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Need program for bigger guns
- Thread starter joltman
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Prohormones! Of course *slaps forehead* I always forget about those buggers.
Poundage-wise that's pretty good, but it still doesn't indicate much my good Joltman
I'd have to see your biceps training in context; i.e., understand what the rest of your routine looks like.
If, for example, on back day you did a similar volume of chins, pull-ups or pulldowns, it could be that your biceps are simply overtrained.
Looking at your biceps workout strictly in isolation, I'd say that's likely anyway. 9 hard sets is quite a lot to recover from, even if you only did it once a week.
The key to all this is progressively greater poundages. Since I don't have DBs that go up in 2.5 lb. increments, I like barbell curls for moving up in weight slow and steady.
I think it'd also serve progression if you did two exercises for only two hard sets apiece. You have to give yourself some time to recover, which 9 hard sets really doesn't.
Better yet, I think one very hard set of biceps twice a week would do the trick. It might not sound like any work at all, but if you do the curls DC style--8 to 10 reps to failure, then rest-pausing more reps after two short breaks to take in 10-15 deep breaths--you will curse my name
The possibilities are endless.
joltman said:
Poundage-wise that's pretty good, but it still doesn't indicate much my good Joltman
I'd have to see your biceps training in context; i.e., understand what the rest of your routine looks like.
If, for example, on back day you did a similar volume of chins, pull-ups or pulldowns, it could be that your biceps are simply overtrained.
Looking at your biceps workout strictly in isolation, I'd say that's likely anyway. 9 hard sets is quite a lot to recover from, even if you only did it once a week.
The key to all this is progressively greater poundages. Since I don't have DBs that go up in 2.5 lb. increments, I like barbell curls for moving up in weight slow and steady.
I think it'd also serve progression if you did two exercises for only two hard sets apiece. You have to give yourself some time to recover, which 9 hard sets really doesn't.
Better yet, I think one very hard set of biceps twice a week would do the trick. It might not sound like any work at all, but if you do the curls DC style--8 to 10 reps to failure, then rest-pausing more reps after two short breaks to take in 10-15 deep breaths--you will curse my name
The possibilities are endless.
