Bruce Lee was obsessed with forearm training – a mania shared by most martial artists. Lee spent a significant amount of time developing his grip and finger strength through various exercises some of which could be classified by normal people as borderline psychopathic. According to some sources, Bruce Lee believed that the forearms should be trained […]
The barbell curl is one of the most popular biceps exercises on the planet. Every bodybuilder from Arnold to Phil Heath has done it. Below are the most common problems associated with the movement. 1.Back pain The number one reason why bodybuilders experience pain during biceps curls is improper form and ego lifting. In the […]
Many programs built around the barbell back squat such as Starting Strength and its child StrongLifts claim that squats will add inches to your arms faster than anything else. Similar statements, however, are deprived of logic. You don’t need squats to develop strong arms regardless of what the 5×5 maniacs say. If you want your […]
The online realm is infested with bodybuilding routines promising an inch to your arms in a negative time period. The guys from T-Nation usually post one of those every month and promise you brutal growth in 30 days. Naturally, it’s all nonsense. Gaining an inch takes a lot longer than most people think. How long does […]
Leroy Colbert, a legendary bodybuilder born in 1933, was supposedly the first man on the planet to build 21-inch muscular arms without steroids. He was a competitive bodybuilder with a great future until an almost fatal motorcycle accident damaged his ankle. Colbert claimed that the accident might have saved his life by pushing him away […]
Bodybuilders are obsessed with arms and measure them at least once a day. Why? Why are arms so important to bodybuilders? All bodybuilders are narcissistic and lift to feed their egos. Honestly, this is not entirely bad. It’s a game that you play, like everything else. However, some don’t actually realize this and sacrifice a […]
Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe is still one of the most popular routines for beginners. Legend has it that skinny men can experience steroid-like growth when the routine is coupled with the nutritional ”plan” GOMAD. Unfortunately, the after results do not look promising at all. Most people just get to about 25% body fat, add […]
Everyone wants big arms. The vast majority of the lifting population is secretly measuring its arms every few days. It’s an obsession. An addiction. Madness. People simply want to have that big, ”what the fuck, dude?” arm. The common path to arm ascension chosen by most humanoids is to mimic the pros by adding a […]
You can’t get 20-inch arms naturally unless you plan on joining a sumo team in the near future. During the Golden Era of Bodybuilding, legit 20-inch arms in a lean state were a rarity of the first order. There is evidence suggesting that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s arms were smaller than the official 22 inches. Arthur Jones, […]
Many wonder what’s more effective for biceps growth – barbell or dumbbells. To come up with an answer, we have to examine the benefits and disadvantages of both methods. Barbells allow you to lift the heaviest weight possible – a property that has earned them the name “mass builders”. However, it’s not that simple. You […]
Bigger arms can be acquired through bodyweight training. If you train intelligently and follow simple progressions, you can get pretty close to your maximum natural arm size by doing solely bodyweight exercises. One of the better bodyweight exercises for the biceps are pull-ups on rings. The rings allow your wrists to rotate freely, which reduces […]
Who’s Rich Piana? Rich is: a genius entrepreneur a retired mass monster exceeding the natural limit by a large margin a YouTube guru a muscle authority of the highest order a truth-seller a muscle-wizard a muscle-chakra fixer but before all… he is an idol of many naive souls trying to make sense of life by building thicker […]