The most sought after aspect of the muscular physique is a huge set of massive arms.
We see our action heroes in cartoons with them; we see our favorite movie stars with them, and thus we set our sights on building bigger arms for ourselves.
We search the net and find some work out routines and put the pedal to the metal.
The problem is the majority of information about how to build bigger arms is completely wrong.
You see, the common workout regime focuses on working out each muscle group (chest, back, legs, arms, etc.
) two to three times per week.
These muscles are spilt in some combination where one might hit 3 muscle groups each day.
For example, Monday, Wednesday and Friday is chest and legs day, and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday is back, arms and shoulders day.
That's a common routine.
The problem is, the muscles are being over trained, especially the arms.
The muscles of the arms get over trained much easier than the larger muscles of the chest, back and legs.
That's because they are much smaller and they get a whole lot of work indirectly by doing the exercises for the back, chest and shoulders.
In fact, by the time you workout your arms your arms are probably already torn down from your previous day's workout.
You must realize muscles don't grow in the gym; they grow while they are resting from a strenuous workout.
If you continue to put stress on them while they aren't fully repaired from your last workout, you're only going to stunt their growth.
The solution is to work out less.
I know that may sound counterproductive, but you will find that you will get stronger and bigger by giving your muscles plenty of time to grow.
A good program for a beginner is to focus on working out one muscle group per day, and ignore any type of arm work outs.
Yes, don't do direct arm workouts.
Remember, if you totally blast your chest, your triceps (the back of your arm) will be blasted as well.
If you totally blast your back with rows, your biceps will benefit as well.
As you grab the dumbbells and barbells for your exercises you will be working the forearms.
Concentrate on spending one day on chest, on day on back, on day on legs, and one day on cardio, then take 2 days off to recoup.
Then do it all over again.
You will be a beast after a while!