Arms Are 13.6 Inches. How Long to Get to 16 Inches?

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Hi I’m new here.
I’m 6ft 1/186cm, 181lbs/82kg currently start bulking a couple of days ago as I was cutting for a couple of months, my current bests are 136lbs/62kg ohp, 210lbs/95kg bench, 353lbs/160kg deadlift conventional, 330lbs/150kg squat (all 1 rep maxes). No equipment used.

My current lifts now are 107lbs/48.5kgx5, 165lbs/75kgx3 bench, 315lbs/142kgx1 deadlift and squat I didn’t do for a while because I was injured. I am currently running madcow 5x5 as I want to get stronger and strength equals size for naturals.

My arms are 13.6inches. How long until I can get to 16 inch arms? How strong do I have to get to get to 16inch arms? I know its unpredictable but I would like to know an estimate, a geuss from experience. Thanks

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Did you measure cold and flexed? That’s typically how I see it done.

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Are you open to having your perspective changed on this, or is your mind pretty much already made up?

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I have an answer but in the interest of politeness: How long have you been doing Madcow and how much have your arms grown in that period?

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I wouldn’t mind hearing something new as long as there’s an explanation to how it works

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It was cold

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Well its kind of all messed up since of all the coronavirus and some other problems

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I can more explain how it doesn’t work vs how it works. Specifically how a natural can get stronger and not gain size.

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For starters Madcow doesn’t even have curls bro! And nothing for triceps!

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No, deadlifts, ohps, bench all of those things can get you big arms, why would I focus on accessory work?

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Ok go ahead

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You don’t have to focus on assistance work, but doing some might be a good idea.

I also used to think that direct arm work was pointless, then I noticed that lots and lots of really big, strong guys did it. People like pro strongmen, powerlifters and athletes, not just bodybuilders.

Edited for clarity: I still don’t do biceps work, because I’m silly and I hate it. I have very small biceps.

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I agree for the most part. Most bigger guys are stronger guys. I gained most of my size doing heavy lifting and 5x5 type programs. Last couple years I’ve been doing more body building, partly due to my increasing age. Point being a little direct arm stimulation may help. Try picking a fun day to just blast the arms and stretch the fascia with a good pump.

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Because you’ve got tiny arms and want big arms.

You’d be better off in Dr. Darden’s forum.

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DLs for big arms–gotta admit, that’s a new one for me.

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Another 20 to 30 lbs of lean bodyweight gain at your height.

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The deadlift is a major compound lift, of course my arms are going to grow, every muscle is stimulated when deadlifting.

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A muscle that is stimulated but not fatigued is not trained!

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Just to clarify: that’s @EyeDentist himself in his avatar. You can judge for yourself if he knows his stuff about building muscle.

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