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This weeks topic: Arm training
· How do you train arms?
· How big are your arms?
· What do you think most people do incorrectly when training arms?
· Do you train forearms?
Any other questions/comments regarding the topic
 
- I rarely do much to focus on my arms. Most of my training is compound movements: bench press, overhead press, pull ups, rows. I do train CGBP, which is more triceps-oriented than my main grip for bench press, but I know with certainty I can make my triceps work harder in isolation exercises. Despite not doing a lot to isolate my arms, I'd say they're proportionally a bit bigger than my chest and shoulders.

- Not very.

- Being either anal retentive about technique or just swinging weights around and not knowing there's a useful space between those extremes.

- No. I really should, though, because my forearms are near non-existent.
 
Pretty much the same response as RyanF, however my forearms are reasonably big. I put this down to doing lots of 'kroc' rows (DB rows done heavy and not kneeling on a bench like a fag).

I think that people who dedicate a day to doing arms, or do any sort of arm isolation movement as their initial exercise are doing it wrong (unless they are a serious bodybuilder).

I train my forearms with rows and double overhand deadlifts.
 
I use to do the gun show on friday arvos, superset everything til you cant grip anything.
Best arm session I did was with Justin Wessells
It started off with sets of 60 reps!!! IIRC it went like this

BB curls x 15
tricep pushdowns x 15
skull crushers x 15
Incline bench DB curls x 15

as a superset. Then we did that 4 times!!!

Then a superset of skull crushers (lying on the floor) x 15 into BB curls sitting reverse on the incline bench x 15 into more tricep pushdowns x 15. 4 times thru that.

Incredible session
 
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