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themaskedlion in musclefurs

A return with a question....

Nov 26, 2011 11:23

Sorry to have been gone for so long (I doubt anyone actually remembers me, as I was kinda quiet before), I have been through, for lack of better words, a time of great upheaval. I will say however that I've kept up with my working out. About a year ago, I stopped going to the Martial Arts school (for personal reasons) and stuck to just bodybuilding ( Read more... )

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bailiff November 27 2011, 01:23:12 UTC

[listens attentively!]

I could use this info myself. O_O

hydrolize November 27 2011, 02:34:38 UTC

What's your training split (what days do you train which muscle groups)? If you train back and biceps on the same days then you should change that ASAP!

themaskedlion November 27 2011, 14:47:39 UTC

I don't set specific days for specific workouts. I typically do Full-Body on Saturdays (when it's my day off) than usually either do upper body or lower body on different days during the week.

When I work my arms, I typically do the Dumbbell Preacher Curls(one arm at a time), Roman Chair dips, and machine pull-downs.

I wonder though: How much is TOO much...?

hydrolize November 28 2011, 02:18:35 UTC

It would really benefit you if you set days for certain muscle groups. If you can't go to the gym on a certain day at least you'll know what you missed in hopes of throwing it in with another muscle group later on in the week. It will also help limit your chances of over training, coming to a plateau (as you've done now) and becoming frustrated with delayed progress.

Full body workouts are in no way beneficial in the sport of bodybuilding. Full body workouts are mostly beneficial for sport specific training, cardiovascular work and overall fitness.

If you wouldn't mind trying this and you train arms in one day then here's a workout:

Amrs1. Standing Alternating Bicep Curls [3x10 ( ... )

bailiff November 27 2011, 23:55:48 UTC

Why is that combination undesirable? I don't follow it, just curious.

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yamato_iouko November 28 2011, 16:02:34 UTC

As someone who's seen you lift, I can honestly say you might want to consider tightening up your form, even if it means using lighter weight for a while.

themaskedlion November 28 2011, 21:27:26 UTC

Do you think a lifting belt would help much?

dinosnake November 29 2011, 20:00:37 UTC

What is your tricep workout?

themaskedlion November 29 2011, 22:47:19 UTC

When I work Triceps I typically do about three sets some of the following routines:

Bench Press (either Flat with Barbell or Incline with Dumbbells)
Dumbbell Overhead Raises
Roman Chair Dips
Seated Military Press With Barbell

dinosnake December 1 2011, 02:02:45 UTC

OK. I'm certainly not a resource of information here, but I think you've described your problem ( ... )

arwenpbt December 9 2012, 20:21:15 UTC

Thought I'd check up on ya.

How are your arms doing now that it's been a year?

themaskedlion December 10 2012, 21:54:14 UTC

I've been doing arms about twice a week now for the last year. I ended up getting definition but I appear to still only be gaining muscle on my arms slowly. I think I'm up to 15" (I don't have a tape measure ATM)

arwenpbt December 11 2012, 02:18:26 UTC

See about finishing up your arm routines with some forced negative reps. Do them as the last set of exercises because they'll sap the rest of the strength out of your arms. Here's a couple examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B31KVsVmqQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llhfc22msbo

From the sounds of it, what might also work best for you is to do a different exercise for your arms the next workout session, just to keep your muscles from getting used to your workouts. It's what I was doing when I was doing the conditioning exercises and it really helped me out a lot and I saw some pretty good gains.

So yeah, try out forced negatives and do different exercises each time you go to the gym.

Hope that helps!