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Need help for growing my chest,tri's and bi's

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I usually workout twice a day a light warm up before work in the AM and go heavier at night,but I need a workout that will help me grow my muscle fibers faster and just tear the shit out of them every workout. I usually do 5-6 sets. 5-6 for bench,barbell curls, incline bench press and pushups and bent over rows 8-15 reps at least for each one. Weight ranges from 200-265 pounds as my goal is to reach 300 on the bench.

Current stats 175, 6'2
Cal intake is 2800-3000,protein is 230-250 grams. Im trying to stay around the 170-180 area for weight no more than 185 ever. If any of you can help me set a good routine as I have a home gym and have the proper equipment for this and more.

Champion Of The Mind's picture

The key tool I found to help me develop a large more shapely chest, was wide grip incline bench press, in combination with incline dumbbell flyes. I really can't stress how important it is to keep proper form with a full range of motion. That meaning, you need to bring the bar down and touch your collar bone, and use your pectorals, to push the bar back to starting position and flexing your pectoralis. If you can't keep yourself balance use your legs to grip the bench. At no point are you to use your leg or back to help raise the bar. It's all upper pectorals and lats. Notice I didn't incline the delts or triceps. If you use proper weight and the proper length of grip then it becomes more of an isolation exercise. If you're using the proper amount of weight at the end of your fourth set, you should barely manage to get the bar up. So, ask your spot to help you add 4 additional negatives to your last set. Negative work by forcing the muscle pass failure and trigger absolute failure. This in turn will force more micro tears and that will cause, coupled with proper nutrition hypertrophy. You could also try pyramiding method. Start with 12 reps, add weight 10 reps, add weight, 8 reps add weight, 6 reps add weight, 1 rep max rest 1 rep max.

Catalyst's picture

Eat more and stop training so much. You'd do better training 2 days on 1 day off.

JDM82's picture

Heavy reps alone wont encourage muscle to grow. If you want size AND condition, you need some condition. How many people do you know that are strong but there muscle looks shit, no shape ie no condition. Size and condition come from hitting the muscle in both heavy and pumping. One day do heavy biceps with pumping chest then the next chest/bi day do heavy chest with pumping biceps this way both slow and fast twitching muscle fibres get hit which will promote growth and condition.

This applies to all muscle groups ie heavy back with pumping tri's then next time, heavy tri's with pumping back. It really does work.

Heavy rep range is 8 - 10

Pumping rep range 10 - 15

4 sets for primary muscle groups - chest, back, quads, shoulders etc

2 - 3 for secondary groups - biceps, triceps, calves, etc

Heavy is your compound exercises ie bench press, barbell row, deadlift, squat etc

Pumping is more lat pull downs, laterial side raise, etc more shaping exercises than power exercises.

Solo379's picture

Sorry I din't even put that in there Im currently not taking any roids atm. Im going to get this goal all natty and have been all natty for the past 6-7 months.

Gymjunkie01's picture

ok I just assumed your was on a cycle sorry, but still man you have to up your calorie intake to at least 3800-4000 if you wanna grow those areas

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Solo379's picture

Damn that much. How is that going to be possible? If yu can tell me what to eat I'll give it a shot to slowly increase my intake.

Gymjunkie01's picture

there is the problem right there... up your calorie intake.. stop working out the same muscle group twice in one day.. LET ME STRESS THIS you cant grow unless you don't EAT!!!! your just pissing your money away on roids ..the most anabolic compound on the planet is food bro. don't take this the wrong way im not bashing you at all, just pointing out the flaws in your post.

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Solo379's picture

Thank you all for the words of wisdom. Im willing to push myself to failure and break point every set and every workout. Im just looking to gain my long time goal of 300 on the bench being at the 180 mark id go to 185,but in that area. I want to be that guy that can do that and I know I can as i've always reached my goals. no matter the work it will take with any adivce you have I will take to heart and try and use and get my goals.

JustAMate's picture

WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT TO YOU, Mate: When I first started out on the gear, (Many, MANY moons ago), this was the exact same thing going through my mind. "Tear the f-k out of every muscle fiber I have for the muscle group I am working and I'm bound to put on size".

RESULT? What a dumbass I was.

REASON? My body simply replied, "And F------kkkkk youuuuuu".

WHY? By tearing up the muscle fibers every workout, working them as hard and giving them as much punishment as I could muster, all I was doing was walking on the pathway of destruction, without realizing it. The slightest injury was keeping me out of the gym for days on end and in the end I wasn't able to differentiate the difference between the post workout pains you want after working a particular muscle group, to at least let you know you've worked the muscle, or if I'd pulled a muscle, or stretched a tendon/ligament, or worse.

I was the most miserable S.O.B to be around, because I was ALWAYS in CONSTANT pain by working out TOO hard. In the end, people who didn't know me at the gym were commenting that I was having, 'Roid Rage", because I'd started using the gear.

Then I was told a very memorable line by Mr Paul Grant -Ex Mr Olympia-. "Bodybuilding and working out is not a sprint race. Nothing comes quickly. It's a marathon at best. Slow and hard all the way to the finish line".

And he was right, Mate.

He taught me how to add a building exercise in itself into my workout regime. To use this building exercise after every set, but it MUST be with light weights. For example: On Chest. After each set of Bench Press, Incline Bench Press, Flat Dumbbell Press, Cable Cross Overs and Dips, you do a set of 10-15reps of Dumbbell Flyes with a set of 15lb dumbbells. Doesn't sound like much does it? MY BODY NEVER KNEW WHAT HIT IT, Mate. I ached in muscle fibers I never knew existed in my body. On Back. After every set of Deadlifts, Lat Pulldowns, Bent Over Rows, Dumbbell Rows and Seated Cable Rows you do a set of Standing Front Pulldowns. (From shoulder height, with arms straight out in front of you, pull the weight to your nuts, keeping your arms straight at all times). Again, using light weight, 60-80lbs and again 10-15reps per set. The following day my Lats felt like I'd had surgery on them. TWO DAYS LATER I WAS STRUGGLING WIPING MY OWN BUTT, I kid you not.

So MY advice to you, Mate. Remember your not in a sprint race, (Obviously), and try adding a mass building exercise to your original workout plan, but remember to keep the weight light enough so you can do them for your entire workout, but not too light where you don't feel it working.

lifting211's picture

this is what I am learning too. but only problem is I swear some days my muscles shrink look non existent, but they feel harder other days they look fuller more defined but feel softer.

I don't know wtf is going on.

Also some body parts just won't grow(chest,biceps, inner forearms) or grow very little. Also I never get sore.

They are so resilient to growing. Or my grip give out before they can be worked out.(bad CTS)

JustAMate's picture

DAMN I can type when I'm left on my own at home. Apologies for that (LOL)

guitarplayer1's picture

First thing off the bat is that your 6'2 and 175 lbs and only eating 2800 kcals. Food will get you the size you desire. Are you on a bulk? It's going to be hard to have a powerful look to your frame at 6'2 weighing that light. Also you are working out twice a day, if your cutting that's fine but for bulking you better be eating the extra calories to warrant it.

Try 15-18 sets for chest, 9-12 set for tri's and 9-12 for bi's. Shoot me a pm and we can work out a routine that will be great for a home gym

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Machinek's picture

hey bro. when you mentioned 15 to 18 sets for chest. how many reps for each set?

guitarplayer1's picture

6-12 Reps Example

Flat bench

235x12
285x10
335x8
385x6

Slow and fast twitch fibers get hit. If you really want to hit it add a drop set, example

385x5,335x5,285x5,235x5,185x5,135x5 Only stop to change the weight and this counts as 1 set

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