If you talk to any one just starting out what they would want more than anything else, most of the time the answer is big arms. Who wouldn’t want rock hard arms with tall peaked biceps
complimented by large horseshoe shaped triceps. You have to find the right weight lifting program aimed at getting guns you can be proud
of.
These are the glamour muscles and it tells the world “Hey look at me”. The problem is that most weight lifters don’t have a very
good understanding of what it takes and how to properly workout their arms for maximum growth. I will try to clear up some
misunderstandings about getting big arms.
There are three things, which you must understand in order to maximize your arm workouts, which most weight lifting programs fail
to address.
1. The biceps and triceps are small muscle groups that when overworked
will not grow large. The fact is if your weight lifting program includes compound exercises, ie: Bench Presses, Squats, Dead Lifts, Pull ups or
any of the other compound exercises that workout a large portion of your body, then you are stressing the biceps and triceps
already.
There is no need to include the large amount of isolation exercises I see on a daily basis. When you continue to isolate these
smaller muscle groups all you are doing is hurting your chances of getting big arms.
2. The biceps get a heavy workout when you are doing the basic exercises that
include pulling. If your weight lifting program includes lat pull downs or bent over rows then you are simultaneously blasting the
biceps.
As you increase the weight in these exercises the biceps have to grow to be able to pull the weight effectively. Once you
pre-exhaust the biceps there is no need to start doing curls to add to the stress already put on the biceps. All you are doing is hurting
your efforts to gain size.
3. If your triceps weight lifting program calls for a full session of working
out the triceps then here is one thing you will want to consider. Your triceps have already reached their growth potential for the week by doing
bench presses and shoulder presses.
Although a very strong muscle group, the triceps are susceptible to overwork and injury by placing too many demands on this small
muscle group.
Strong Muscular Arms
What these truths tell us is that getting strong muscular arms is more the result of heavy chest and back training. This is not to
say that you should not do any arm exercises. You can include a small amount of barbell curls and dips to you weight lifting program to
help compliment your other exercises. Just don’t make the mistake many weight lifters make and blast your arms to the point that they
actually retard the growth. This is a sure fire way to keep your arms small and unimpressive.
Start training differently today. What do you have to lose but your small scrawny arms.