Freaky Sized Arms....

[Tom Treutlein]

Uhm... did I say sore? I don't think so. Nope, I didn't.

I meant what I said. I get more from curls. I've never seen my arms budge from a deadlift. However, curls? As my curling weight or intensity increased, I found my arms growing. My biceps peaking nicer. No loss of bodyfat. Just bigger biceps. You could tell when I flexed. In fact, weight did not fluctuate at all.

 

[JOKER47]

Uhm... did I say sore? I don't think so. Nope, I didn't.

I meant what I said. I get more from curls. I've never seen my arms budge from a deadlift. However, curls? As my curling weight or intensity increased, I found my arms growing. My biceps peaking nicer. No loss of bodyfat. Just bigger biceps. You could tell when I flexed. In fact, weight did not fluctuate at all.

Uhm... did you miss the point? I think so. Yep, you did.

Your arms will get larger as your whole body grows. Deadlifts and squats will make your whole body grow, whereas just curls will not.

 

[bigstve12]

i never seen a guy who can pull 600lbs with small arms

 

[Tom Treutlein]

I didn't miss the point, I understand they will. I simply said I get more out of just doing curls if I just want my biceps to grow.

I would stick with all heavy compounds to make my arms grow, and nothing more. The only problem is, my legs are too big for me already, and I don't want to deal with them any larger. Thus, if I just want specific points on my upper body to grow, I'm going to have to use isolation exercises.

 

[Debaser]

Supinated chins work best for biceps IMO, no need for direct work. Deadlifts will make the whole body grow, but in terms of arm growth, no way more than chins, because in a DL the biceps are merely stabilizing the weight, they aren't a prime mover.

Dips, overhead presses, and bench presses will likewise build great triceps.

 

[Dorian'sDisciple]

UA Iron-- heres some advice thats goes for most iso work-- you will develop bigger arms by doing squats, benches, rows, deads, and dips...NOT by doing a specialized arm routines... you will put on about 1" to your arms for every 10-12 lbs of LBM.

think about it- Do your muscles get more benefit out of a 300lb deadlift, or arm curling 45 lbs?

This is really rather arrogant and incorrect actually. Yes squats and deads are important mass builders but they will increase overall mass ..particularly back and legs. This is great BUT NOT if you have genetically inferior arms,an increase of an inch does not actually make your arms look any bigger if your chest and lats have grown at double the rate. Many of us need to address the issue of arms ..just like those who have chicken legs..increased arm size is scant consolation if they grow much more slowly than torso and legs. I knolw many trainees who have increaded their arm size yet they actually LOOK smaller becuase their lats and chest are far bigger.

That said,I will grant you that excessive iso exercises are pointless,just details- as debaser says the real meat and potatoes is in weighted chins and dips. If one wants to try some arms prioritisation these must form the backbone of such a routine

 

[Dorian'sDisciple]

Uhm... did you miss the point? I think so. Yep, you did.

Your arms will get larger as your whole body grows. Deadlifts and squats will make your whole body grow, whereas just curls will not.

which will not help to correct the problem if one has very unresponsive arms/poor genetics ,like the opposite of chicken legs. If your arms are small compared to your torso squating and DLing may increase their size but it will only exaggerate the difference in proportion.

read my post above,I don't think he missed the point,I think you may have bro

 

[majutsu]

lol UA_Iron, any idea arms were so controversial . . . ?

I am going to have to give weighted chins and dips a try, that sounds very wise. On the dips, is that chest dips, or do you turn around to do back dips?

 

[UA_Iron]

yeah, there is some conflicting advise here. I am going to just hit everything hard and use instinctive training. Protein synthesis is way higher right now

 

[Dave949]

scan.jpg

i never seen a guy who can pull 600lbs with small arms

I concur with that statement.