Arm Workouts - Killer Arm Workouts for Size and Shape
Most men love to have big biceps, for them having big biceps is a sign of strength. But having just big biceps is not enough these days. And, it's an unbalanced way of doing your workouts, and is only half a job on developing your arm muscles. Doing hundreds of curls in your garage just won't cut it. If you are after the look of a Greek god you have to focus on your whole body, not just your arms. But I will get into the other aspects for building a Greek god like body in another article.
For big killer looking arms you have to work out your triceps as well as your biceps. Your triceps are in fact a bigger muscle than your biceps, and build the back side of your arms out.
Building my arm muscles have always been a bit of a sticking point for me, until recently. I have (and still losing the little I have left) lost a lot of excess body fat with my eating style and my work outs. And I now focus on the areas I have hit a sticking point.
As I want to add some more muscle to my arm I spend one workout just on my triceps and another workout on my biceps to kick them out of the plateau I am in.
My Plateau beating workout for my arms is below:
Bicep Workout
Start heavy with Barbell curls. I do 4 sets of 6 to 8 reps. I want to fatigue my biceps as much as I can in this first exercise.
Next, Hammer curls. Again I do about 4 sets of 6 to 8 reps. Again I want to go heavy as I want that peak on my biceps.
Then, Supinating curls, these curls are when you start at the bottom with your palms facing inwards, then as you left you twist your palms till they face you at the top of the movement.
Finishing them off on the cable machine. Here I will do either straight curls of rope hammer curls but this time I will do 3 sets. 2 of these sets will be normal sets of 6-10 reps. The last set of the day will be to failure. I use the cable machine as you can go through the weights really quick until you can even lift you arm to scratch your head.
Triceps Workout
Same sort of routine for the biceps where I start heavy with, close grip bench press. As heavy as I can for 4 sets of 6-8 reps.
French press, or skull crushers. Again 4 sets of 6-8 reps.
Here I will do a super set. This is where you do one exercise then jump to the next without rest.
I will do cable push down teamed up with dumbbell kick back. Here I will do 3 to 4 sets of 6-8 reps.
That's its. This routine has helped me break through my plateau and helped me add some extra muscle to my arms.
Before I end this article, one thing I have to make, Do all your exercises with good form!
Anyone can swing the weight around, but this does nothing as to building strength and muscles to any body part. There are plenty of these gym monkeys around, don't be one of them.
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