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    6 weeks on test e its just starting to work. Are you just looking for arm size? You have to gain overall body mass to start seeing arm growth. Whats your arm routine look like?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Euroholic View Post
    6 weeks on test e its just starting to work. Are you just looking for arm size? You have to gain overall body mass to start seeing arm growth. Whats your arm routine look like?
    No definitely not looking just for arm size, more focused on back, chest and shoulders. But since i never really focused on arms before I thought this would be a good time as any since im on a cycle.

    Arms routine- all exercises i do 5 sets, the first being a warmup and the rest are 6-10 reps.
    Barbell curls
    skull crushers
    dumbell preacher curls (with supernation)
    close-grip incline bench press
    hammer curls standing (sometimes sitting)
    triceps cable pushdowns
    reverse-grip barbell curls

    Thats my arms routine atm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Synhax View Post
    No definitely not looking just for arm size, more focused on back, chest and shoulders. But since i never really focused on arms before I thought this would be a good time as any since im on a cycle.

    Arms routine- all exercises i do 5 sets, the first being a warmup and the rest are 6-10 reps.
    Barbell curls
    skull crushers
    dumbell preacher curls (with supernation)
    close-grip incline bench press
    hammer curls standing (sometimes sitting)
    triceps cable pushdowns
    reverse-grip barbell curls

    Thats my arms routine atm.
    Your also holding back... There's no way I can go to 3 sets to failure every - your holding something back - there's so many exercises don't get stuck on the same ones(I'm still learning this valuable lesson) you'll get stagnate - I believe if you make your body adapt to heavier weight then it will adapt eventually - and feel lighter while doing it b/c your body knows how it feels etc

    Try doing more DB work - concentration curls - preacher curls(change it up too one arm two arm etc) close grip bench is the best movement for your tris period(puts that neat on em) skull crushers - behind head DB extensions(another great muscle belly filler) push downs w/various grips
    O BB curls - cable curls - use supper sets and drops and force reps(when using one arm stuff give yourself force reps and slow negs etc

    Skies the limit - or your imagination - don't neglect nor short change any muscle group to ficus on another - injuries can happen - muscle imbalances - etc

    I se your exercises are similar - but doing 5 sets of each exercise isn't necessary - almost like your holding reps back to meet them next set ?! - if your going all out to true failure(you don't need to be doing HIT to go to failure... But how is your intensity(rest periods)???
    Last edited by NACH3; 07-15-2015 at 06:08 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NACH3 View Post
    Your also holding back... There's no way I can go to 3 sets to failure every - your holding something back - there's so many exercises don't get stuck on the same ones(I'm still learning this valuable lesson) you'll get stagnate - I believe if you make your body adapt to heavier weight then it will adapt eventually - and feel lighter while doing it b/c your body knows how it feels etc

    Try doing more DB work - concentration curls - preacher curls(change it up too one arm two arm etc) close grip bench is the best movement for your tris period(puts that neat on em) skull crushers - behind head DB extensions(another great muscle belly filler) push downs w/various grips
    O BB curls - cable curls - use supper sets and drops and force reps(when using one arm stuff give yourself force reps and slow negs etc

    Skies the limit - or your imagination - don't neglect nor short change any muscle group to ficus on another - injuries can happen - muscle imbalances - etc

    I se your exercises are similar - but doing 5 sets of each exercise isn't necessary - almost like your holding reps back to meet them next set ?! - if your going all out to true failure(you don't need to be doing HIT to go to failure... But how is your intensity(rest periods)???
    Obviously I still do legs, im just saying the argument that doing legs is necessary to grow other parts of body is not valid on cycle coz of extra testosterone, but i still do them everywk for stability/strength reasons i need them strong.

    Regarding set number, 5 includes a warmup set which doesnt really count, its usually at 50% of max weight. So its really 4 sets and i do go to failure on each set, if i can't manage 5-6 reps i drop weight for next set. My routine changes every 4-6wks, this is just my current routine ive been going with. I change things up on the fly most times tbh, i vary curls alot, like u said sometimes i do dumbell curls, sometimes barbell, sometimes cables, and sometimes i superset btw bi/tri excercises. Intensity i would say medium, i last for 2hrs in the gym mainly coz i take a few min breaks btw excercieses and maybe 30-60sec btw sets, but tbh i dont keep track at all. I do sweat quite a bit tho threw out, maybe thats just my preworkout? Not exactly sure.

    What do you mean by force reps?

    Edit: here is my current split
    Back
    Chest
    Legs
    Rest
    Arms bi/tri
    Shoulders+core
    Rest

    Not always in that exact order, but thats the split im doing atm.
    Last edited by Synhax; 07-16-2015 at 02:23 AM.

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