Getting Big Guns!

Okay there are many people out there who want huge arms but not a big chest or set of legs to go with them. To me that is like having a pistol that shoots blanks. There is really no point to having a gun that does not fire a real bullet. As well it is silly to get big arms and not focus on the rest of your body. Think about it, you are flexing some major biceps and look like you could bench about 25olbs as a warm up but your one rep max is about 130lbs. Do you see what I mean?

I am all for getting results so lets move past my tangent. You want big arms? Put the dumbbells down. No seriously drop them right this instant (seriously). Now this raises a big question why drop the weights if I want to make them bigger? Simple we are going to use our bodies. Huh? I mean use your body weight. The chin up! It is an amazing work out that hits your arms and back. We can't lose. If you weigh 160lbs and can complete 5 sets of 5 chin ups (complete no cheating) you are lifting a lot more than you are at 30lbs per dumbbell. And trust me, you will see faster results because a lot of us don't do the chin ups so when you shock your muscles with this routine the body will recruit more energy and rebuild your muscles much faster. Then you can incorporate routines that have chin ups one day then later in that week do some dumbbell curls or hammer curls.

Now lets say you try some chin ups but only crank out 1 or 2. It is okay to take your time. If you rush for results you're more likely to injure yourself. So to start slow keep it simple if you can only do one or two reps keep doing that until you can complete a full set of five. When you get to a full set work on adding one or two more after the set of 5 until you hit 3 sets of 5. A way you get there faster is to do underhand grip pull downs on the lat machine. This is a good way to get your body use to the idea of this routine if you feel like start out with chins might be too much. More to come on this later.