advice on arms...

[bella38]

I need some advice, I am lifting pretty heavy these days and my arms are getting big..I still need to lose BF which is happeneing but my arms are so muscular...should I not do bicep work?

Thanks!

[djl_ottawa]

What are you currently doing for arms and how much weight? (and also how many days in between?

[Defiant1]

Originally Posted by bella38

I need some advice, I am lifting pretty heavy these days and my arms are getting big..I still need to lose BF which is happeneing but my arms are so muscular...should I not do bicep work?

Thanks!

Bodybuilding is really about creating the body you want. If you think you don't need arm work currently, then stop. This might give you more time to spend on something you think you need.

You can always start again.

[gbg]

[uncleroman]

i like women with a nice arms. so where are the pics?

[ntrllftr]

Originally Posted by Defiant1

Bodybuilding is really about creating the body you want. If you think you don't need arm work currently, then stop. This might give you more time to spend on something you think you need.

You can always start again.

I'm not sure what bodybuilding you are talkin bout Willis
Symmetry and conditioning usually beats out pure size.
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[jawter]

Originally Posted by bella38

I need some advice, I am lifting pretty heavy these days and my arms are getting big..I still need to lose BF which is happeneing but my arms are so muscular...should I not do bicep work?

Thanks!

Based on what you wrote in your profile I would say that you should decrease/maintain the weight you use and increase the sets/reps but continue to do bicep work.

[gbg]

This thread doesn't make any sense.......to me

[Defiant1]

Originally Posted by ntrllftr

I'm not sure what bodybuilding you are talkin bout Willis
Symmetry and conditioning usually beats out pure size.
.

That supports my point.

Originally Posted by bella38

I need some advice, I am lifting pretty heavy these days and my arms are getting big..I still need to lose BF which is happeneing but my arms are so muscular...should I not do bicep work?

OP is saying "arms too muscular". Or, "not symmetrical".

Not training them is an option.

[ntrllftr]

Originally Posted by Defiant1

That supports my point.

thats NOT what you said???

"Bodybuilding is really about creating the body you want."

How does that support symmetrical and conditioning?
Thats what I was talking about.

Originally Posted by Defiant1

OP is saying "arms too muscular". Or, "not symmetrical".

Not training them is an option.

Did you look at her photos?
She is hardly overpowering in the arms from what I see.

[gbg]

Another argument over a thread that.......just ain't worth it

[Defiant1]

Originally Posted by ntrllftr

thats NOT what you said???

"Bodybuilding is really about creating the body you want."

How does that support symmetrical and conditioning?
Thats what I was talking about.

I honestly don't know where you are coming from. I thought you simply misunderstood me...

how does "creating the body you want" NEGATE symmetry and conditioning?

Did you look at her photos?
She is hardly overpowering in the arms from what I see.

I am giving her advice based on her desires.

I'm assuming she knows what she wants better than you or I....

So, your advice, in order to CREATE symmetry, and AVOID "size for the sake of size", is to simply keep training bodyparts for size that are getting out of proportion (in the OPs opinion)?

[ntrllftr]

Originally Posted by gbg

Another argument over a thread that.......just ain't worth it

I'm not arguing.
Just trying to figure out what people think.

A judge in a bodybuilding show or figure comp is not going to have the same idea as someone who builds a body "to their own liking".
They are going to score on things other than what "you want to look like"

Thats all.

[gbg]

Originally Posted by ntrllftr

I'm not arguing.
Just trying to figure out what people think.

A judge in a bodybuilding show or figure comp is not going to have the same idea as someone who builds a body "to their own liking".
They are going to score on things other than what "you want to look like"

Thats all.

Peace brotha, luv ya!

[Defiant1]

Originally Posted by ntrllftr

I'm not arguing.
Just trying to figure out what people think.

A judge in a bodybuilding show or figure comp is not going to have the same idea as someone who builds a body "to their own liking".
They are going to score on things other than what "you want to look like"

Thats all.

Judges? Where was competition mentioned?

Bodybuilding, like Swimming, or Running, or Gymnastics can mean "The sport" or "the activity".

"The activity" is based on your OWN personal goals. This is from the context of people trying to shove arbitrary routines and goals down ones throat.

[ntrllftr]

Originally Posted by Defiant1

Judges? Where was competition mentioned?

Bodybuilding, like Swimming, or Running, or Gymnastics can mean "The sport" or "the activity".

"The activity" is based on your OWN personal goals. This is from the context of people trying to shove arbitrary routines and goals down ones throat.

Silly me...

bodybuilding.com I keep forgetting...

Damn I am silly.

I'll go back to www. iworkoutdayindayoutandlookthesameyearafteryear .com

Later

.

[Defiant1]

Originally Posted by ntrllftr

Silly me...

bodybuilding.com I keep forgetting...

Damn I am silly.

I'll go back to www. iworkoutdayindayoutandlookthesameyearafteryear .com

Later

.

WTF? Are you serious?

Is it BODYBUILDING.com or COMPETITIVEBODYBUILDING.com?

You are saying that "Bodybuilding" only refers to the sport?

[Keltron]

I was going to suggest dropping the direct arm work and sticking to the basic compound movements thrice per week but that might actually make them bigger..

[ntrllftr]

Originally Posted by Defiant1

WTF? Are you serious?

Is it BODYBUILDING.com or COMPETITIVEBODYBUILDING.com?

You are saying that "Bodybuilding" only refers to the sport?

Now that you mention it...

I did see Andre Agassi suit up and play baketball.
The other night LeBron James scored a goal for the Penguins.
Jay Cutler took off his pads and won the Olympia.
Oh wait was that the Football player or the bodybuilder?


Would I go to a cooking website to talk about racing cars?!?!?!


Take it easy there killer, just bustin on ya.

This is the misc section.
The title was not tagged *serious*

Misc. section + no tag= fair game.
You should know that by now with yer 26,552 posts.

Then again...

I do take BB'ing VERY seriously.

I C some on here don't.

.

[_VL]

Wait a minute... you guys have my head spinning (easy to do), so it may help me to understand better in backtracking here...

(If I'm talking out of my butt, then see if there's anything helpful in what I'm saying and "leave the rest"... ha)

Everyone's asking questions/pics 'cause it's hard to tell what's up with your arm mass without actually seeing and also knowing about all of your other work. Simply stating the obvious, as others have alluded to, in that a lot of the mass effect in the arms of us gals can come from work involving arms that is not JUST concentrated arm work like curls. Especially in that the tiny bit of info you give states that you're doing "heavy" work.

And then there's a 'whole nutter conversation about arm symmetry and balanced work of course!

Based only on the little bit of info you gave, I'm thinking along the same lines as many others because it obviously sounds like you're doing it for "toning" vs. mass. If it were ME, I wouldn't just automatically stop concentrated arm work until I first started trying to go "lighter,righter,higher" reps to point of fatigue not failure (I'm not addressing everything that needs to also be discussed re: balanced work). You can then progressively step up the weight. As everyone else mentioned, depending on how much "heavy" weight you're doing with other work that also involves your arms, you may have to do the same in stepping the weight down there too since you seem to be getting upset about increasing arm mass.

If you can, have someone peek at what you're doing overall as they may be able to help you add in overall conditioning equipment work, like erg work, in addition to weights. It may help because in addition to what you're doing, it will also compensate for what you're doing in getting the "look" you want in your arms and/or elsewhere (too much to try to explain here).

Just my thoughts......

Wait a minute, shouldn't this topic/? be in the regular over 35 section so more folks will chime in? You might want to ask one of the thread lords to move it for you.

[Defiant1]

Originally Posted by ntrllftr

Now that you mention it...

I did see Andre Agassi suit up and play baketball.
The other night LeBron James scored a goal for the Penguins.
Jay Cutler took off his pads and won the Olympia.
Oh wait was that the Football player or the bodybuilder?


Would I go to a cooking website to talk about racing cars?!?!?!


Take it easy there killer, just bustin on ya.

This is the misc section.
The title was not tagged *serious*

Misc. section + no tag= fair game.
You should know that by now with yer 26,552 posts.

Then again...

I do take BB'ing VERY seriously.

I C some on here don't.

.

Epic fail.....

killer

Tell ya what...

you give your advice, and I'll give mine.

Oh....."just bustin' on ya"

[ntrllftr]

Originally Posted by Defiant1

Epic fail.....

Originally Posted by Defiant1

Tell ya what...

you give your advice, and I'll give mine.

Oh....."just bustin' on ya"

[N@tural1]

bella38

I agree with Defiant1

If there is any bodypart that an individual feels is getting too big proportion wise to everything else then there are two options.

1/ Quit training that bodypart directly.
2/ Bring up everything else to match.

I gather you're a recreational lifter as am I?

Then don't overly worry, just do what you feel suits YOUR goals.

[bodyhard]

Originally Posted by Natural2

bella38

I agree with Defiant1

If there is any bodypart that an individual feels is getting too big proportion wise to everything else then there are two options.

1/ Quit training that bodypart directly.
2/ Bring up everything else to match.

I gather you're a recreational lifter as am I?

Then don't overly worry, just do what you feel suits YOUR goals.

This thread was last year, she didn't respond then you think she is going to respond now???

[Nikonguy]

Originally Posted by bodyhard

This thread was last year, she didn't respond then you think she is going to respond now???

LMAO!

[Muscle_Sliver]

Bit odd. LOL

[...Kennedy]

Originally Posted by bella38

I need some advice, I am lifting pretty heavy these days and my arms are getting big..I still need to lose BF which is happeneing but my arms are so muscular...should I not do bicep work?

Thanks!

Stick with whatever you're doing, because it's working.