Focus the majority of your training on the large muscle groups - that is
chest,
back, shoulders and legs. Focus on increasing the strength and size in
these big muscle groups and rest assured,
building muscle in your arms will become easier.
Now hear me out. I'm not saying that direct arm training is a waste. I'm simply
leading you to discover that
less is often more when training small muscle
groups such as your bi's and tri's.
Building Muscle The
Wrong Way
#3 - Not Focusing On Getting Stronger
I can't count how many times I have down a fitness consultation with a young new
trainee and bring up the idea of including a strength cycle early in the program
and he instantly fires back, "But I don't care about how much I can lift,
I just want to get ripped and muscular."
I get his short attention span back by stating, "Building muscle will almost
always follow if you simply focus on getting stronger, I mean getting
really
stronger." Unfortunately, training to get stronger seems to no longer be apart
of the average trainees training regime.
Since the fitness industry has become more commercialized with balls, balance pads,
fancy selectorized equipment and ridiculous infomercials, people have neglected
the necessary time building requirements to build a solid foundation for long term
success. Including bodybuilders.
Consider that the stronger you become the more sets and reps you will be able to
lift for more specialized movements. The better your technique. The faster your
recovery. The longer and harder you will be able to train. And rest assured, when
you get stronger from week to week, the muscle mass will follow!
Don't believe me? Next time you go to your gym check out who the biggest guys are.
Don't be surprised if they are also the strongest. Have you ever seen anybody will
a small frame who can deadlift four plates, squat three plates, bench press two
plates or curl 1 plate (per side respectively). I didn't think so.
Building Muscle The
Wrong Way
#4 - Reading Bodybuilding Magazines
Did your last bodybuilding magazine promised 2 inches on your arms in 2 weeks? Did
it tell you could increase your strength by 40% in one week? Did it show you the
latest 'arm program' which looked the exact same as last months arm workout? I know
this sounds extreme, but almost 90% of the information you see in bodybuilding magazines
is
dead wrong and only works for guys who are using steroids.
The modern mainstream bodybuilding magazines are really just
muscle comic books
written at a 6th grade level. They glorify drug-using bodybuilders and portray them
as the picture of health. The cleverly combine two or three rehashed articles, a
lot of pictures, gimmicks, sex and hype to sell this nonsense to millions. These
magazines may have inspired millions by the pictures but they have also mislead
millions.
Building Muscle The
Wrong Way
#5 - Taking Advice From A Guy Who Uses Drugs
Drugs allow you to train more often because of one's increased ability to recover,
but they also speed up normal physiological processes that normally would not occur,
i.e. increased hormonal levels. Not only do bodybuilders take an ENORMOUS amount
of drugs; they are also known to inject various substances into their bodies to
give selected body parts that enhanced look.