Re: question for you

Dnia 2007-03-28 Tom Anderson napisał(a):
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Andrzej Rosa wrote:

Your arms will get reasonable amount of workout by simply doing this
compound moves, but if you like to train them more, add one exercise for
biceps and one for triceps

In my limited experience, there is certainly a benefit to training the
arms directly

Of course there is a benefit. I never wrote that one should avoid it.
You may leave your arms alone, and depending which kind of exercises
you do, what your leverages and form looks like, you may have pretty
good growth in them without training them directly, but if you add a
bit of direct work, they will probably grow faster.

- maybe i'm crap, or maybe i just have a really strong or
weak back or something, but adding curls to a routine which had rows and
two types of pulldowns has made a rapid and noticeable difference to my
arms. They feel a lot more like they've been worked, and there's a
definite (but small so far!) increase in size. Also, i had to be really
strict about my form to get that result - i was doing curls for a while,
but cheating them, really, and getting nothing from it. Making a conscious
effort to keep my upper arms fixed while i curl made a huge difference.

Whether this is useful for overall strength, i don't know.

(you don't need any more; really).

True.

That was my point. Several sets of one exercise for bis and one for
tris in addition to some compound should be absolutely enough.

--
Andrzej Rosa 1127R
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Blood Pressure Tougher to Tame in Winter
    ... "It has been noted for decades that people's blood pressure tends to be ... I tried not to believe it for a long time but exercise seems to work as ... with my arms out to the side at shoulder height I rotate them in a forward ... legs straight, and hold that for 30 seconds. ...
    (soc.retirement)
  • Re: A question on curls
    ... I tend to get very sore in the elbow region ... With curls, for example, it's possible to look at the extremes. ... more effective biceps builders, but they put a lot of stress on elbows. ... Power curls are a great exercise, but they don't target your biceps at ...
    (misc.fitness.weights)
  • Re: Final Bicep Exercise
    ... pure "finishing" exercise for your biceps have you tried using single ... build a good "peak" of the bicep. ... on serious contraction, despite the weight, you know you body, so if it ... > I currently start with barbell curls and then follow them up with incline DB ...
    (misc.fitness.weights)
  • Re: Final Bicep Exercise
    ... > I'm having trouble trying to figure out what bicep exercise to finish up ... > I currently start with barbell curls and then follow them up with incline ... I then usually chuck in a third exercise which changes. ...
    (misc.fitness.weights)
  • Re: dumbbells and slight hurt in the elbow
    ... I have recently started to exercise in my home. ... some curls and my elbow has been hurting lately. ... A fitness gym would be more ...
    (misc.fitness.weights)