Author Topic: Mega Arms ! (Read 4728 times)

Johnholmes · « **on:** March 23, 2021, 04:39:03 AM »

How to build BIG beefy arms
Thank me later

funk51 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2021, 05:32:38 AM »

I remember an interview where boyer coe said that the worst he ever looked is when he trained under arthur jones.

Titus Pullo · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2021, 09:18:28 AM »

Quote from: funk51 on March 23, 2021, 05:32:38 AM

I remember an interview where boyer coe said that the worst he ever looked is when he trained under arthur jones.

I don't doubt that for a second. He and some of his lackeys like Ell Darden were vehemently anti-drug. They made exceptions in the 70s but went full-retard about it by 1982.

Humble Narcissist · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2021, 09:27:42 AM »

All the guys that trained that way abandoned it for more volume. Mentzer still trained his clients that way but he gave up training altogether years earlier.

Hypertrophy · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2021, 09:36:25 AM »

Drugs are the finishing touch. They sure finished off Viator. Cause of death? Massive heart attack at 62. But he sure was genetically gifted, haha.

Johnholmes · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2021, 09:52:36 AM »

Quote from: Humble Narcissist on March 23, 2021, 09:27:42 AM

All the guys that trained that way abandoned it for more volume. Mentzer still trained his clients that way but he gave up training altogether years earlier.

Most dropped heavy preacher curls. saved many a bicep

Humble Narcissist · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2021, 10:03:46 AM »

Quote from: Hypertrophy on March 23, 2021, 09:36:25 AM

Drugs are the finishing touch. They sure finished off Viator. Cause of death? Massive heart attack at 62. But he sure was genetically gifted, haha.

Most genetically gifted guys for speed and muscle die early. Didn't Viator die of cancer?

Titus Pullo · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2021, 11:03:40 AM »

Quote from: Humble Narcissist on March 23, 2021, 10:03:46 AM

Most genetically gifted guys for speed and muscle die early. Didn't Viator die of cancer?

Heart attack. He was still carrying a lot of muscle when he died, but he was also very fat. He was also a heavy smoker from his mid-teens to at least the 80s.

Given his association with the Mentzers, I would not be surprised if he used amphetamines for extended periods.

Hypertrophy · « **Reply #8 on:** March 23, 2021, 11:19:24 AM »

Quote from: Humble Narcissist on March 23, 2021, 10:03:46 AM

Most genetically gifted guys for speed and muscle die early. Didn't Viator die of cancer?

Heart attack is what I read as the cause. There is a great thread on his passing here on getbig: http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=492520.0

ThisisOverload · « **Reply #9 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:01:59 PM »

Quote from: Johnholmes on March 23, 2021, 09:52:36 AM

Most dropped heavy preacher curls. saved many a bicep

Heavy preacher curls always messed with my elbows.

I don't like doing curls in a fixed position anymore. Nor tricep extensions.

I think your elbow angle needs to move a round a little.

Johnholmes · « **Reply #10 on:** March 24, 2021, 05:03:32 AM »

Quote from: ThisisOverload on March 23, 2021, 04:01:59 PM

Heavy preacher curls always messed with my elbows.

I don't like doing curls in a fixed position anymore. Nor tricep extensions.

I think your elbow angle needs to move a round a little.

Yeah probably why Arnold & a few others did concentration curls not supported on the inside of the knee. Preacher curls are great but the bottom position is very hard on the tendons.

Humble Narcissist · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2021, 09:32:18 AM »

Quote from: Johnholmes on March 24, 2021, 05:03:32 AM

Yeah probably why Arnold & a few others did concentration curls not supported on the inside of the knee. Preacher curls are great but the bottom position is very hard on the tendons.

It is brutal on the tendons. Got my first stretch marks on lower biceps from doing preacher curls.

oldtimer1 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2021, 10:38:18 AM »

Quote from: Humble Narcissist on March 24, 2021, 09:32:18 AM

It is brutal on the tendons. Got my first stretch marks on lower biceps from doing preacher curls.

I worked with a guy that benched 405lbs with a tee shirt. He ripped his bicep off doing preachers curls.

Humble Narcissist · « **Reply #13 on:** March 24, 2021, 11:05:56 AM »

Quote from: oldtimer1 on March 24, 2021, 10:38:18 AM

I worked with a guy that benched 405lbs with a tee shirt. He ripped his bicep off doing preachers curls.

Ouch!!! Deadlifts using a reverse grip causes a lot of bicep tears as well.

IroNat · « **Reply #14 on:** March 24, 2021, 11:16:01 AM »

Quote from: oldtimer1 on March 24, 2021, 10:38:18 AM

I worked with a guy that benched 405lbs with a tee shirt. He ripped his bicep off doing preachers curls.

How do you bench 450 with a t-shirt? Do you use starch?

How does the t-shirt hold the bar?

Van_Bilderass · « **Reply #15 on:** March 24, 2021, 12:41:25 PM »

Armwrestlers do some brutal preacher curls. Anyone know if they have analyzed their bicep tendons in some way? Disgustingly heavy arm work at a very high frequency I assume, though I haven't really looked into their training programs.

joswift · « **Reply #16 on:** March 24, 2021, 12:55:58 PM »

Quote from: Humble Narcissist on March 24, 2021, 11:05:56 AM

Ouch!!! Deadlifts using a reverse grip causes a lot of bicep tears as well.

oldtimer1 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 24, 2021, 01:03:08 PM »

Quote from: joswift on March 24, 2021, 12:55:58 PM

I've done it. The complete rupture was brutal. My bicep was up by my shoulder. After the operation with metal anchors it took 6 months to get my strength back in the arm. I still have some slight nerve damage giving me a weaker grip in that arm. The doc ordered an MRI when it a happened but he said he really didn't need it. He could see my bicep was torn off. I can't watch that tape. The first one made me flinch really bad.

Kwon · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2021, 03:12:05 PM »

Taffin · « **Reply #19 on:** March 24, 2021, 05:12:51 PM »

Quote from: Kwon on March 24, 2021, 03:12:05 PM

Johnholmes · « **Reply #20 on:** March 25, 2021, 04:54:43 AM »

Quote from: Humble Narcissist on March 24, 2021, 09:32:18 AM

It is brutal on the tendons. Got my first stretch marks on lower biceps from doing preacher curls.

even though there is max stretch in an incline curl i have no problem with them. prefer them to preacher curls. How do you guys find spider curls using the opposite side of the Preacher bench? i think it´s really just like a supported concentration curl.

Johnholmes · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2021, 04:58:11 AM »

I know there were special benches for these back in the day. most just do this...

IroNat · « **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2021, 08:15:22 AM »

Quote from: Taffin on March 24, 2021, 05:12:51 PM

Humble Narcissist · « **Reply #23 on:** March 25, 2021, 10:41:03 AM »

Quote from: Kwon on March 24, 2021, 03:12:05 PM

How does she even know her butthole is over the toilet when she shits.

Kwon · « **Reply #24 on:** March 25, 2021, 10:50:58 AM »

Quote from: Humble Narcissist on March 25, 2021, 10:41:03 AM

How does she even know her butthole is over the toilet when she shits.

Talk about RELEASING THE KRACKEN!