Is it possible to gain 1" on your arms in one month?

[xtinct]

My arms are lagging behind the rest of my body. I have read some articles on arm specialization routines that promise to put an inch on your arms in as little as one month. Has anyone had any success with any of those routines?

I am open to all ideas...doing a (few) sets every day, working arms heavy two or three times per week....

And before anyone says to stop training arms and concentrate on heavy chest and back work...I tried that but it didn't work.

[ColdStone]

My arms are lagging behind the rest of my body. I have read some articles on arm specialization routines that promise to put an inch on your arms in as little as one month. Has anyone had any success with any of those routines?

I am open to all ideas...doing a (few) sets every day, working arms heavy two or three times per week....

And before anyone says to stop training arms and concentrate on heavy chest and back work...I tried that but it didn't work.

LOL, not with my genes. 1 inch in 3 yrs maybe, lol
i tried one of those all day arm WOs taht promise 1/2 inch increase....and it did nothing. Was probably counterproductive.


maybe try exploring the SEO approach

[xtinct]

i tried one of those all day arm WOs taht promise 1/2 inch increase....and it did nothing. Was probably counterproductive.


I tried that too. Didn't do anything for me either.

[Big Sky Guy]

My arms are lagging behind the rest of my body. I have read some articles on arm specialization routines that promise to put an inch on your arms in as little as one month. Has anyone had any success with any of those routines?

I am open to all ideas...doing a (few) sets every day, working arms heavy two or three times per week....

And before anyone says to stop training arms and concentrate on heavy chest and back work...I tried that but it didn't work.



Maybe somebody fairly new to the game on their first huge cycle MIGHT get an inch if they took the first measurement with no pump after days of carb depleting and then took the 2nd measurement a month and 20 pounds later fter a carbup and major arm workout...Maybe then :poser:

[xrsist]

LOL, not with my genes. 1 inch in 3 yrs maybe, lol
i tried one of those all day arm WOs taht promise 1/2 inch increase....and it did nothing. Was probably counterproductive.


maybe try exploring the SEO approach

i know how you feel

SEO approach??

[ChuckLee]

I'm gonna try 4 weeks of IGF and slin site injecting in my arms to see what happens.
Gonna train both bis and tris 3x week.

[Ulter]

I got my arms to grow doing heavy tri-bar curls and then db preachers. I would throw in 21's every other week too. It takes years though, not a month. An inch you can do in a year. As posted, if you were clean and never cycled before you could easily do it in 3 months. You're a little past that genetic limit.

[GFH]

you can take the Greg Valentine approach to things.....

[RagingBull666]

I put on 3 inches in a month. I'm going to be writing an article for Flex and other fitness mags so they can sell this idea.

I'll have a book out soon. It will be available on Amazon and is called "Triple the Gun Gains". It will go for $49.95. SS, RB

[JG1]

If I remember right you do extremely low volume right? Like a couple sets per muscle?

[RagingBull666]

If I remember right you do extremely low volume right? Like a couple sets per muscle?
I can't release my secrets here. You'll have to buy the book.

[JG1]

I can't release my secrets here. You'll have to buy the book.


LOL

not you, xtinct

[RagingBull666]

LOL

not you, xtinct

He needs to buy my book also!!

[TrenAman]

no solid info here, I can make my arms grow huge for my size "18's" but cannot get my fucking legs to grow at all :( I can live on the damn rack all I want, nothing.. Genetics is a bitch!

[Halfway]

A lot of pizza, ice cream and some bicep shots with dirty UG gear should do it.

At your size, no way.. unless you call needto and get on the Omega Project?

[IliekFude]

Just eat more.
Gain 10-20lbs of bodyweight per 1" of arm "mass" usually.
Or you could settle for ole faithfull n just get stronger.

[xtinct]

If I remember right you do extremely low volume right? Like a couple sets per muscle?

I increased my sets and reps but even with that I usually don't get much of a pump in my arms. I am going to try lowering my weights and doing more isolation work to get a better mind-muscle connection and get a better pump. So far I always focused on getting stronger but when I can do almost 200 lbs bar curls and my arms still aren't growing something obviously isn't working right. Right now at 230 lbs and 6-8%bf my arms are 18" cold and if I can somehow get them to 19" that would be great.

[IliekFude]

At 230lbs theres only so much yr arms can explode without gainning "weight".
Ya know what i mean? Like at 230lbs 18" arms are pretty decent man. So if you wana stay 230 (if thats what yr saying) and keep growing yr arms then you have some serious science to work out that i am not qualified to assist with.

[TrenAman]

200lb bar curls, damn you are strong as a freaking oxe dude! Fuck it man, just use a little synth

[xtinct]

At 230lbs theres only so much yr arms can explode without gainning "weight".
Ya know what i mean? Like at 230lbs 18" arms are pretty decent man. So if you wana stay 230 (if thats what yr saying) and keep growing yr arms then you have some serious science to work out that i am not qualified to assist with.

I know what you mean and I am not against gaining weight per se but it seems that for every pound I go over 235-240, half of the extra mass goes straight to my waist as fat and I just like the way I look at 6-8% a lot better than being heavier at 10-12%. In the end, if being lean means that my arms won't be over 18" then so be it but I'm going to try my best to somehow get that extra inch.

[IliekFude]

Dude i sure as hell hope you keep tryin. Thats what its all about. Just because i duno how to tell you to do it doesnt mean shit except that i cant do it. If you do it, rock on.

[TrenAman]

I work out with 137lbs on the preacher, I could not imagine 200lbs, that is freaking insane, sounds like you just get stronger without gaining mass. I wish I was that strong man!

I assume you have tried lifting heavy until burned out..

[usapitbullz]

you can take the Greg Valentine approach to things.....

He never used Synthol....Yeah Right!

[Halfway]

That much curl weight has to mean you're making them into a compound move? there's no way someone will be curling almost bodyweight slowly up using only their biceps.

Not that I'm any better, at a much fatter 260 my arms are 19" on a great day so I'm even more t-rex arm'd than you but I literally only use the bare bar now, or 35lb DB's at most. Lots of volume, high reps and minimal rest with ridiculously strict form where you can literally feel only the bis.. it saves the elbows a lot of trauma too.

[xtinct]

That much curl weight has to mean you're making them into a compound move? there's no way someone will be curling almost bodyweight slowly up using only their biceps.

The most I have done was 2x205. Those reps weren't pretty not not really bad either. Obviously you have to lean back just to avoid falling forward when curling that kind of weight. I can curl 165 with strict form and keep my balance but above that I have to move my upper body just to maintain my balance. The negatives are easier to do because of the starting position and even with 205 the negative was controlled, but you are right that with higher weight it's impossible to completely isolate the biceps.



Not that I'm any better, at a much fatter 260 my arms are 19" on a great day so I'm even more t-rex arm'd than you but I literally only use the bare bar now, or 35lb DB's at most. Lots of volume, high reps and minimal rest with ridiculously strict form where you can literally feel only the bis.. it saves the elbows a lot of trauma too.

How long have you been doing that? Any results yet? What I am thinking about is to do 1-2 sets very heavy like before to keep my strength up but then use much lighter weights for the rest of the biceps workout and do more sets and reps and really try to isolate the muscle.

[Halfway]

It works ok so long as I keep doing it.. when I stop, the arm loses size in a couple of weeks :x

I do bi's right after heavy, long back workouts so I dont go heavy at all on them.. But my bi tendons are old and ragged and I've seen too many 30+ guys blow their biceps to want to train heavy on isolation ever again!

[IliekFude]

Whatever you decide to do - just switch it up evern 3-5 weeks and eat more. If yr curling 165lbs with strict form n yr biceps arent growing then id bet yr body is in a (whether you know it or not) starved state and aching to explode.
Try bulking balls out for a month and i bet you put 1.5-2" on yr arms i shit you not.
Crazy? Try it.

[ChuckLee]

I put on 3 inches in a month. I'm going to be writing an article for Flex and other fitness mags so they can sell this idea.

I'll have a book out soon. It will be available on Amazon and is called "Triple the Gun Gains". It will go for $49.95. SS, RB

Come on bro, share something.
I am sure that people will buy your book anyway to know even more.
If the method works, I'll buy a copy immediately!!

[Ulter]

I increased my sets and reps but even with that I usually don't get much of a pump in my arms. I am going to try lowering my weights and doing more isolation work to get a better mind-muscle connection and get a better pump. So far I always focused on getting stronger but when I can do almost 200 lbs bar curls and my arms still aren't growing something obviously isn't working right. Right now at 230 lbs and 6-8%bf my arms are 18" cold and if I can somehow get them to 19" that would be great.

I was using a 200lb Tribar curl myself 3x10. It still takes over a year at our level. Not a month. Patience Padawon

[Sugashane]

no

[drsketch]

Here is what I do for arms, bis/tris - same day

Bis

Curl barbell 5x6(heavy) 6th rep should be failure so adjust weight accordingly- superset with (lighter) weight easy curl bar 5x7

Preacher dumbbell 5x6
Preacher easy curl (wide grip) 5x6
hammer curls 5x6

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triceps
skull crushers 5x6
close grip bench 5x6
rope pull downs 5x6-8
straight metal bar pull downs 5x6