How many times a week do you do arms??

[sparky_d2]

Does anybody here do their biceps and tris 2 times a week?? I'm thinking about switching up my routine to where I do arms twice a week. I'm not getting the results I want with only hitting them once a week.

 

[louden_swain]

I train arms once a week. That is all they need. Remember, you are using arms when you train other muscle groups. Arms are small muscles and can be easily overtrained.

I use only 5-6 sets for biceps and triceps.

 

[TheOak84]

twice a week. tri's with chest, bi's with back..

triceps 1 - overhead ext (monday)
pressdown

triceps 2 - skullcrushers (friday)

biceps 1 - barbell curl (Tuesday)
hammer curl

biceps 2 - cheat curls (friday)

and actually Swain, biceps and calves heal the quickest because you use them all the time. so you can do bi's twice a week...

 

[rjl296]

I train arms once a week. That is all they need. Remember, you are using arms when you train other muscle groups. Arms are small muscles and can be easily overtrained.

I use only 5-6 sets for biceps and triceps.

smaller bodyparts recover faster too,

 

[SANDMAN5150]

AAAAARGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!


I have been cursed!!!!!!!or I am missing something


I am not B.S.'n Gents seriously.....my workouts intense

caloric intake 1.5 to 2 gr of protein 225 gr per day.....(honestly its been three weeks that I have adhered to this nutritional rule of thumb...)

anyway I have tried tried and am coming off the 1-bodypart per day routine (Since Nov.)

Am I stronger....... H&ll Yea!!!!


Put on bodyweight......yes!!!!! 240 and am down to 225 so far.......( I have really cleaned up my eating..no more 5 arby roast beef sandwitch....or my notorious 1 Large Meat Lovers on Saturdays...cheat food)


but as far as arm growth no and I have been training for quite a number of years now what I have achieved is a weird arm I am all Triceps and no Biceps and I think I have touched this subject with you my knowledgeable friend (LOUDEN SWAIN)

but then I hear that it is such a small muscle that it recuperatesfast........for example on Fridays..

here goes please louden swain do not punch me upside my thick skull I am just tryint to make them grow..


warmup

1 set concentration curls 15 reps

3 set oly bar curl @ 5 reps

3 sets icline alt curls @ 5 reps

3 sets machine curls @ 5 reps (superslow!!!)

3 drop-sets BBell curls @ 5 reps

.....and then my arms go numb and it hurts so much.......
but they do not grow but......

 

[gymtime]

smaller bodyparts recover faster too,

How? Why?

 

[jeremys]

AAAAARGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!


I have been cursed!!!!!!!or I am missing something


I am not B.S.'n Gents seriously.....my workouts intense

caloric intake 1.5 to 2 gr of protein 225 gr per day.....(honestly its been three weeks that I have adhered to this nutritional rule of thumb...)

anyway I have tried tried and am coming off the 1-bodypart per day routine (Since Nov.)

Am I stronger....... H&ll Yea!!!!


Put on bodyweight......yes!!!!! 240 and am down to 225 so far.......( I have really cleaned up my eating..no more 5 arby roast beef sandwitch....or my notorious 1 Large Meat Lovers on Saturdays...cheat food)


but as far as arm growth no and I have been training for quite a number of years now what I have achieved is a weird arm I am all Triceps and no Biceps and I think I have touched this subject with you my knowledgeable friend (LOUDEN SWAIN)

but then I hear that it is such a small muscle that it recuperatesfast........for example on Fridays..

here goes please louden swain do not punch me upside my thick skull I am just tryint to make them grow..


warmup

1 set concentration curls 15 reps

3 set oly bar curl @ 5 reps

3 sets icline alt curls @ 5 reps

3 sets machine curls @ 5 reps (superslow!!!)

3 drop-sets BBell curls @ 5 reps

.....and then my arms go numb and it hurts so much.......
but they do not grow but......

that looks like quite a bit of volume. maybe do only 2 different excercises?

more importantly though, are you squatting and deadlifting?

 

[WarriorPL]

I use to superset arms twice a week, but now i see better results from sticking to once a week each, and not supersetting.

 

[TheOak84]

How? Why?

if you are in college, i suggest you take a course on personal training or anatomy or some kind of human body class...

Body Building is more of a science than most people think.

 

[SANDMAN5150]

......

JEREMYS Brother...I would not even dare adress my stigma if I did not Squat nor Deadlift nor power clean nor push press or rows or do weighted dips nor weighted pullups I am a very Basic movement minded individual....NO SHINY MACHINES!!!!! except for machine curls/and pre-exh on x-overs for pecs...sorry!!

My routine on saturday:

I do not wear a belt ...nor wraps until I am passed 495 I am 525 for 1 rep hams to soleus on the way up looks like a modified good morning.... Then I drop to my knees and dry heave


after resting and an extensive gut check;

I proceed with deadlift no belt/no wrist wraps (only babypowder)until 500 for 1 rep.


................and last but not least I finish off with (I F*#$'n Hates these in reality I FEAR them) Power Cleans until I reach 250 for a single..........and yes on that single I use a belt and wraps.


BROTHER NO EGO HERE I SWEAR!!!! MOST PEOPLE AT THE GYM LOOK AT ME WEIRD...SNIDE REMARKS......COMMENTS SOME OF THE OLDER GYM MEMBERS GIVE ME THE THUMBS UP OR ASK ME IF I AM O.K.....NO I DO NOT...I REPEAT DO NOT WALK IN WITH ATTITUDE OR SCREAM LIKE I AM GETTING SHOT NO I JUST WALK IN BASEBALL CAP SLUNG LOW ALL COVERED AND I JUST GO TO TOWN........