Author Topic: Training arms once or twice a week? (Read 34798 times)

mesmorph78 · « **on:** June 10, 2011, 12:27:18 PM »

Which gives more gains
And why?

el numero uno · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:30:08 PM »

Train your fucking legs ffs

Fitness4Life · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:30:12 PM »

twice, especially if on the juice. you're most likely doing them twice already. remember, bi's are being worked when you hit back indirectly, as are tri's when you hit shoulders.

coltrane · « **Reply #3 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:39:06 PM »

I say once.

You hit biceps indirectly on your back day... and you hit triceps indirectly on chest day and on shoulder's day.

Should be plenty for the week.

CalvinH · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:40:04 PM »

Twice if I have time works best for me......not sure why.

cephissus · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:42:35 PM »

jeez man it doesn't matter... you stimulate, you annihilate, you wait, you train them again...

do you seriously believe we will ever, in our lifetime, have a thorough enough understanding of human physiology to be able to definitively answer these sort of questions?!

Tito24 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:43:49 PM »

the growth is to slow to decide what works better, once or twice a week. at one point you just dont grow that much more.

mesmorph78 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:44:05 PM »

Quote from: coltrane on June 10, 2011, 12:39:06 PM

I say once.

You hit biceps indirectly on your back day... and you hit triceps indirectly on chest day and on shoulder's day.

Should be plenty for the week.

so do you hit them on one day... eg an arm day? and when in the week beginning or end

Fitness4Life · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:45:09 PM »

Quote from: cephissus on June 10, 2011, 12:42:35 PM

jeez man it doesn't matter... you stimulate, you annihilate, you wait, you train them again...

do you seriously believe we will ever, in our lifetime, have a thorough enough understanding of human physiology to be able to definitively answer these sort of questions?!

haha

if you hit back and bi's and if 3 days later they're not sore at all, you're free to do them. that simple. never train muscles when they're sore, unless it's cardio based. like doing eliptical even though ur legs are sore from squatting the day before. no resisitance training. you're good to go

mesmorph78 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:45:09 PM »

Quote from: cephissus on June 10, 2011, 12:42:35 PM

jeez man it doesn't matter... you stimulate, you annihilate, you wait, you train them again...

do you seriously believe we will ever, in our lifetime, have a thorough enough understanding of human physiology to be able to definitively answer these sort of questions?!

im looking for opinions... and thoughts... its how one learns

Nirvana · « **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:47:02 PM »

back and bi's or whole arm in one workout?

low reps or high reps?

in the end it won't matter genetics/hormones will decide.

Hulkotron · « **Reply #11 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:50:15 PM »

Do you really think it matters?

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #12 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:53:00 PM »

Train each body part twice per week

JP_RC · « **Reply #13 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:53:27 PM »

I prefer to hit them twice a week. Not sure why it works better, it just does for me.

funk51 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:55:35 PM »

this guy said every two to three weeks is enuff

coltrane · « **Reply #15 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:02:23 PM »

Quote from: mesmorph78 on June 10, 2011, 12:44:05 PM

so do you hit them on one day... eg an arm day? and when in the week beginning or end

Yes, an arm day. Always at the end of the week, after everything else is trained. I have it then bc arms grow pretty easily for me. If they were a lagging part, i may put them closer to the beginning of the week, when i'm not so tired.

Triceps first, then biceps. I never superset the two muscles together either Mes.

mesmorph78 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:05:49 PM »

not a lagging bodypart but my chest and back is quite big im looking.. too give my arms a bit more size and quality..
so whats your weekly split

PJim · « **Reply #17 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:07:16 PM »

Quote from: funk51 on June 10, 2011, 12:55:35 PM

this guy said every two to three weeks is enuff

He's not wrong either. Arms are just shy of 19 inches cold and I never train them directly more often than that.

dyslexic · « **Reply #18 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:08:44 PM »

That question is completely ambiguous and subjective.

So many other variables are going to decide what's best for you. How many times you work them in a week is the least important.

coltrane · « **Reply #19 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:14:46 PM »

If you're looking to make them bigger, maybe add some different exercises and switch up the routine a bit. THis should help.

My split is:

Monday: chest/calves
Tues: Back
Wedn: Hams/quads/calves (in that order)
Thurs: Shoulders
Fri: Triceps/biceps.

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #20 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:18:42 PM »

IMO nothing works better on a stubborn body part than supersetting with reps between 8-12.

nosleep · « **Reply #21 on:** June 10, 2011, 01:23:51 PM »

TRAIN IT AS OFTEN AS IT CAN RECOVER.

^ THERE, THATS YOUR SECRET.

WANT TO BOOST RECOVERY? EAT HIGH PROTEIN, BE IN WAY ABOVE OPTIMAL HORMONE RANGE, AND SLEEP.

I GO LOW VOLUME, HIGH FREQUENCY ON EVERYTHING BESIDES DELTS & BACK. THERE I GO MODERATE VOLUME, AND MODERATE FREQUENCY. THOSE RESPOND DIFFERENTLY FOR ME. THEY WERE WIDE BEFORE I TOUCHED A WEIGHT IN RELATION TO MY BODY.

MY ARMS SUCKED. AT 170, I WAS ABOUT 14 INCHES. I STARTED TRAINING THEM MORE OFTEN, BUT LIKE 1-2-3 SETS DEPENDING ON MY ENERGY PER...JUST DIPS AND DB CURLS. NOW IM SITTING AT ABOVE 16.5 BUT IM ALSO 25 POUNDS HEAVIER. THERE ALSO IN BETTER CONDITION.

Jaime · « **Reply #22 on:** June 10, 2011, 02:02:24 PM »

Quote from: funk51 on June 10, 2011, 12:55:35 PM

this guy said every two to three weeks is enuff

I was curling that druggies weight when i weighed 160lb. Once every two-three weeks is a joke.

Interesting thread though, my strength goes up but i am not putting on arm size.

I train back three times a week as well as curls twice a week, different days, i would say overtraining but strength is going up.

mesmorph78 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 10, 2011, 02:06:48 PM »

Quote from: coltrane on June 10, 2011, 01:14:46 PM

If you're looking to make them bigger, maybe add some different exercises and switch up the routine a bit. THis should help.

My split is:

Monday: chest/calves
Tues: Back
Wedn: Hams/quads/calves (in that order)
Thurs: Shoulders
Fri: Triceps/biceps.

excellent split i can see the logis push then pull... then legs gives the upperbody time to rest then shoulders folowed by arms
i think Ill train back on monday then chest give my lower back time to recover for squats on wdnesday...

coltrane · « **Reply #24 on:** June 10, 2011, 02:08:27 PM »

Exactly. I like the give the upperbody that day off by hitting legs in between.

Sometimes i do switch back day with chest day.