Rocko’s Arm Workout
June 13th, 2009
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The number one thing most weight lifters want is big arms. Why wouldn’t you want to look like the guys with the huge triceps and bulging biceps? These glamour guns are what is gonna get people to stand up and take notice. To get the most out of your arm building routine you need to develop a good understanding about the mechanics of bodybuilding and building big arms. To get those impressive guns you need to follow the right overall training routine. Lets try and learn some important things about packing on the muscle. It’s all about picking the right weight lifting program.
Facts about arm training
Many workout programs fail to address three very important things when it comes to arm training.
- Remember that the triceps and the biceps are not large muscle groups and they will not grow big if you over work them.The fact is if your weight lifting program includes compound exercises, ie: Bench Presses, Squats, Dead Lifts, Pull ups or any of the other compound exercises that workout a large portion of your body, then you are stressing the biceps and triceps already. Isolation exercises aren’t really neccessary if you are already doing these compound exercises. If you want big arms you should stop using some of these isolation exercises.
- The biceps get a heavy workout when you are doing the basic exercises that include pulling. Most of the exercises that work out your back are also working out your biceps. As you get stronger by doing heavy back exercises the biceps have to grow to handle the extra weight. This is a sure fire way to make sure you fail at getting big arms.
For more great muscle building tips you will want to visit Rocko’s site, you can view it here: Rocko’s Muscle Building Tips
- Think about this when you are getting ready to do a full tricep workout. By doing bench presses and military presses you have stressed the triceps plenty for the week. If you exercise your triceps to much this small but very strong muscle will become overworked.
Getting strong and big arms is because you are doing heavy chest and back exercises. With this being the case you can still do a small amount of arm training. You can include a small amount of barbell curls and dips to you weight lifting program to help compliment your other exercises. But be careful not to overtrain these small muscle groups and actually retard their growth. This would result in what you have now, small arms..
I hope you enjoyed this article, I also did a review of a high quality program you will want to take a look which can help you get big arms: Muscle Gaining Secrets Review
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