[quote]MODOK wrote:
[quote]Blackaggar wrote:
[quote]lewhitehurst wrote:
[quote]Bunny Bench wrote:
[quote]wannabebig25 wrote:
if your arms wont get bigger perhaps add more weight. ive found that every ~10lbs your weights changes correlates to about 0.5" on your arm size. add 20lbs and your arms should grow an inch. thats just personal opinion though.
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He is right there is no point in training your arms alone just try and get the big lifts up and throw in some curls here and there.
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Wrong. If you want to concentrate on arms there is no problem doing them alone as long as you make sure you are still getting your compound lifts in.
What Modok said was right about pressing movements and frequency. Also, there is no problem with working your tris that much, IMO. Between pressing and direct arm work, I have always hit my tris at LEAST 3 times a week and as much as 5 or 6. As long as you recover from it, it isn’t an issue. Besides, your tris are 2/3 of your upper arm, so I feel you should hit those as much as possible to increase overall arm size, anyway.
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the amount of time stood out at me, does this include chest work or just specific triceps workouts? I find my biceps recover very fast and I should be training them more often but my triceps always take a bit longer and they are usually sore for 2 days[/quote]
This is where your individual feedback comes in. If you are recovering, you are stronger…it has nothing to do with soreness. If you are lifting more weight, or doing more reps with the same weight as last session, you should train, sore or not. If you are not increasing in strength or size, you aren’t recovering, also independent of soreness.
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Agreed unless we are talking about pain in tendons in which case backing off some would be recommended. That is what is referred to when people speak about listening to their own bodies. If you are getting stronger and making progress, that is what determines what you do next.