Getting rid of arm exercises

[.V.]

Originally Posted by ajarvis

I'll be dropping my arm exercises, and focusing on compound lifts, and BW exercies

Don't forget your cardio.

[etothepii]

Originally Posted by Maxgain

Not to hijack thread but to expand it.
My goal is to bodybuild and I wonder whether I should drop arm exercises.

They just dont grow. I mean they are actually out of proportion to my size.

I have tried high, low reps high, low sets high intensity isolations compunds tried it all.

My current routine is 5x5 with cardio Im losing weight 7lbs but keeping and gaining strength. Lost half an inch of the arms which is out of proportion to rest of losses so I just dont know what to do with them

Try this to monitor arm progress: Measure the bicep flexed, then relaxed. Divide relaxed by flexed to get a ratio. If you are losing size, but the ratio gets better, then you are losing fat. If you are losing size and the ratio gets smaller, you are losing muscle.

Same thing for bulking, only with respect to what you are gaining. Arms hold more fat than I think people give them credit for.

I like what you just posted. It should hold true for any other muscle measured.

[JMike]

Pullups (in addition to squats, deadlifts) are my favourite multi-functioning move. They'll get your forearms, biceps, chest and back. If you take the time to learn it, I hear only good things about the clean and jerk.

Maxgain: Here's a good way to remove a bicep day but still do some serious damage. On my chest day, I'd transition with narrow grip seated cable pulldowns (like a lat pulldown but in front). With a really heavy weight. Then go straight into restricted range barbell curl 21s (7xarms straight down to 90 degrees, 7x arms from 90 degrees to full curl, 7x full curl). If you wanted you could swap the restricted range for a change in weight, going from heavy to light. It used to destroy me even though it's really only one bicep isolation move.

[MostMuscle]

Another way of making your exercise selection is figuring out if you are back/chest/shoulder dominant or arm dominant during compound exercises. I am definitely back/chest/shoulder dominant and need direct arm work as a result (wish I figured this out sooner). Others are arm dominant during compound movements, less time should be dedicated to arm training and more time towards “isolating” the back/chest/shoulder groups.

Excellent reply MM. I have to agree with you 100%.

[ajarvis]

Originally Posted by a_welch503

Don't forget your cardio.

Definitely not. I'm trying to get outside for runs as much as possible. Next week I plan on going before work so at like 5am lol. Then hit the gym at least two nights next week for a workout.

[ajarvis]

What's a quick way to figure out if you're back/chest/shoulder dominant or arm dominant? I would guess that I'm back shoulder chest, but wouldn't know for sure.

[MostMuscle]

Originally Posted by ajarvis

What's a quick way to figure out if you're back/chest/shoulder dominant or arm dominant? I would guess that I'm back shoulder chest, but wouldn't know for sure.

Are your arms more/less developed than your chest/back/shoulders?

Do you feel more work being placed on your arms or your chest/back/shoulders during compound lifts?

[ajarvis]

I don't know. I'll have to pay more attention the next time I bench cause thinking off the top of my head I really don't know where I feel more of the work. I never noticed a difference.