subject: Weightlifting Exercises, Myths Exposed About Building Huge Biceps And Triceps [print this page] It's no secret that every serious lifter out there desires an impressive pair of strong, muscular arms. Who wouldn't be happy with tall, peaking biceps sitting on top of rock-hard, horse-shoe-shaped triceps?
The majority of lifters have a poor understanding of how to properly train their arms for maximum gains. To properly understand how to make the arm grow, there are three things we must keep in mind:
1) The triceps and biceps are small muscle groups.
2) The biceps are strongly stimulated by any of the basic pulling exercises for the back.
3) The triceps receive heavy stimulation during all basic pressing movements for the chest and shoulders.
When attempting to gain maximum improvement in biceps and triceps size and strength, a very small amount of direct stimulation is needed.
It's very important to understand that the biceps and triceps receive a very large amount of stimulation from all of your chest and back training. Couple this with the fact that your biceps and triceps are already small muscle groups to begin with and it becomes quite clear that direct arm training is of minor importance.
Don't forget, your muscles do not grow in the gym. The work that you accomplish as you train with weights is merely the "spark" that sets the wheels of the muscle growth process into motion. Weight loss magic takes place when your body is resting and eating, as this is when the body is synthesizing new muscle tissue.
Because of this, it is vital that you do not overtrain your muscles. You must always make sure to provide them with sufficient recovery time if you want to see impressive results. Overtraining can actually make your muscles smaller and weaker.
Stop placing emphasis on direct arm movements to achieve serious arm growth. You will find that when you do heavy back and chest training, you will also develop strong and muscular arms.
This is not to say that no direct arm training is necessary; just not very much. If you can incorporate this way of thinking into your arm training, you will achieve arm size beyond anything you previously thought possible.
