Simple Steps To Bulging Biceps And Horseshoe
Triceps
It's no secret that every serious lifter out there
desires an impressive pair of strong, muscular
arms. Who wouldn't be happy with tall, peaking
biceps sitting on top of rock-hard, horse-shoe-shaped
triceps? Who wouldn't love to have a pair of ripped,
well-developed guns forcefully bursting through
the sleeves of their shirt? While developing muscular
arms is usually at the top of many peoples' agenda,
the reality is that the majority of lifters out
there have a very poor understanding of how to
properly train their arms for maximum gains.
In
order to gain the proper insight into effectively
stimulating arm growth, we must first recognize
three basic truths:1) Relatively speaking, the
biceps and triceps are small muscle groups.2)
The biceps receive heavy stimulation during all
basic pulling movements for the back.3) The triceps
receive heavy stimulation during all basic pressing
movements for the chest and shoulders.
What do these 3 points tell us about effective
arm training? The most important thing for you
to realize is this:For maximum gains in muscle
size and strength, the biceps and triceps require
only a very small amount of direct stimulation!So
why is it that every time I enter the gym I see
the same misinformed people, week in and week
out, slaving away on endless sets of bicep curls
and tricep extensions?It's very important to understand
that the biceps and triceps receive a very large
amount of stimulation from all of your chest and
back training.
In fact, a lot of the time when
you reach muscular failure on a chest or back
movement, it is actually your biceps or triceps
that give out first! Couple this with the fact
that your biceps and triceps are already small
muscle groups to begin with and it becomes quite
clear that direct arm training is of minor importance.Remember,
your muscles do not grow in the gym.
The work that you accomplish as you train with
weights is merely the "spark" that sets the wheels
of the muscle growth process into motion. The
real magic takes place out of the gym while you
are resting and eating, as this is the time when
your body will actually be synthesizing new muscle
tissue. Because of this, it is vital that you
do not overtrain your muscles.
You must always
make sure to provide them with sufficient recovery
time if you want to see impressive results. Overtraining
can actually make your muscles smaller and weaker.If
you're looking to achieve serious arm growth,
you must stop placing so much emphasis on direct
arm movements. Forget about performing endless
sets of concentration curls and tricep pressdowns.
Strong, muscular arms are mostly a product of
heavy chest and back training.
If you are able to accept this basic truth and
place the majority of your focus on building up
the muscle size and strength in your major muscle
groups, you will prevent yourself from overtraining
your arms and will therefore yield greater overall
gains in bicep and tricep size.This is not to
say that no direct arm training is necessary,
just not very much.
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