Everyone knows that every serious lifter is after an impressive pair of strong, muscular arms.
Imagine tall, peaking biceps resting on rock-hard, horse-shoe-shaped triceps"you know you want them! Why wouldn’t you ache for a pair of ripped, well-developed guns that will rip through your shirt sleeves?
Although getting these massive arms is a top priority for many people, the fact is that most lifters have a weak understanding of how to get a good muscle building workout that will help them maximize their muscular arms.
To design a good muscle building workout and stimulate arm growth, there are three basic truths to be kept in mind:.
1) Relative to the other muscles, the biceps and triceps are small muscle groups.
2) All basic pulling movements for the back considerably stimulate the biceps.
3) When you do all those simple pressing motions for the chest and shoulders, your triceps are stimulated as well.
On considering these 3 points, what can you know about effective arm training?
You need to realize this:.
A good muscle building workout to maximize gains in muscle size and strength in your biceps and triceps requires only a very small amount of direct arm stimulation!
Please don’t be that misinformed person at the gym, working week in and week out on endless sets of bicep curls and tricep extensions.
You have to understand that the biceps and triceps are already benefiting from any good muscle building workout featuring chest and back training. Couple this with the fact that your biceps and triceps are already small muscle groups to begin with and it becomes quite clear that direct arm training is of minor importance.
Keep in mind that the gym is not the place where your muscles will grow. When you train with weights, the work you do just ignites the process that gets the wheels of muscle growth moving. The actual process occurs outside of the gym when you are resting and eating, because this is when your body works to create new muscle tissue.
Due to this, it’s important not to over train your muscles. If you want to see major results, you need to give your muscles time to recover. Did you know that overtraining can actually make your muscles grow smaller and weaker?
So, if you want serious arm growth, you have to stop performing so many direct arm movements. Steer clear of the never ending sets of concentration curls and tricep pressdowns. When you focus on a good muscle building workout featuring heavy chest and back training, you are on your way to properly developing strong and muscular arms.
Don’t say no to direct arm training completely; I’m just saying to limit what you do. Check out these 2 arm routines to use as a part of a good muscle building workout….
Arm Routine #1
Barbell Curls " 2 sets of 5-7 reps
Standing Dumbbell Curls " 1 set of 5-7 reps
Arm Routine #2
Close-Grip Bench Press " 2 sets of 5-7 reps
Standing Cable Pushdowns " 1 set of 5-7 reps
Focus on your weekly progress by adding more weight or performing an extra rep or two when you do your sets and, as always, work to concentric muscular failure.
You will be amazed at how your arm size will increase once you incorporate this way of thinking into your training.
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