Sorta off topic, but when people make arm measurements claims on line, I take it with a grain of salt myself.
Maybe we need a show and tell.
These are my arms (pics obviously)
This is how I approach arm training
They measure x
100% this.
I donât have what Iâd call big arms, so I refrained from contributing. But now my mind is boggled.
I remember a similar thread back in the old days of this site where a certain professor had a significant impact on stopping this insanity.
I donât have big arms at all, theyâre very proportional to my frame. Just describing how they got to where they are now. Compared to the twiglets at my school, however, they are quite large.
I am not sure why you replied to my post.
But yeah, I too had bigger arms than my friends in high school when I was training and they werenât. I look back and see photos of myself at 17 and realize just how small they were.
Crazy how perspective changes things.
True point. Spending too much time on T Nation has definitely changed my perspective.
Yeah so do I⊠amazing how many guys were claiming 18 plus inch arms. I think of one guy if memory served claimed 18 at like 6 foot @ 170lbs.
Hahaha as Christian Thibaudeu once said:
" 80% of lifters started training to have big arms , the others are liers" lol
Dude do you honestly care about a teenagers opinion on how theyâve made their arms bigger, youâre in your thirties. If it is affecting you that much I really donât have anything else to say.
I appreciate your concern regarding the signal to noise ratio.
Iâm curios as to where you read in the question did you manage to read that you should only post if your arms are a certain size at a certain weight. I really canât make it out. [quote=âc-adams, post:32, topic:229328â]
I strongly believe that on forums beginners need to be corrected if they are posting something that they donât have the experience to comment on.
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This is a blatant lie. If this were true then you would post more than once every 2 months and last time it was putting duke down over you perceiving him to have a lack of progress. [quote=âc-adams, post:32, topic:229328â]
This is a pubic forum, there will be debates.
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Yes, a public forum where people can say things and answer questions. Donât get upset over a answer you donât like. [quote=âc-adams, post:32, topic:229328â]
You need to have a thicker skin
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You reappeared for the first time in 2 months in a attempt to put me down as I annoyed you last time. Act your age. [quote=âT3hPwnisher, post:33, topic:229328â]
the signal to noise ratio.
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To be honest, although I donât agree with @hugh_gilly suggestion and I donât think it will build impressive arms, in terms of the question asked I donât see a problem with the answer or a beginner answering this one.
Ok if the question was worded differently, then your response would be warranted. The 18in arms bit is misleading though! Iâm sporting 16in lean bordering very lean arms, not massive by any stretch. If the question was how do you build 20in lean arms I wouldnât have responded.
I had no idea who you were. I had to look at your log and even after looking at that I didnât remember you. No hate from me. As for putting Duke down for a lack of progress, that was in a thread were he was talking about giving unsolicited advice despite being a novice. Beginners shouldnât be giving any advice! Like I said, itâs something I feel strongly about. I donât post much as I donât have much time and donât feel like Iâm advanced or experienced enough to post a lot.
I wonât respond to you anymore.
The question says how did you get your arms as big as they are now. He squated, he ate food, his arms are his arms and they are as big as they are now. Itâs not a wrong answer and itâs not specific enough a question to be a wrong answer.
Expressing his opinion is his free will, the same one you have not to listen or agree with his opinion. Thatâs how forums work.
Guys, I donât think anyone in this exchange is confused about how forums work.
Using a bit of common sense, it obvious the op was asking people who made made progress in arm size. The title is a giveaway!
I read this forum as muscle gain arm size, not just arm size. Thatâs why I said what I said about squats. If you want big biceps, deadlift, row and eat. If you want big triceps, bench, ohp, dips and eat. If you just want your arm size to be bigger without bigger bis or tris, just eat and squat. Also, @hugh_gilly, your arms would not stay 18 if you lost the weight. I second @Yogi1
To be fair, not many people would maintain their arm size while losing weight.
But your point (the tissue comp of his arms) is made.
@c-adams @hugh_gilly calm down guys⊠Itâs just a fucking simple question about arms and people canât stop being offendedđ
Itâs not âeasyâ but itâs âsimpleâ â at least for me.
Plan your weekly and monthly training template. It can be anything: 5 day bodypart split; push-pull; upper-lower etc.
BUT, do extra work on the body part you want to grow only after youâve competed your mandatory weekly sessions. In my case this means a 5-day BP split. So on Sat or Sunday I get to do an âarms dayâ if thatâs my focus.
This is for important for 2 reasons:
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Doing everything else is probably more important for arm (or wherever) size than the direct ISO work. Squats, loaded carries, chins, shoulder presses & deadlifts put on size everywhere.
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Doing arm work now becomes a ârewardâ in addition to extra volume for a lagging bodypart.
Iâve been 220, 230, 240 and up to 270 and have always had veins in my biceps which means my arms grow with the rest of my body.
But as for specific arms training advice: train for the âpumpâ. Heavy arm work has never worked for me.