Best way to get bigger arms?

[SouthernLord]

squat for big arms???

Yes.

To add 1 inch to your arms you need to add 10-15 pounds of overall body mass. The easiest way to do this is by performing the exercises that give you the most bang for your buck. Heavy compound free weight exercises. Direct bi work is not gonna do it for you. Heavy squats, deads, bench, rows, chins, military press, etc will add size to your whole body. If your diet is in order.

You should be eating like it is your job. Every meal should be a chore to finish and leave you stuffed. It takes a lot of food to grow and it is not easy to do. Those 20 pounds you gained are common when you first start training. the next 20 won't be as easy. You will have to work for it.

 

[desmond]

If the OP didn't do lower body exercises, i'm doubting he gained 20lbs of LBM as easily as he suggested.

In other words that is saying he would have gained 40lbs if he did both upper and lower body.

OP: please elobrate on your past/present routine

 

[FunFun]

squat for big arms???

It was probably a joke. I've seen squat specialists with pretty average arms.

 

[gixxerman]

the idea behind the squat is to improve overall lifts...if you improve your squat...your bench with go up..back strenght will go up..therefore bis...tri's get bigger

 

[gixxerman]

also..if you want big arms...like the guys said before..compound movements. Once you establish a good base than you can mess around with isolation exercises to target certain muscle and chisel!

 

[dabuffguy]

It was probably a joke. I've seen squat specialists with pretty average arms.

No, it wasn't a joke.


Squatting and doing deadlift makes your body secrete high amounts of test and GH. That means growth and muscle EVERYWHERE. Not just your legs.

You see guys that do 100 sets of bicep curls but they are still skronny?


You see a guy being serious in the squat rack and I betcha he's one of the bigger guys in the gym if not the biggest.

 

[desmond]

In fairness, I've seen some people with chicken legs sporting excellent upper bodies

 

[Eric1987]

Yes I do lower body just not nearly as much as upper. We usually do it once a week or once every 2 weeks. I know thats bad you aint gotta tell me. But thanks for the suggestions. I'll try those more often.

 

[SaiBoT]

I'm with Dabuff, squats and deads help the arms grow and did I mention that I don't usually do iso work for arms?

You want big arms send me a PM I will hook you up with a couple of routines, but fuck yeah don't even bother if you are not doing squats and deads along with it!!!

 

[Chrisco915]

How come no one has mentioned Synthol yet? It worked for Valentino........LOL.