Nice arms! mine are just 16 inch. I’ll come back in a year or four.
One day…
Good job guys!
mine are 13 atm lol i feel weak still along way 2 go
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
JonEightPackGuy wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Chidey wrote:
Nice work, gentleman. Question for those who’ve broke the 19 mark. Roughly how long did it take you to get there? And from 18" to 19"?
It took me about 2-3 years to get mine to 18" from 15". It took much longer for me to break a solid 19" and quite a bit more overall body weight gain.
Damn, well I’m stuck at 18.5"
Props to all the big ass guys here. I want to hit 20" before I hit 21. A little over a year I have. I’ll be hauling heavy.
I still think that’s pretty insane that I have 70 lbs on you, am about the same height, but only have 1 inch bigger arms lol.
I think it’s safe to say you are pretty gifted in the arms department, I don’t think breaking 20" will be too much trouble for you[/quote]
Agreed. The young man is built, no doubt!
Thanks for the responses so far from all the rest. I think it’s worth hearing (and repeating incessantly, sometimes) the amount of time and dedication it takes to build that kind of muscle.
Mines are almost 15 but i’ve been training less then a year (started at 11-12)… I’ve avoided allot of direct arm work because I fell into “compounds only” for some time. My arms still grew but i’m about to get them jacked, lol.
professor x-
- how do you pre fatigue your brachioradialis?
- did doing that help your arms grow because they were previously taking the workload off your biceps?
I do hammer curls in the 70-80 lb. range, or drop sets, going down the rack from the 65’s for sets of 8-10. I’ll do this once a week. every rowing movement for some reason really hits my arms, so when I train back, my biceps are hit just about as hard as if if I had just done arms, so I don’t curl as much anymore. I don’t know if it is because they are longer then the average guy or what
disclaimer - the first 4 years of my training I had a dedicated arms day where I did tons of volume on curl variations. that took me from about 15 inches to 18, 18.5
[quote]gethuge08 wrote:
professor x-
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how do you pre fatigue your brachioradialis?
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did doing that help your arms grow because they were previously taking the workload off your biceps?[/quote]
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I do several warm up sets where I squeeze and hold the contraction until that muscle burns and hurts. That same pain prevented me from going heavier in the past and also prevented some delt work because my side laterals stressed the same muscle. By holding and squeezing that weight at peak contraction, by the time I move to heavier weight, the pain that used to ALWAYS be there is gone. It took me a long time to figure that out. It sucks because I have new stretch marks on my arms…which only makes me wonder where I could be right now if my arms hadn’t slowed in progress for so long.
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Yep. I wasn’t able to lift as long or as heavy because of that pain in forearm. I have actually geared my workout more towards squeezing the peak contraction which is how I figured this out. Even though am not going as heavy as I have in the past, the increased volume and the act of holding relatively “moderately heavy weight” for that peak contraction has also aided in more growth.
Note, however, that I was stronger than most people I know to start with so when I imply that I am going “lighter”, lighter for me is still heavy as hell to most people.
Well done guys with +19 inch arms!! The 17 and 18 inch threads are . . . meh and nothing worth bragging about IMO but this one is certainly worthy of props.
.5 inches (not pumped) to go and then I can post here too . . . .
Definitely not an accomplishment at all to hit those milestones.
[quote]IronDude17 wrote:
Well done guys with +19 inch arms!! The 17 and 18 inch threads are . . . meh and nothing worth bragging about IMO but this one is certainly worthy of props.
.5 inches (not pumped) to go and then I can post here too . . . .[/quote]
When I get 22" arms I’ll be like to the 19 and 20" arm thread . . . meh.
[quote]matsm21 wrote:
I do hammer curls in the 70-80 lb. range, or drop sets, going down the rack from the 65’s for sets of 8-10. I’ll do this once a week. every rowing movement for some reason really hits my arms, so when I train back, my biceps are hit just about as hard as if if I had just done arms, so I don’t curl as much anymore. I don’t know if it is because they are longer then the average guy or what
disclaimer - the first 4 years of my training I had a dedicated arms day where I did tons of volume on curl variations. that took me from about 15 inches to 18, 18.5[/quote]
The last year and a half I went from 16.5" to what I have now 18.5", photo comparison on my profile.
But I work bis and tris on separate days with heavy weights hammer curling 95lbs a dumbbell now. Really brings out the peak, at least for me.
[quote]JonEightPackGuy wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Chidey wrote:
Nice work, gentleman. Question for those who’ve broke the 19 mark. Roughly how long did it take you to get there? And from 18" to 19"?
It took me about 2-3 years to get mine to 18" from 15". It took much longer for me to break a solid 19" and quite a bit more overall body weight gain.
Damn, well I’m stuck at 18.5"
Props to all the big ass guys here. I want to hit 20" before I hit 21. A little over a year I have. I’ll be hauling heavy.[/quote]
Damn! 18.5" at only 20 yrs., congrats Jon! Very impressive.
I had 16.5" arms at 19 while playing JUCO baseball. After Dedicating totally to BBing, I got to 17.5" by 20, 18.5" by 21, and 19.25" now with 6 months to go before I turn 23.
My tris grew too fast due to going too heavy on bench early on, which resulted in my chest underdeveloping…lol. Chest is still a work in progress…Now I’m trying to get my bis up to par with my tris. I don’t go much heavier than 60 lb. dumbbells for standing curls due to form falling off. Heavy hammers with cables and dumbbells, along with heavy, low rep (4-6) concentrations have helped my bis come up significantly in the past year.
Goodluck to all that are on fighting for those 19" cannons
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
Definitely not an accomplishment at all to hit those milestones.[/quote]
Awww cmon now. I’m not saying it isn’t an accomplishment, but I think there’s a certain level of development warranted for public bragging rights and I don’t think it includes 18".
How many sets per week are you guys doing for bi’s/tri’s?
I figure a smaller muscle wouldn’t need as many sets (I do 2 exercises with 3 sets each), needless to say though my arms suck.
[quote]jukebox wrote:
JonEightPackGuy wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Chidey wrote:
Nice work, gentleman. Question for those who’ve broke the 19 mark. Roughly how long did it take you to get there? And from 18" to 19"?
It took me about 2-3 years to get mine to 18" from 15". It took much longer for me to break a solid 19" and quite a bit more overall body weight gain.
Damn, well I’m stuck at 18.5"
Props to all the big ass guys here. I want to hit 20" before I hit 21. A little over a year I have. I’ll be hauling heavy.
Damn! 18.5" at only 20 yrs., congrats Jon! Very impressive.
I had 16.5" arms at 19 while playing JUCO baseball. After Dedicating totally to BBing, I got to 17.5" by 20, 18.5" by 21, and 19.25" now with 6 months to go before I turn 23.
My tris grew too fast due to going too heavy on bench early on, which resulted in my chest underdeveloping…lol. Chest is still a work in progress…Now I’m trying to get my bis up to par with my tris. I don’t go much heavier than 60 lb. dumbbells for standing curls due to form falling off. Heavy hammers with cables and dumbbells, along with heavy, low rep (4-6) concentrations have helped my bis come up significantly in the past year.
Goodluck to all that are on fighting for those 19" cannons
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Actually I am still 19. Don’t turn 20 til the middle of September. Was hoping to have 19’s while still 19 but maybe I can get 20’s before I am 21.
And I know what you mean about your chest under-developing… lol I am still working on chest too.
[quote]JonEightPackGuy wrote:
jukebox wrote:
JonEightPackGuy wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Chidey wrote:
Nice work, gentleman. Question for those who’ve broke the 19 mark. Roughly how long did it take you to get there? And from 18" to 19"?
It took me about 2-3 years to get mine to 18" from 15". It took much longer for me to break a solid 19" and quite a bit more overall body weight gain.
Damn, well I’m stuck at 18.5"
Props to all the big ass guys here. I want to hit 20" before I hit 21. A little over a year I have. I’ll be hauling heavy.
Damn! 18.5" at only 20 yrs., congrats Jon! Very impressive.
I had 16.5" arms at 19 while playing JUCO baseball. After Dedicating totally to BBing, I got to 17.5" by 20, 18.5" by 21, and 19.25" now with 6 months to go before I turn 23.
My tris grew too fast due to going too heavy on bench early on, which resulted in my chest underdeveloping…lol. Chest is still a work in progress…Now I’m trying to get my bis up to par with my tris. I don’t go much heavier than 60 lb. dumbbells for standing curls due to form falling off. Heavy hammers with cables and dumbbells, along with heavy, low rep (4-6) concentrations have helped my bis come up significantly in the past year.
Goodluck to all that are on fighting for those 19" cannons
Actually I am still 19. Don’t turn 20 til the middle of September. Was hoping to have 19’s while still 19 but maybe I can get 20’s before I am 21.
And I know what you mean about your chest under-developing… lol I am still working on chest too.
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After I re-read, I was about to edit my last post…DAMN! is more like it…lol. Very impressive, you still got plenty of time to get that half inch. Even more impressive is the asthetics of your arm (bis with high peak and sweeping tris).
Keep up the great work. I’m hoping for 20’s ice cold before I turn 23. Nothing but time.
[quote]jukebox wrote:
JonEightPackGuy wrote:
jukebox wrote:
JonEightPackGuy wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Chidey wrote:
Nice work, gentleman. Question for those who’ve broke the 19 mark. Roughly how long did it take you to get there? And from 18" to 19"?
It took me about 2-3 years to get mine to 18" from 15". It took much longer for me to break a solid 19" and quite a bit more overall body weight gain.
Damn, well I’m stuck at 18.5"
Props to all the big ass guys here. I want to hit 20" before I hit 21. A little over a year I have. I’ll be hauling heavy.
Damn! 18.5" at only 20 yrs., congrats Jon! Very impressive.
I had 16.5" arms at 19 while playing JUCO baseball. After Dedicating totally to BBing, I got to 17.5" by 20, 18.5" by 21, and 19.25" now with 6 months to go before I turn 23.
My tris grew too fast due to going too heavy on bench early on, which resulted in my chest underdeveloping…lol. Chest is still a work in progress…Now I’m trying to get my bis up to par with my tris. I don’t go much heavier than 60 lb. dumbbells for standing curls due to form falling off. Heavy hammers with cables and dumbbells, along with heavy, low rep (4-6) concentrations have helped my bis come up significantly in the past year.
Goodluck to all that are on fighting for those 19" cannons
Actually I am still 19. Don’t turn 20 til the middle of September. Was hoping to have 19’s while still 19 but maybe I can get 20’s before I am 21.
And I know what you mean about your chest under-developing… lol I am still working on chest too.
After I re-read, I was about to edit my last post…DAMN! is more like it…lol. Very impressive, you still got plenty of time to get that half inch. Even more impressive is the asthetics of your arm (bis with high peak and sweeping tris).
Keep up the great work. I’m hoping for 20’s ice cold before I turn 23. Nothing but time.[/quote]
Haha we’ll both get there soon an be able to post them in this or a larger arms thread.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
That One Guy wrote:
What are you all curling?
Great jobs by the way.
I was curling 80-85lbs dumbbells when mine first hit over 18". That was about the time I injured my arm (something I finally cleared up by finding out how to pre-fatigue the brachioradialis before training biceps so now my arms are growing again).[/quote]
I can’t believe you just posted “finding out how to pre-fatigue the brachioradialis before training biceps so now my arms are growing again”. I really respect your opinion and even changing some of my training according to your posts, but I am really surprised you just made that statement, I totally agree with that technique, I just didn’t think you used it.
Well I ran over to the use the same measurer that Way has like a happy little fat kid about to devour a pastry to only realize that I’m .5 shy of the requirement. Haven’t measured them in forever because I aspire to be like Senor X. lolz Keep it up Way!
P.S Burger King arms LMFAO!!