How do Squats help make your Biceps bigger??? Ive heard lots of people saying that doing squats - which is a leg exercise - helps build your biceps muscles. Can someone explain to me I dont really get the connection. THanks.
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11-02-2006, 07:06 PM #1
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11-02-2006, 07:09 PM #2
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They, along with teh deadliftz exercise, increase teh test and growth hormone.
Seriously, they don't directly, but they do load the entire body which will help everything else grow providing that it is receiving direct stimulation."If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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11-02-2006, 07:14 PM #3
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11-02-2006, 07:16 PM #4
They don't, x2.
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11-02-2006, 08:17 PM #8Originally Posted by rockhuddy
basically, the more overload your body takes on from lifting weights, the more muscles grow. your legs have more muscle mass than any other part of the body, meaning that when you work them out, it causes a significant production of testosterone (and possibly other growth hormones), which will in turn effect every muscle.
let's be honest, ignoring paraplegics, how many people have you seen - ever - that had skinny legs and large upper bodies? it's not a coincidence.
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11-02-2006, 08:25 PM #11Originally Posted by Ryanous_Ryan
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11-02-2006, 08:47 PM #16
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Originally Posted by HG_IRON"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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11-02-2006, 08:57 PM #18
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Originally Posted by HG_IRON
Say you do 5 sets of curls 3 times a week, and no other exercises. Your biceps are being directly stimulated, and are growing, but not at an optimal rate. Then you add squats to your routine, causing an improvement in your blood hormone profile. Because of the additional muscle building hormones circulating in your bloodstream, your biceps are now able to recover better from the curls. So even though squatting did not directly stimulate your biceps, it did improve their growth."If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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11-03-2006, 06:07 AM #26
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http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...=squats+biceps
Good stuff in this thread. Not sure how valid it is, but it's still good stuff."For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38,39
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11-03-2006, 06:22 AM #27
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11-03-2006, 07:13 AM #29
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Originally Posted by rockhuddy
Squats won't do crap for your biceps if you don't work biceps. A mucle does have to be broken down to repair. However if you are working arms, then adding the bigger lifts like deads and squats will help your body produce more hormones for repair, and your biceps will benefit from this.
So yes Squats will increase mass in every recovering muscle indirectly.
I'll leave with a quote that fits here.. "Shut up and squat."
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11-03-2006, 07:35 AM #30
whoa 28 replies! thanks guys, especially for the biochemical explanation. Squats elevating GH and Testosterone makes a lot of sense.. and it would probably help overall growth of all muscles not only biceps.. and I do Squats and Biceps on the same day, that probably insures that GH will act even more on the biceps. Makes sense.. thanks.
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