[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]c.m.l. wrote:
Hammies do two main things: lower part flexes the knee while upper hams are a hip extensor; when you extend your hips they help.
Bend over as far as you can and get a good stretch while keeping your back right and let your hands go far between your legs, you may not feel it in an incredible fashion but they are there.[/quote]
You look in proportion…but I am not sure why you think arms don’t need direct training.
Your own don’t have that level of size they would have if you didn’t think this way. I could see your point of view if arms were simply some freaky body part for you that grew from nothing…
Either way, good work overall no doubt.[/quote]
Thanks, but I didn’t say that they didn’t need any direct training; I’m certainly not in the camp that compound movements are the be-all and end-all for bodybuilding.
I’m a big fan of single joint isolation stuff, I just don’t dedicate an entire session to arms, I merely add bi’s to the end of back day and tri’s to the end of chest day, each of which occurs 2x per week. But then again I’m not sportin’ bazooka’s either.
For better or worse I don’t really do ‘deload’ days and a dedicated arm session would be hard to get CNS stimulation IMO.
Again I’m sure others would definitely benefit from a dedicated arm day but for me personally, I have to focus on not letting bi’s or tri’s dominate my pulls and pushes respectively. Not everyone falls into the same category, I’m just sharing what I do. I surmise alot of it has to do with ones dimensions, particularly lever length.
Edit: just to share, for the last few weeks I’ve been finishing off with some of that occlusion training I read about recently for bi’s and tri’s (and quads); it gives about the meanest pump. The idea seemed kinda gimicky at first, but I’m beginning to think there is something to it. I feel it in parts of my arm or leg I usually just wouldn’t.