18" arms at that kind of bodyweight is so fucking big. And so difficult to get to. I’m weighing right at 200 lbs right now, and if you check my log, I posted pictures from this weekend that show I’m pretty lean too. And I’m just under 17" arms. I feel like I’d have to have tiny legs to get my arms to that size at 185 lbs. Which would equate to an unimpressive physique, lol.
and a side note: I enjoyed the recent trolling by bee brian, but I dont think this is him. Somebody suggested this is the Raj Raj in another thread… that seems more likely to me.
My favorite all time has to be Rogue Vampire though. That guy was great. I seriously miss him.
Best ‘person who lots of people thought was a troll but isn’t actually a troll he’s totally real’ has to be Ct Rockula. I still talk to him regularly on facebook.
I still remember the first time I saw Pumping Iron in a video rental store, the store owner said he could transfer it from VHS to a cd-rom so I could watch it on my vcd player but I had to wait since it would take the entire length of the movie for the transfer to happen. And there I was thinking, “Man, this is some advanced, state-of-the-art shit!”
My arms are nothing special, but improved since I started lifting.
Initially, I did the same bullshit everybody does at the beginning for arms (lots of curls, regular, hammer, reverse, etc), with little results.
After some time and some basic experience, what gave me the best results was:
-biceps: chinups (supinated or neutral grip) and rows, then added curls (barbell and EZ bar) twice a week on lower days where I already got plenty of pulling;
-triceps: upper body presses (bench, military), dips, I now throw in some pushdowns on days where I do a lot of pressing already;
-forearms: heavy deadlifts for sure, those were the #1 responsible, then rows and anything that has you hanging from a bar (leg raises, pullups)
Basically, the base of arms development that I got was from the usual great bang for buck exercises - deads, bench, press, rows, chins, dips & co. The isolation stuff started to work only AFTER I got this base established.