How much are you supposed to be gaining on arms monthly?

[Reggie20x6]

Is it dumb to repeat the old saying of "If you want big arms, you've got to deadlift and squat"?

Otherwise, the secret to gaining big arms is simple:

1) Eat a lot of calories, everyday ("a lot" will vary depending on the calories you're eating now, and your weight).
2) Lift heavy weights.

There is no secret to this game, big arms, or muscles in general don't happen over night.

The fact that you guys started lifting at 15, 16, or 17 will only pay off in "muscle maturity" later on in life.

I can't even begin to tell you how much more of a beast I'd be if I started lifting at 15, instead of a couple of years later.

Your time will come, just keep lifting hard and eating big. You'll get there.

[cssprophet]

ur over trainin ur arms

How do you know?

because this is called over training which could cause u to lose size.... ur muscles don't grow while ur workin out they grow when they are healin... and ur muscles heal while u are resting... if you train them arms almsot everyday you won't let ur muscles rest...

You can't overtrain a muscle. Overtraining is when you overwork your CNS. So, theoretically, if your CNS was conditioned to handle it, you could work a particular muscle every day and not overtrain.

i know.
but he's 130lbs. i'm 158; i have almost 30lbs on him and my arms are still smaller.
if we were the same weight it wouldn't bother me so much. but when i have 28lbs on them and my arms are still smaller, i can't help but wonder WTF is going on.

Dude... he's 5'5". He doesn't have to weigh as much as you do to have the same sized (or bigger) arms.

[Rambo26]

It gets harder after initial gains for a start

Also alot of us with not great arm genetics just have to put on 10 to even 20 pounds for an inch on out arms, it takes time!

[Lifter X]

My arms are the same size, but I don't think the rep range matters a whole lot. Just the intensity. I think the rep range can be anywher from 6-15 actually. I agree that I have also not done unilateral movements. I only do that for concentration curls or sometimes preacher curls.

thats my theory man if every1 started puttin 2 hands on **** people would have a lot bigger arms as well as everything elese ive never really used machines either except for pushdowns to warm up

big weight big calories big arms

[milo]

Is it dumb to repeat the old saying of "If you want big arms, you've got to deadlift and squat"?

Otherwise, the secret to gaining big arms is simple:

1) Eat a lot of calories, everyday ("a lot" will vary depending on the calories you're eating now, and your weight).
2) Lift heavy weights.

There is no secret to this game, big arms, or muscles in general don't happen over night.

The fact that you guys started lifting at 15, 16, or 17 will only pay off in "muscle maturity" later on in life.

I can't even begin to tell you how much more of a beast I'd be if I started lifting at 15, instead of a couple of years later.

Your time will come, just keep lifting hard and eating big. You'll get there.

Just about everything this guy said is all that needs to be said.

[nekkidbear]

im 5"5 and i weight 130. im 15 and i have 12.75 arms. i work out my ticeps, and biceps 3 times a week for reps of 10 and sets of 4

Thats overtraining man... you should be working them once and maybe twice a week at most.

[cssprophet]

Thats overtraining man... you should be working them once and maybe twice a week at most.

And how did you come up with this decision? What criteria do you have that he has met for you to decide that he is overtraining?