You can't grow unless you take Protein shake after workout!

[djeclipse]

dude are you serious or just kidding?

Unfortunately I think he is serious.....

 

[djeclipse]

Yeah but my thing is I'm not going for raw size I'm going for a ripped physique very toned and defined. Plus (hahaha) I dont just do 3 sets a day when i hit Bis I tear them the fuck up I'll do like 3 sets of preacher, 3 sets of cable curls, 3 sets incline bench curls, 3 sets hammer, 3 sets all kinds of shit.

I'm pretty set on my routine it's gotten me right where I want to be

Taken from a good article on T-nation

Twin brothers eating the same diet, working at the same job. Three times a week for the next 52 weeks, both brothers undertake a progressive resistance-training program, each adding weight, sets, or reps in a logical manner over the whole year. One difference: the first brother does deadlifts only. The second brother does arm curls only.


After a year, who do you think will have bigger arms? Obviously it will be the first brother, who put more overall stress and load through his system. Even though he didn't bend his elbow at all.

The bottom line is that muscle growth is a systemic issue, not a localized one. If you put a stress on the forearm only, of course it would grow, but that growth would be limited because the systemic load is small. If you did deadlifts, on the other hand, the systemic load would be so big, everything would grow.

Here is the full article.

http://www.t-nation.com/article/performance_training/cosgroves_five_ahha_moments

Once again, you're wasting time doing all those curls.

 

[deathdroprob]

Was he even big?

 

[u418936]

Taken from a good article on T-nation

Here is the full article.

http://www.t-nation.com/article/performance_training/cosgroves_five_ahha_moments

Once again, you're wasting time doing all those curls.

Agreed. If curling had any effect on arm size, every guy at every gym would have massive guns.

 

[silver_shadow]

Agreed. If curling had any effect on arm size, every guy at every gym would have massive guns.

you'd have 130lb pencil necked geeks walking around with 20" gunzzz

 

[GUARDIAN]

i call BS. heavy barbell and DB curling will aid in big bicep size as long as u support your training by eating to grow. big arm size will come in cunjunction of getting your tri's bigger as well. it is unlikely that 130lb person will have 20" arms because they will need to put on mass to get 20" arms.

Side note: never researched this but it has been said to add an inch to your arms would require 10lbs of gains. assuming the average 130 lber has 13-14" gunz then they would need to be in the 200lb range (lean) to have that kind of arm size. that doesnt mean 70lbs is in your arms.

 

[blueta2]

I'm not body building guru, but I think there's no need for shakes. Before shakes, body builders grew on food alone.

I used to work out heavy and would never get huge, why? Because I have a bad appetite.
I think the key is to eat, eat and eat some more to get growth in any parts of the body.

 

[silver_shadow]

i call BS. heavy barbell and DB curling will aid in big bicep size as long as u support your training by eating to grow. big arm size will come in cunjunction of getting your tri's bigger as well. it is unlikely that 130lb person will have 20" arms because they will need to put on mass to get 20" arms.

Side note: never researched this but it has been said to add an inch to your arms would require 10lbs of gains. assuming the average 130 lber has 13-14" gunz then they would need to be in the 200lb range (lean) to have that kind of arm size. that doesnt mean 70lbs is in your arms.

dude i was kidding

that was the point i was trying to make

@ blueta2: very true... you don't need artificial protein and even if you do have some it's best to not exceed 20% of your total requirements through shakes... it's alright though when you're in a hurry and can't get enough real food.
BTW, looking good on that playboy mag when do we get to see the centrespread

 

[GUARDIAN]

sorry i didnt read all the posts between i just saw some of the most recent replies.....lol

one point to make about the past in comparison to now is how much nutritional knowledge we have gained in the area of bodybuilding. though shakes r not essential i do believe high GI carbs such as waxy maize are. the protein source that follows can be food but efforts should be made to pick a faster digesting source.

dude i was kidding

that was the point i was trying to make

@ blueta2: very true... you don't need artificial protein and even if you do have some it's best to not exceed 20% of your total requirements through shakes... it's alright though when you're in a hurry and can't get enough real food.
BTW, looking good on that playboy mag when do we get to see the centrespread

 

[blueta2]

dude i was kidding

that was the point i was trying to make

@ blueta2: very true... you don't need artificial protein and even if you do have some it's best to not exceed 20% of your total requirements through shakes... it's alright though when you're in a hurry and can't get enough real food.
BTW, looking good on that playboy mag when do we get to see the centrespread

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