Arms will NOT grow...advice?

[enigma4dub]

although im an advocate of full body workouts i must say i disagree with what this guy writes. I can say that in my first 2 years of weight training (A time in which i had no idea what i was doing) i put serious size onto my arms without ever working legs at all. I didnt even know what a deadlift was. I curled heavy as hell and did pressdowns till my arms fell off and they grew like weeds up to around 18 inches. Now 5 years later theyre still around 18 inches maybe a bit bigger but i quite measurin but the rest of me has caught up.

he accounted for the genetically gifted, btw.

 

[Sebass67]

Barbell Curls...and then progress to cheat curls to give your nervous system adapted to heavy loads... Alternate...

Worked real well for me...

 

[HOLYSHITLOOK@ME]

Genetics.. I have 17.5" arms but my pecs dont ever get huge. I dont work my arms too much and beat the shit out of my pecs..

 

[ZGzaZ]

Genetics.. I have 17.5" arms but my pecs dont ever get huge. I dont work my arms too much and beat the shit out of my pecs..

re-read and you just solved your own problem ....

 

[Tweakle]

McRobert thinks 16" arms are an impressive feat, mind.

for people looking to get to 16-17" (and yes, before someone pipes up about have 20" guns before they ever joined the gym most ppl have to work for that) the squats n milk is a good idea.. but after that I'm of the belief you need to train your arms directly and frequently like every other bodypart. 2-3 work sets a couple of times a week of lying extensions, bb curls or some other basic work won't overtrain them and can do nothing but help with your big lifts. But it's all ultimately genetic, I know the average BSer online will claime 20-22" 'gunz' but it doesnt work like that for most ppl. personally I haven't had mine past 18.5" no matter how much fat I carried or how I trained.. maybe time for the SEO

of course focusing on curls when you cant do 5 bw chinups is a waste of time

 

[Protobuilder]

anecdote: my bro-in-law is a lot stronger than me but doesn't train anything besides squats, bench, and curls. Three times a week, he grabs a curl bar w/ 95-115 and swings around through 3 sets of 10. I do no curls, but I row and chin weekly. We lifted the other day and after rowing, I decided to curl a bit and was a crap load stronger than him on curls.