Overkill for Arms?

[SuperLift]

Right now I'm working out arms on their own day, thursday. My question is... would 16 sets for biceps and 16 sets for Triceps be overkill? I do 4 sets for each movement, doing 4 movements for each, bi and tri. Would I benefit more from maybe doing 4 movements, but only 3 sets each? Oh btw, I am 19, 185, and been training for alittle over a year. Thanks!

[Growingpains]

for mass they recommend 12 sets at super heavy weight.

for bis:

standing curls
preachers
seated curls
cheat curls

tris:

cables
skullcrushers
dips


good luck

[RuhlFreak55]

everyone except me and growin will say you are overtraining

[THE_DOME]

for mass they recommend 12 sets at super heavy weight.

for bis:

standing curls
preachers
seated curls
cheat curls

tris:

cables
skullcrushers
dips


good luck

for bis i do
standing curls
preacher curls
hammer curls
concentrated curls
superman curls

agreed with the 12 sets if you work them hard enough you wont need 16 sets

[IBdmfkr]

I do 3-6 sets for bi's and Tri's, each consists of 2excercises 1st set I go to positive failure, 2nd set is to negative failure, and 3rd would be to static failure..

He could very well not be overtraining, but rather just moving the weight rather than taking the muscle to failure.
Training intensity is key.. there is no way I could do more than 6-8total sets for a bodypart.

[briancb1]

When I first started working out they were 14.25" and now, 1.5 years later they are 16.25" with out doing weights to get a pump, is that good or on par?
Thanks

[MoneyAddyct]

I**mfkr, is static failure what it sounds like--not even being able to move the weight at all?

[IBdmfkr]

Static failure is holding the weight at the contracted point until failure.

Positive is raising the weight to the contracted state (regular rep).
Negative is lowering the weight from the contracted state.
Static "is" the contracted state.

[MoneyAddyct]

Gotcha, that's what I thought.