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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #75 on: February 19, 2009, 01:24:40 PM »
good  for you man  ;)

anyway...
coltrane you have big forearms do you work them directly?

Usually i hit them right after my arm day... once a week.  Something like the following:

--palms up (forearms resting on bench), bar with 25's on each side..  4 sets of as many as i can do
then
--palms down (forearms resting on bench), cambered bar with 5's each side... 4 sets as many as i can do. 

here, i think the burn is most important over weight amounts...

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #76 on: February 19, 2009, 03:31:45 PM »
ive actually never done forearm work directly...
might start doing a little..
those big arms are a good look
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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #77 on: February 20, 2009, 06:25:37 AM »
Forearms seems to grow rather quick if you really nail them once or twice a week

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #78 on: February 20, 2009, 09:51:13 AM »
finishing your arm workout with hammer curls hits the forearms pretty good, specialy if you dont relax your grip at the bottom of the movement...

an old gym i went to used to have a broomshank with a peice of rope attached to the middle, you used to tie a dumbell or disks and roll it up to the top then roll it down, wringing your hand one direction one time then the oposite the other set,,, most horrible burn youl ever experience!


on the subject of arm training, ive allways went the low set route, its more important then any other bodypart to not get carried away with the weight imo, more so with biceps than triceps.. my fave workout would be( with fresh elbows and shoulders)

seated alternate curls 3 warm ups, one full set 8 to 10 reps
standing straight bbcurls 1 warm up 2 full sets 8 to 10 reps
hammer or preacher curls 2 sets, moderate weight


tricep pushdown straight bar  3 warm ups, 1 full set
seated ez bar extensions 3 warm ups, 2 full sets( this can play havoc with your elbows, dont use it anymore, still my fave for putting meat on)
seated db extension 2 sets
dips one set, rest paused till i can only get one or 2 reps out

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #79 on: February 20, 2009, 12:49:32 PM »
did  a touch up tri routine today after shoulders...
did hany's fst7 on tyhe end with rope push downs felt great....
ima use some of what you guys said along with this.. and hopefully
in a few months time maybe summer..
20 inches..
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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #80 on: February 20, 2009, 12:51:07 PM »
did  a touch up tri routine today after shoulders...
did hany's fst7 on tyhe end with rope push downs felt great....
ima use some of what you guys said along with this.. and hopefully
in a few months time maybe summer..
20 inches..

20 inches? what do you weigh again?

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #81 on: February 21, 2009, 03:17:38 AM »
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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #82 on: February 22, 2009, 10:21:14 AM »
did  a touch up tri routine today after shoulders...
did hany's fst7 on tyhe end with rope push downs felt great....
ima use some of what you guys said along with this.. and hopefully
in a few months time maybe summer..
20 inches..


whats fst7? i have read that Jay does this from now on. extereme stretching on exersices?

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #83 on: February 22, 2009, 10:47:36 AM »
What's a touch up workout? Either train hard or don't do anything. I can understand less sets sometimes, but not less intensity, if the intensity's not there, there's no point to just pump, that's only psychological.

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #84 on: February 22, 2009, 02:21:11 PM »
when i say touch up you misunderstand...
i dont mean  sissy wourkout...
i have an arm day monday....
on friday with delts i hit tris again...
but less volum... and with no skulls.. or seated french press to spare my elbows
so a touch u could be press down, dips.. and dumbell extensions

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meso z fst7 is a training method hany came up with
on the last excersie for lagging bodyparts do 8-12 reps... for 7 sets straight.. with onlty 30 sec rest in between sets...
i did it friday properly.. with rope extensions... very good
i initially before tried it but thought it was wack...because i was doing it light and was looking for a pump.. so i went back read the article properly and realised its supposed to be moderately heavy....
VERY good
im gonna use it on some of those excersises pumpster mentioned
but gonna use it mainly use it for weak bodyparts
like calves... also more legs couldnt hurt
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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #85 on: February 22, 2009, 02:23:54 PM »
when i say touch up you misunderstand...
i dont mean  sissy wourkout...
i have an arm day monday....
on friday with delts i hit tris again...
but less volum... and with no skulls.. or seated french press to spare my elbows
so a touch u could be press down, dips.. and dumbell extensions

...
meso z fst7 is a training method hany came up with
on the last excersie for lagging bodyparts do 8-12 reps... for 7 sets straight.. with onlty 30 sec rest in between sets...
i did it friday properly.. with rope extensions... very good
i initially before tried it but thought it was wack...because i was doing it light and was looking for a pump.. so i went back read the article properly and realised its supposed to be moderately heavy....
VERY good
im gonna use it on some of those excersises pumpster mentioned
but gonna use it mainly use it for weak bodyparts
like calves... also more legs couldnt hurt


So its simple.. i was waiting a more complicates approach. I will give it a try though.

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #86 on: February 22, 2009, 06:50:52 PM »

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meso z fst7 is a training method hany came up with
on the last excersie for lagging bodyparts do 8-12 reps... for 7 sets straight.. with onlty 30 sec rest in between sets...
i did it friday properly.. with rope extensions... very good
i initially before tried it but thought it was wack...because i was doing it light and was looking for a pump.. so i went back read the article properly and realised its supposed to be moderately heavy....
VERY good
im gonna use it on some of those excersises pumpster mentioned
but gonna use it mainly use it for weak bodyparts
like calves... also more legs couldnt hurt


What Haney suggested is GVT/Gironda training. If you look at his videos, he had great intensity, better than a lot of guys. The only negative with Lee is that i noticed on some of the clips that he's a little preachy, as if his opinions about training are the last word. For example he says that all movements must be "slow with no jerking", which is just his opinion, but he doesn't mention that. Another exmple, he talks about using an E-Z curl bar for "biceps peak" which is complete garbage.
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Anyway, that's a great system, you can use it 6 x 6, 7 x 7, 8 x 8, etc. The shortened rest times are another way of increasing intensity, instead of upping the weight or increasing the reps. Try it with short rests and other times with one minute rest and slightly more weight and see which you like better.

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #87 on: February 23, 2009, 05:04:19 AM »
when i say touch up you misunderstand...
i dont mean  sissy wourkout...
i have an arm day monday....
on friday with delts i hit tris again...
but less volum... and with no skulls.. or seated french press to spare my elbows
so a touch u could be press down, dips.. and dumbell extensions

...
meso z fst7 is a training method hany came up with
on the last excersie for lagging bodyparts do 8-12 reps... for 7 sets straight.. with onlty 30 sec rest in between sets...
i did it friday properly.. with rope extensions... very good
i initially before tried it but thought it was wack...because i was doing it light and was looking for a pump.. so i went back read the article properly and realised its supposed to be moderately heavy....
VERY good
im gonna use it on some of those excersises pumpster mentioned
but gonna use it mainly use it for weak bodyparts
like calves... also more legs couldnt hurt


I have a 'touch up' arm day too on chest day;

Bench dips supersetted with barbell curls.  4 sets
Then pressdowns with alternate dumbell curls, (but 2 repetitions per arm at a time).  4 sets.

I feel my arms need to be hit directly more than once a week

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #88 on: February 23, 2009, 06:14:34 AM »
What's a touch up workout? Either train hard or don't do anything. I can understand less sets sometimes, but not less intensity, if the intensity's not there, there's no point to just pump, that's only psychological.

I tend to disagree.  On weds i do legs hard (i work one body part a week, but hard, except for legs which i have a lighter day later on).  They are usually still sore on saturdays when i go back and hit them really lightly...higher reps, but light... just to get some blood flowing in that area.  I find it helps with my recovery and brings out more detail.  To each their own though.

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #89 on: February 23, 2009, 08:05:54 AM »
I tend to disagree.  On weds i do legs hard (i work one body part a week, but hard, except for legs which i have a lighter day later on).  They are usually still sore on saturdays when i go back and hit them really lightly...higher reps, but light... just to get some blood flowing in that area.  I find it helps with my recovery and brings out more detail.  To each their own though.

Yes i do that also, but with my triceps.

on arms day (friday) i blast them

then on monday, after chest i train them again light with exersizes like rope push downs, bodyweight dips etc.

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #90 on: February 23, 2009, 08:19:55 AM »
Yes i do that also, but with my triceps.

on arms day (friday) i blast them

then on monday, after chest i train them again light with exersizes like rope push downs, bodyweight dips etc.


yes.  i like these lighter higher rep, low weight pump days.  Nothing too strenuous.  Great for pushing some blood thru to heal things up..

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #91 on: February 24, 2009, 12:21:55 PM »
i thoroughly recommend fst7...
gives the as a more dense feel and look ..
also did it for legs... on the legpress...
seriously intense...
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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #92 on: February 24, 2009, 01:00:56 PM »

yes.  i like these lighter higher rep, low weight pump days.  Nothing too strenuous.  Great for pushing some blood thru to heal things up..

Yes it's called "showing off" ;D

I do it too 8)

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #93 on: February 24, 2009, 01:44:48 PM »
Yes it's called "showing off" ;D

I do it too 8)

Does serve a dual purpose.   ;D

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Re: A good Arm Workout
« Reply #94 on: February 24, 2009, 04:33:48 PM »
Does serve a dual purpose.   ;D

I also "touch up" my side delts on leg day ;D