posted Thu, 03/29/2012 - 14:05
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bis and tris help?
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guys i have seem to hit a platue with my arms they are starting to look small compared to my body.."my girl says they dont" but they are mine..any helpful workout that helped you guys i would appreciate. ive been doing hammers preachers and heavy negatives along with some cable curls on my knees pulling to behind my head..and my tris i do skull crushers,rope, and tri press.....i heard keep arms to a minimum so when i do chest and back i do atleast 3 sets of 2 of the listed workouts...and dont do but a full arm day every 3 weeks..
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thanks bro, some one hit this guy with a +3
I would also adopt trains split method, but what i remember about you from your first post would be to concentrate on heavy compounds pressing for tris and heavy bent over rowing with d/bells this will hit your arms hard, when i started i did nothing but compounds for 2yrs just to lay down some beef,all the little shaping movements come later man, build a tree first before you try to sculpt it ok.
Vary your exercises every few weeks and dedicate a training day for bi's and tri's together every week. What works for me is doing phases, 4 weeks of heavy training followed by 4 weeks of "all about the pump" training followed by 4 weeks of a combination of both. This is just something that worked for me, never read about it or anything, just thought of it and put it to practice. My arms plateaued at 20" but doing this routine bumped them up to 21.5". Check out my bicep pic in the pics section of my profile thingy.
I got good results from straight bar curls til my forearm issue. Try hitting them in a diffrent order, try different weight/rep schemes like 5x5, pyramids or reverse pyramids. You can get the most actual size from the tris, but people like to see a popping Bicep. For tris use flared elbow pushdowns, closegrip benchpress... there are plenty of exercises to change up with. Good Luck!
i agrre there is no better exercise to put on mass on the bis than heavy straight bar curls followed by incline bench dumbell curls
weighted dips for tri's. Try 21's for bi-s. Drop set curls helped me with my last plateau on curls. Do you also do reverse grip curls- it targets your forearm as well as the outer bicep. Ive also found that as I make progress with my lats- I am able to progress on curls.
weighted dips are great but make sure the elbows are in and chest is out to hit the tri's
sgtstedanko*These are the two that I enjoy the most.
Before workout stretch. Twisting kickbacks w/abduction. 12 reps
Zottman Curls. 3 sets, 8 reps, 1 set to failure
Standing barbell curl. 1 set 20 reps, 1 set 8 reps, 1 set failure
Preacher curls. 1 set 15 reps, 1 set failure
Crouching Cohen curls. 1-2 set/s 8 reps
Incline dumbbell curl. 1 lighter weight set failure, 1 set heavy 8 reps
Lying triceps press w/EZ bar. 1 set 15 reps, 1 set 8 reps, 1 set failure
Triceps push down straight bar. 1 set 15-20 reps, 1 set failure
Triceps push down w/rope. 1-2 sets to failure
After workout switch to "static" stretch. Same Twisting kickbacks w/abduction holding range of motion for 30 seconds
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Biceps:
Standing Barbell curl. 2 sets of 16 (drop sets)
Finishing set done w/very light weight almost to failure (Focus on your form. When you break form, you're done).
Rest 30 seconds to 1 minute (If needed)
Biceps Super set:
Before workout stretch. Twisting kickbacks w/abduction. 12 reps
Preacher curls. 1-2 sets of 20 (Reducing weight twice per set)
Incline Dumbbell Curls. 1-2 sets of the same
Finish w/1 set of reverse grip chin ups as slow as you can, Max reps.
After workout switch to "static" stretch. Same Twisting kickbacks w/abduction holding range of motion for 30 seconds
Here's a really good read on some of Arnolds old routines!
http://www.simplyshredded.com/austrian-alps-arnolds-secret-arm-routine-r...
great article