Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below You dont work your legs hard....or at all? I have often heard the term "work your legs to work your arms(or upper body). Well, I have to admit my leg training in all aspects has been pathetic. My arms seem to be so stuborn in growing. My back and shoulders grow quite nicely though. Could this be a possibly reason for stuborn arm growth? Another other thoughts on getting the arms to grow? Thanks.
Could your Arms not be growing b/c.....
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PolishHammer1977
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Testosterone is in the legs. Hit the legs hard. Release the test. 
Thaibox
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Your arms grow proportionately to your body. You can't weigh 150 lbs and have 21" guns. Squats make you grow...hence big guns.
Someone compiled a base # for determining how many overall pounds of bodyweight you need to put 1" on your arms.
Anyway, why would you want to be a lawn dart? Hit the squats bro
Someone compiled a base # for determining how many overall pounds of bodyweight you need to put 1" on your arms.
Anyway, why would you want to be a lawn dart? Hit the squats bro
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Citruscide
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I like Deads... and I like squats... I think it has made my over all FRAME look bigger...
And now that I am doing deads for reps... I think it is helping even more.
C-ditty
And now that I am doing deads for reps... I think it is helping even more.
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gettinlarger
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Thaibox said:Your arms grow proportionately to your body. You can't weigh 150 lbs and have 21" guns. Squats make you grow...hence big guns.
Someone compiled a base # for determining how many overall pounds of bodyweight you need to put 1" on your arms.
Anyway, why would you want to be a lawn dart? Hit the squats bro
Ha, "lawn dart." Nice metaphor.
JollyRogers
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deads are the best I think too, my lifting partner just started doing them, he's been doing them for 6 weeks now, after I told him to put them in his routine, his back started filling out really nice as well as his legs. he says to me, shit man I wish I knew about these a long time ago, I love these.
4 sets of 10-12 will make'em grow really well.
4 sets of 10-12 will make'em grow really well.
DanielBishop
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I always believed that statement was taken out of proportion.... I've known two HUGE guys with absolutely massive legs, neither of whom have squatted in their life. One of them hadn't deadlifted either. Obviously they're exceptions to the rule, but you can't say "If you don't squat, you won't get big to EVERYONE"...
.... anyway, from what I've read.... compound movements with heavy weight stimulate more testosterone and GH release, hence you get overall growth. As well as the fact that biomechnically, squats (but especially deadlifts) are effective in stimulating growth in many different muscle groups.
.... anyway, from what I've read.... compound movements with heavy weight stimulate more testosterone and GH release, hence you get overall growth. As well as the fact that biomechnically, squats (but especially deadlifts) are effective in stimulating growth in many different muscle groups.
PolishHammer1977
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Rich_S said:
Really? I always thought my testosterone was in my nutsack.
Yes test is located in that area as well.
Time for you to go and read up some more on your bodys natural test production.
gymtime
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DanielBishop said:
There are exceptions to every rule. I don't think it's necessary to actually point out every possible exception to general bodybuilding truths. I think it's understood by most intelligent people that not all excercises will work perfectly for them all the time.
But that aside, I agree with what's been said here. Simply put, the body will grow out of proportion if one area (top or bottom) is worked harder than the other. However, the best results come when both are worked together.
Canadian Jelly
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I'm a track runner. I intensely work my legs 3 days per week.. Would I still be required to work them extra by doing squats, and such?
gymtime
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Canadian Jelly said:
Depends on what you mean by "intensely." It also depends on your goals. As a track runner, I don't see you benefitting from big quads, unless you're a sprinter.
But running, even sprinting, will work your legs in a completely different way from resistance training like squats and presses. So again, it depends on what you want.
Aussie Juga naught
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I didn't work my legs at all the first 2 years of training, and my arms grew fine, but I will admit when I started to work my legs My arms increased in size, but weather my arms growing had anything to do with squats is debatable because I allso started bringing up the intensity, and lifting heavier at the same time.
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