I find the best way to get huge muscles is to eat loads and loads of cabbage
Hi guys
Back from training and I took all your advice.
Gave arms their own day.
Went heavy and also went in the 10-15 rep range.
Gained around 10-12 pounds since my first post. I’m now 185.
Also put some weight on my lifts. Bench is now 90, can close grip bench 85 for 3 good reps.
I can also pinwheel curl 70 pounders now for 8 reps.
Weighted dips with 70 pounds added.
HOWEVER…
Arms are just a little over 13". I mean, theyve grown, but not a lot.
there are guys, when they bench press for example. some dudes, will have huge triceps, big front delts and small pecs. for some reason, maybe their leverage muscle insertions or whatever make them that way. Me for example, whenever i do a chest pressing exercise it effects mainly my chest, which i guess is good. but my triceps are lacking compared to my chest and shoulders. just as when i do heavy back rowing exercises, by back is fairly well developed, but my biceps are lacking. even when i do close grip benches, i don’t get much from them. it seems my front delts take over. same with dips. the only thing that gets my arms going is direct arm work. heavy pressdowns, and drag curls seem to work well. but overall, my arms are what need to catch up a bit.
@roguevampire
I hear what you’re saying, but I actually do bench with elbows tucked and a big arch. for my chest, I need DB bench presses and cable flyes.
I also feel pressing in my front delts
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
Gained 1.5lbs so far…[/quote]
You’re on verging on the wrong side of flabby there. Need to cut if you want to keep your looks. Just keeping it real.
[quote]Sterneneisen wrote:
The idea was that what months of curling and pull-downs didn’t do, chins did, and it’s worth a try. [/quote]
Curls and pull-downs didn’t do anything for you because you were most likely going through the motions and using far less weight than you should’ve been using. Here’s an experiment: go back to the gym, and try to replicate the feel of the chins on curls and pulldowns. Compare that with how much you were lifting on them before.
Congratulations! You’ve just learned ‘intensity’.
Now go get a proper training program and diet.