about 8 reps for curls, and 8 on the bar...thing is, they arn't weak...compared to other body parts, just dn't bulk

your doing way too many REPS
thats the problem

do about 3-4 REPS
extremely heavy weights
your problem will be solved

also TRY SHOCKING YOUR ARM MUSCLES

try a different arm exercise you've never done every 5th or 6th rotation
u'll notice a diff with a few weeks

[Razyy]

like the person above said..change your routine up a little bit dont do same exercies.

[sexy_thug_1]

Originally Posted by CrazyJoker

your doing way too many REPS
thats the problem

do about 3-4 REPS
extremely heavy weights
your problem will be solved

also TRY SHOCKING YOUR ARM MUSCLES

try a different arm exercise you've never done every 5th or 6th rotation
u'll notice a diff with a few weeks

what are u talking about, 3-4 reps is powerlifting, 8-12 reps is bodybuilding, if he wants size he needs to do more reps than 4 its pointless,

8 reps isprime u brake down enough fibres and muscle to rebuild., my advice with arms with which ive been doin over 4 months and ive seen a 1 inch increase is focus on squeeeeeeeeeeezing the muscle so curl squeeze the blood in to the bicep, and tricep extension extend it till it fills with blood, and say after the 8 reps u cnt do any more do 6 more half curls up to 90 degrees do brake uip the muscle,

for bodybuilding the prime amount of time under tension for muscles is 45 seconds which requires 8-12 reps, basically u need to say for biceps look at the muslce, u wanna increase peak, do concentration curls, over all size standing barbell curls

and triceps u hav 3 heads so do tricep extions for the long head, and close grip bench for over al mass of the tricep,

jus train hard
80 percent of growth is diet try and push ur self to new limits

[Old_Pro]

And use both hand to jerk off, not just your left.

K?

[vedicom]

Originally Posted by sexy_thug_1

what are u talking about, 3-4 reps is powerlifting, 8-12 reps is bodybuilding, if he wants size he needs to do more reps than 4 its pointless,

8 reps isprime u brake down enough fibres and muscle to rebuild., my advice with arms with which ive been doin over 4 months and ive seen a 1 inch increase is focus on squeeeeeeeeeeezing the muscle so curl squeeze the blood in to the bicep, and tricep extension extend it till it fills with blood, and say after the 8 reps u cnt do any more do 6 more half curls up to 90 degrees do brake uip the muscle,

for bodybuilding the prime amount of time under tension for muscles is 45 seconds which requires 8-12 reps, basically u need to say for biceps look at the muslce, u wanna increase peak, do concentration curls, over all size standing barbell curls

and triceps u hav 3 heads so do tricep extions for the long head, and close grip bench for over al mass of the tricep,

jus train hard
80 percent of growth is diet try and push ur self to new limits

like i said above, its a COMPLETE misconception that heavy weights results in bulking.

[xplosion]

jus worked arms out...and noticed, i get a pump on my forearms and it feels like they worked out more then actual bicep, i mean they kill when i'm doing the curl......is this normal or is my form wrong?

[sexy_thug_1]

its normal and ur forearm is part of ur arm so should train them so they look in proportion the trick i use is to instead of holding the bar with the thum curled around the dumbell bar i put my thumb behind the bar in line with my other fingers i hope that made sense, but what it does is it pplaaces more concentration when doing curls

[Old_Pro]

And use both hands to have a wank next time, it's good for the wrist, forearm and your bicep. Wank lying down and it works you tris too.

[xplosion]

Originally Posted by Old_Pro

And use both hands to have a wank next time, it's good for the wrist, forearm and your bicep. Wank lying down and it works you tris too.

I heard the first time fool, there was a reason i ignored your post

[Old_Pro]

Originally Posted by xplosion

I heard the first time fool, there was a reason i ignored your post

I'm the fool that's fucking your mum y0.

[sexy_thug_1]

Originally Posted by Old_Pro

I'm the fool that's fucking your mum y0.

thats nice what else u got to say? go on have some fun insult me or sum1 else

[xplosion]

Originally Posted by Old_Pro

I'm the fool that's fucking your mum y0.

your creative genius astonishes me.....

yeh....sexy thug, cheers for the help dawg, i reckon, its probably the fact that my foremans ain't proportioned to my upper arm...just gettin impatient you know..lol

[ancient_warrior]

whatup ppl whats good

Try doing no more than 4 exercises per workout. Stop using curl bar and switch to straight bar as it will help build more mass. 6-8 reps for most exercises since you are going for hypertrophy and mass.

Reverse curls with straight bar it will work forearms and lower bicep.
Regular curls with straight bar with medium to far grip.
Avoid isolation exercises for a while since u are going for mass right now.
Do all dumbbell exercises standing up instead of sitting down. I noticed a big difference in mass.
Do forearms exercises for extensor and flexor muscles. U can try other things like supersets, drop-sets, etc. But I don't recommend them for mass. Good luck. Hope it helps.

Peace One Love.