Comments on: Why I Hate Training Arms

By: Iain

Iain — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 06:34:07 +0000

You are correct, biceps progression is hard. After reading your post I am going to switch to doing chins ups again and progress from there. Many years ago all I did was chins for my biceps and they really grew. But like most of us I feel into the separate arm day trap and I have struggled for size since. Love your posts, big fan.

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:17:43 +0000

In reply to Lee. it will take you 70-80% there. Then you need isolation exercises to take your arms to the next level.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:13:26 +0000

I have started incorporating weighted pull-ups lately . Is that helpful/enough to build big arms or do I still need to do weighted chin ups ? Thanks in advance !

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:55:44 +0000

In reply to Jeff Strongman.

Yeah that’s the thing with lateral raises, you never really get to go heavy on them since it’s nearly impossible to do with with good form. Once you go past the 25-30 pound mark, you pretty much need to swing your body in order to lift the weight no matter how big you are.

Yes I would lower the weight in your case and do more reps.

By: Jeff Strongman

Jeff Strongman — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:03:11 +0000

In reply to Keith. Sorry. Was referring to fully extended lateral raises. I always did them with my elbows bended, looking forward. I can do 12 reps with that, 3 sets. I also do front raises for the same amount (3x12).

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:39:03 +0000

In reply to Jeff Strongman. Which exercise are you referring to for your delts? Yes focus on doing more reps, until you hit 9-10 reps then increase the weight.

By: Jeff Strongman

Jeff Strongman — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:13:46 +0000

In reply to Jeff Strongman. I ALWAYS do 3 sets in every excercise, by the way.

By: Jeff Strongman

Jeff Strongman — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:12:57 +0000

I agree with you. Broader shoulders looks alot better.
In my case, my delts seem pretty weak…can barely do like 6-7 reps of 15 lbs DBs. In that case, should I concentrate on the current weight/rep-range or should I do lower weight for 12 reps/3 sets? I want to build size and strength. But don’t know if I’ll build size if I can’t lift big weight there.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:51:56 +0000

In reply to Ali. They're both good.

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:59:29 +0000

Do you think joe manganiello workout is better or the stephen amell one ?