Q: The new ebooks are fantastic. I followed Doug Brignole before his death and also you. Really great information. I appreciate that you suggest add-on exercises to the ideal and make the case for which ones are best. One question: My triceps are weak/flat, so should I train them one side at a time [to avoid bi-lateral deficit]? [Read more…]
New Exercise for Biceps Size
Q: You mentioned in a newsletter, or Old Man Young Muscle workout, that preacher curls are too dangerous. I like them because of the resistance from the very start of each rep. Regular standing curls seem to miss that. Will doing my preacher curls lighter for more reps solve the problem? [Read more…]
Preacher Curls for Ultimate Biceps Mass?
Q: I’ve seen lots of recommendations, even in some studies, for preacher curls as a great biceps builder. Where does it fall in Positions of Flexion? Is it a stretch exercise?
A: You do get some biceps elongation loading, but to fully stretch the biceps, the upper arm should be behind your torso, as in an incline curl… [Read more…]
Half-Inch of Arm Mass in 1 Workout
In the last training newsletter, I mentioned how I caught a bug from my granddaughter and missed a week of workouts.
Yes, it sucked. But on the flip-side, I noticed my physique getting bigger and better over the get-well week. It reminded me of the article on adding a half-inch of arm size after only one workout. Let me explain… [Read more…]
Forgotten Way to Make Your Arms Look Huge
All guys want big arms—the bulging biceps, the massive sweeping triceps stretching the sleeves of your T-shirt…
Endless work on all types of curls and extensions often fails to get the gargantuan guns that we muscleheads are after. [Read more…]
Arnold’s Arm-Mass Secret: Cheat Curls?
As a young twig, I admired Arnold. He was the Oak after all. His incredible biceps peak was especially impressive. The photo on the cover of his Education of a Bodybuilder was mind-blowing (photo by John Balik, who was paid a paltry $100 for the pic)… [Read more…]
Jay Cutler’s Biceps Mass “Secret”
I’ve always enjoyed watching the top bodybuilders train. It’s always motivational, and I often discover ways that they’ve gotten huge through instinctively doing the right thing… [Read more…]
Half-Inch On Your Arms In 1 Day?
Q: I remember reading an article that said you could add almost a half inch to arm girth in one day. The workouts had a lot of very slow negative reps, some sets as heavy pure-negatives [only lowering a heavy weight for a number of reps]. Do you think this is possible? Should I try it? [Read more…]
New Arm Mass: Stretch vs. Contraction
Researcher Chris Beardsley recently observed that the elbow flexors do not display as much potential for stretch-mediated hypertrophy as the elbow extensors. [Read more…]
New Arm Size
Shoulder pain can make holding dumbbells at your sides painful. Such is my predicament…
That means alternate dumbbell curls are out as my ideal exercise. I cringe just thinking about it… [Read more…]
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