Basics of Arm Training
June 22nd 2007 11:42
If you are a beginner in weight training or even an intermediate you cannot tell yourself enough that there are no secrets to fitness that you can overhear when the cognoscenti are chatting nearby. Nor is it likely that you can purchase the secrets of gaining a better body from someone. It is a better strategy to learn the basic realities of training and continue to repeat them until they are fully a part of you. That is ironically the secret of fitness knowledge. I propose to help you with the above task today by discussing briefly some important aspects of arm training.
If you want to have bigger (or stronger arms) it is important to make sure that it is bigger arms you want and not just bigger biceps. That is because the triceps are normally about twice the size of the biceps. If you want arms that are bigger, you must train the triceps with as much devotion as the biceps. If you are interested in improved arm strength for some sport, the odds are very good that your triceps are of more value to you than your biceps. Yes, if your goal is a couple of baseball lumps on your upper arm, you are going to have to train biceps most.
If you are simply training arms only, you may disregard this paragraph. If you are training the large muscle groups of the upper body like back and chest, you will need to remember that training them puts alot of stress on the arms. Adding large numbers of sets of arm work to the end of back or chest work means that your arms are going to be over trained and not grow larger or stronger. Training chest on day one and triceps on day two is nonsensical also. Your triceps will never be able to recover sufficiently unless they are left completely alone between their work days. That means that biceps must be trained on back days and triceps on chest days.
If you train both parts of your arms on the same day (which rookies often do) there is no way that you can train any other upper body part within the next few days without overworking your arms. Each has to be given a separate day.
I am of the opinion that the number of total sets you do for arms has to be significantly fewer than those for larger body parts. The proper approach to arms is to focus concentration on each set and get the maximum from that set. A few intense sets are thus the key.You will know this when you feel the effects of five or six really intense sets on the day after you train them. Less is better for bigger arms. Your servant, as always.
If you want to have bigger (or stronger arms) it is important to make sure that it is bigger arms you want and not just bigger biceps. That is because the triceps are normally about twice the size of the biceps. If you want arms that are bigger, you must train the triceps with as much devotion as the biceps. If you are interested in improved arm strength for some sport, the odds are very good that your triceps are of more value to you than your biceps. Yes, if your goal is a couple of baseball lumps on your upper arm, you are going to have to train biceps most.
If you are simply training arms only, you may disregard this paragraph. If you are training the large muscle groups of the upper body like back and chest, you will need to remember that training them puts alot of stress on the arms. Adding large numbers of sets of arm work to the end of back or chest work means that your arms are going to be over trained and not grow larger or stronger. Training chest on day one and triceps on day two is nonsensical also. Your triceps will never be able to recover sufficiently unless they are left completely alone between their work days. That means that biceps must be trained on back days and triceps on chest days.
If you train both parts of your arms on the same day (which rookies often do) there is no way that you can train any other upper body part within the next few days without overworking your arms. Each has to be given a separate day.
I am of the opinion that the number of total sets you do for arms has to be significantly fewer than those for larger body parts. The proper approach to arms is to focus concentration on each set and get the maximum from that set. A few intense sets are thus the key.You will know this when you feel the effects of five or six really intense sets on the day after you train them. Less is better for bigger arms. Your servant, as always.
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