If I gain 20 lbs of muscle, how much will my arms gain in size? I weigh 175 lbs and am 6’2" Assuming the weight gain is proportional.
Another question if I increase my workout weight for dumbbell curls from 15 lbs for 10 reps to 20 lbs for 10 reps, how much will my arms increase in size. My arms are 13 and a 1/2.
[quote]TONY376 wrote:
If I gain 20 lbs of muscle, how much will my arms gain in size? I weigh 175 lbs and am 6’2" Assuming the weight gain is proportional.
Another question if I increase my workout weight for dumbbell curls from 15 lbs for 10 reps to 20 lbs for 10 reps, how much will my arms increase in size. My arms are 13 and a 1/2.[/quote]
When you put in your best effort, you get your best results. You don’t need to know anything more than that.
If you gain twenty pounds of muscle on your lower body then your arms will not grow at all. So if you gain twenty pounds and it is distributed everywhere, how much will go to your arms? I don’t think anybody can predict that.
[quote]TONY376 wrote:
If I gain 20 lbs of muscle, how much will my arms gain in size? I weigh 175 lbs and am 6’2" Assuming the weight gain is proportional.
Another question if I increase my workout weight for dumbbell curls from 15 lbs for 10 reps to 20 lbs for 10 reps, how much will my arms increase in size. My arms are 13 and a 1/2.[/quote]
Why?
[quote]TONY376 wrote:
If I gain 20 lbs of muscle, how much will my arms gain in size? I weigh 175 lbs and am 6’2" Assuming the weight gain is proportional.
Another question if I increase my workout weight for dumbbell curls from 15 lbs for 10 reps to 20 lbs for 10 reps, how much will my arms increase in size. My arms are 13 and a 1/2.[/quote]
alot of trainers say that you can expect 1 inch of growth on your arms for every 15 pounds of bodyweight.
[quote]onewall wrote:
If you gain twenty pounds of muscle on your lower body then your arms will not grow at all. So if you gain twenty pounds and it is distributed everywhere, how much will go to your arms? I don’t think anybody can predict that.[/quote]
My arms grew from squats and milk.
I seriously doubt it’s possible to predict that though.
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Given your stats and assuming you are doing a balanced routine for the entire body a gain of an inch to an inch and a half would be a reasonable expectation.
Do the work… then you tell us.
I hope this is a joke, but if you want to bulid some hulk hogan size pythons your going to have to bulid up your triceps as well.
[quote]TRAIN. wrote:
alot of trainers say that you can expect 1 inch of growth on your arms for every 15 pounds of bodyweight.[/quote]
I heard this too, and also 10-15lbs of LEAN body mass.
I’m sure there are too many variables for anyone to know for sure.
I like Go Heavy Fool’s suggestion about trying it out and getting back to us.
[quote]texass wrote:
TONY376 wrote:
If I gain 20 lbs of muscle, how much will my arms gain in size? I weigh 175 lbs and am 6’2" Assuming the weight gain is proportional.
Another question if I increase my workout weight for dumbbell curls from 15 lbs for 10 reps to 20 lbs for 10 reps, how much will my arms increase in size. My arms are 13 and a 1/2.
When you put in your best effort, you get your best results. You don’t need to know anything more than that. [/quote]
Are you familiar with goal-setting theory? Essentially, specific goals elicit better performance than vague goals. “I want to gain 1 inch on my arms” is probably going to result in better performance than “I want to make my arms bigger”. The harder the goal, the better the performance. Wow! I’ve learned something practical in my PhD classes 
[quote]Aleksandr wrote:
texass wrote:
TONY376 wrote:
If I gain 20 lbs of muscle, how much will my arms gain in size? I weigh 175 lbs and am 6’2" Assuming the weight gain is proportional.
Another question if I increase my workout weight for dumbbell curls from 15 lbs for 10 reps to 20 lbs for 10 reps, how much will my arms increase in size. My arms are 13 and a 1/2.
When you put in your best effort, you get your best results. You don’t need to know anything more than that.
Are you familiar with goal-setting theory? Essentially, specific goals elicit better performance than vague goals. “I want to gain 1 inch on my arms” is probably going to result in better performance than “I want to make my arms bigger”. The harder the goal, the better the performance. Wow! I’ve learned something practical in my PhD classes :O[/quote]
With 13 1/2" arms, if your goal is to only gain one inch, your goals are about as minimal as anyone could possibly make them. Even further, if you are on the net with those arms asking others how much you would have to gain to see growth…instead of already having the goal of gaining A LOT more size all over, you are probably fucking up before you even leave the house.
Anyone want to take bets that the OP hasn’t even joned a gym or been training on a regular basis at all?
That depends entirely on the timeframe, doesn’t it? 1" period, that’s a pretty easy goal. 1" in one month is a much harder goal. I suspect the latter would be more effective than as big as possible in the next 10 years. Like I mentioned, my basis for saying this is OBHRM (goal-setting theory, to be specific) and not bodybuilding; there is no way I would pretend to know more than you about the latter.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Aleksandr wrote:
texass wrote:
TONY376 wrote:
If I gain 20 lbs of muscle, how much will my arms gain in size? I weigh 175 lbs and am 6’2" Assuming the weight gain is proportional.
Another question if I increase my workout weight for dumbbell curls from 15 lbs for 10 reps to 20 lbs for 10 reps, how much will my arms increase in size. My arms are 13 and a 1/2.
When you put in your best effort, you get your best results. You don’t need to know anything more than that.
Are you familiar with goal-setting theory? Essentially, specific goals elicit better performance than vague goals. “I want to gain 1 inch on my arms” is probably going to result in better performance than “I want to make my arms bigger”. The harder the goal, the better the performance. Wow! I’ve learned something practical in my PhD classes
With 13 1/2" arms, if your goal is to only gain one inch, your goals are about as minimal as anyone could possibly make them. Even further, if you are on the net with those arms asking others how much you would have to gain to see growth…instead of already having the goal of gaining A LOT more size all over, you are probably fucking up before you even leave the house.
Anyone want to take bets that the OP hasn’t even joned a gym or been training on a regular basis at all?[/quote]
I’ll take the bet that he never even gains the 20 lbs… to at least find out how much size he increased on his arms if he wanted a progress perspective.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Aleksandr wrote:
texass wrote:
TONY376 wrote:
If I gain 20 lbs of muscle, how much will my arms gain in size? I weigh 175 lbs and am 6’2" Assuming the weight gain is proportional.
Another question if I increase my workout weight for dumbbell curls from 15 lbs for 10 reps to 20 lbs for 10 reps, how much will my arms increase in size. My arms are 13 and a 1/2.
When you put in your best effort, you get your best results. You don’t need to know anything more than that.
Are you familiar with goal-setting theory? Essentially, specific goals elicit better performance than vague goals. “I want to gain 1 inch on my arms” is probably going to result in better performance than “I want to make my arms bigger”. The harder the goal, the better the performance. Wow! I’ve learned something practical in my PhD classes
With 13 1/2" arms, if your goal is to only gain one inch, your goals are about as minimal as anyone could possibly make them. Even further, if you are on the net with those arms asking others how much you would have to gain to see growth…instead of already having the goal of gaining A LOT more size all over, you are probably fucking up before you even leave the house.
Anyone want to take bets that the OP hasn’t even joned a gym or been training on a regular basis at all?[/quote]
One inch is a realistic short term goal. Better than thinking you’re going to gain five inches in three months, like a lot of Gym goers do.
Anyway, what’s the deal with the Cynicism and vitirol that always come from your fingers?
[quote]Huh? wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Aleksandr wrote:
texass wrote:
TONY376 wrote:
If I gain 20 lbs of muscle, how much will my arms gain in size? I weigh 175 lbs and am 6’2" Assuming the weight gain is proportional.
Another question if I increase my workout weight for dumbbell curls from 15 lbs for 10 reps to 20 lbs for 10 reps, how much will my arms increase in size. My arms are 13 and a 1/2.
When you put in your best effort, you get your best results. You don’t need to know anything more than that.
Are you familiar with goal-setting theory? Essentially, specific goals elicit better performance than vague goals. “I want to gain 1 inch on my arms” is probably going to result in better performance than “I want to make my arms bigger”. The harder the goal, the better the performance. Wow! I’ve learned something practical in my PhD classes
With 13 1/2" arms, if your goal is to only gain one inch, your goals are about as minimal as anyone could possibly make them. Even further, if you are on the net with those arms asking others how much you would have to gain to see growth…instead of already having the goal of gaining A LOT more size all over, you are probably fucking up before you even leave the house.
Anyone want to take bets that the OP hasn’t even joned a gym or been training on a regular basis at all?
One inch is a realistic short term goal. Better than thinking you’re going to gain five inches in three months, like a lot of Gym goers do.
Anyway, what’s the deal with the Cynicism and vitirol that always come from your fingers? [/quote]
The vitirol? That’s not cynicism, that’s realism. The majority of posters like this are not even regular gym goers. We’ve seen this before. It isn’t like this is the first post like this we’ve gotten.
Those aiming for the most minimal goals will be least likely to stick with this long term. Yes, short term goals are necessary and a part of anyone’s strategy if the goal is progress. However, a LONG TERM goal comes with it. A short term goal is to make an “A” on that biochemistry exam. A long term goal is to graduate. If the short term goals are all there is, expect lack of motivation. That isn’t cynicism, that’s reality.
[quote]Aleksandr wrote:
That depends entirely on the timeframe, doesn’t it? 1" period, that’s a pretty easy goal. 1" in one month is a much harder goal. I suspect the latter would be more effective than as big as possible in the next 10 years. Like I mentioned, my basis for saying this is OBHRM (goal-setting theory, to be specific) and not bodybuilding; there is no way I would pretend to know more than you about the latter.[/quote]
The latter would need to be there as well regardless of what his overall goal is. Without the long term goal, what is he aiming for? These are the types of people who quit the moment life throws them a curve ball…which is inevitable.
[quote]TRAIN. wrote:
TONY376 wrote:
alot of trainers say…[/quote]
Starting with that usually makes me cringe.
I see this a(space)lot.
[quote]TONY376 wrote:
If I gain 20 lbs of muscle, how much will my arms gain in size? I weigh 175 lbs and am 6’2" Assuming the weight gain is proportional.
Another question if I increase my workout weight for dumbbell curls from 15 lbs for 10 reps to 20 lbs for 10 reps, how much will my arms increase in size. My arms are 13 and a 1/2.[/quote]
175lbs at 6’2" is not very heavy at all.
195lbs at 6’2" is not very heavy at all.
To me that suggests you have a lot of room for improvement, however even adding 20 lbs might still only be just starting out … so you might not get a huge improvement on your arms even with a 20lbs gain. Maybe only half an inch. But then if you added another 20lbs you might gain 2" on your arms. You can’t just say 20lbs = 1" of gains because it depends on what your baseline is.
If you were to LOSE 40lbs you probably would not lose very much off your arms because they are already really thin. So you might lose 40lbs and lose only 1" max off your arms … if you put that 40lbs back on, you’d gain 1" from there. What I am trying to say is, a 20lbs or 40lbs gain in weight is a helluva lot different from 175-195 than it is say from 220-240 lbs bodyweight.
Having said all that you should have no trouble whatseover adding 1.5" to your arms if you eat right and actually exercise. Note that approx 2/3 of your arm size is your triceps, NOT your biceps.
hmmm note that arm size should be measured first thing in the morning, cold, with arm straight, NOT with a pumped bicep and arm flexed to the max. Dear lord don’t tell me your arm is 13.5" pumped and flexed.