Yep…if you can get to where you can do pullups/chinups with weight added, and dips with weight added you’re on your way.
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But…but… Rip said !!
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Definitely who I turn to when it comes to building some sleeve stretching pipes
Look at the results of his coaching!
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At least they put the plates on the bar correctly.
Genetics.
Also, Crok was cheatin!
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I will say that Rip says he doesn’t program curls because guys will do them anyway rather than forbidding them.
Of others who program full body work:
Greg Nuckols has slots in his programs for biceps work
Mike T has GPP days and/or pivot blocks for biceps.
When I started, I had a day dedicated to arms. It involved a dropset for bis then another for tris then 3 bi/tri supersets. This blew up my arms.
Should powerlifters/strongmen do this? No but that shouldn’t make one conclude that they shouldn’t do arm work at all…
Its interesting logic given that he programs benching, haha.
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When I started, every day was arms day. Bicep curls, triceps curls, delt curls, wrist curls, we didn’t care about technicalities.
Heck, I’m gonna pump the guns a little later just because that’s the universal Friday night man thing.
A big muscle is a strong muscle.
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How do I do these? I feel like I’ve been missing out
You gotta activate the medial delts. Then just go crazy and curl the heck out of them!
I must not have the requisite MMC - that’s on me
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It’s hard to keep the traps out of it and scaps pinned flat.
I should be more careful about this kind of joking around though. Next week we’ll be fielding questions about delt curls.
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Oh! Shots fired!
“I guess I’d do curls… Or drink drano.”
I’m triggered.
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Gymnast…
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NOOOOO! You called them by the wrong name!!! WE’RE DOOOOOMED!
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Yep. Pulled the pin and just tossed that one right out there!
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I think the general consensus is, if the actual question is, “How long til my arms get to 16 inches if I only do Madcow 5x5 and never work my arms?”, then the answer is, “Dunno, probably gonna take a while.”
Kind of a trick question. Isn’t it a Rippetoe program?
So it’s somewhere between:
- Never
- 3 weeks if you follow the diet, but you won’t like them
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