By Jeff Anderson
Having trouble adding more size to your arms?
Cursed with biceps that look more like golf balls than softballs?
Want to know the truth behind how you can transform twinkie arms into thick, meaty guns that women can’t help but wrap their hands around to “feel all that muscle”?
3 Reasons You DON’T Have “Awesome Arms”…And What To Do About It NOW!
Basically, there are 3 genetic factors that determine how much mass you can add to your arms:
1. Length Of The Muscle Belly
2. Hormone Makeup
3. Micro-Targeting Of Muscle Fibers
Let’s break this down a little more:
1. Length Of The Muscle Belly
The closer to the elbow joint your biceps inserts on your arm, the more potential you have for adding mass as this means that you literally HAVE more muscle cells to target.
This will also affect the “shape” of your biceps muscle and is the reason why those with farther insertion points build biceps that look like a snake swallowed a baseball while others have a “thick and meaty”, full biceps.
2. Hormone Makeup
The better your anabolic hormone profile, the more mass you’re going to put on your arms (and everywhere else on your body).
Unfortunately, if you have poor genetics, you also are most likely challenged with naturally increasing insulin, growth hormone, and testosterone and getting them all to work together to trigger more arm size.
You can get better results by training at times when your body is already IN an “anabolic environment”, like in the early morning and in the early afternoon.
During these times, your body is more likely to translate your training into muscle hypertrophy.
However, if you’re truly a “hardgainer”, there are a few other key times when you can work WITH your genetics to overcome a fast metabolism.
3. Micro-Targeting Of Muscle Fibers
All muscle fibers are important but not all muscle fibers are trained effectively.
In fact, if you’re a hardgainer, studies have found that you’re likely only stimulating as little as 20-30% of your fast-growing Type 2 muscle fibers, despite your intense efforts even with multiple sets.
That’s not your fault…it’s a very real genetic limitation that’s holding you back from gaining more arm size.
One opportunity I see hardgainers NOT taking advantage of is a very SLOOOOOW descent of the weight during the “negative” portion of the exercise repetition.
For example, if doing barbell curls, you should lower the weight in a controlled “4-count” while flexing your arms at the same time.
This will cause your Type 2 fibers to “crash into each other” as they fight the weight and cause more microscopic fiber damage that triggers recovery and muscle growth.
But The #1 Culprit Behind Your Lagging Biceps Growth Goes Much, Much Deeper…
In fact, understanding this one principle will help you gain as much as an entire INCH to your arms in just the next 6-8 weeks.
You see, your arms are NOT going to grow independent of the rest of your body.
Otherwise, you’d look disproportionate and just plain “weird”.
So if you want to add an inch of new growth to your arms, the secret is to add an extra 10 POUNDS of overall “weight” onto your body!
This is why exercises like squats and deadlifts (the grand poo-bahs of mass building exercises) are considered incredible “arm exercises” even though they don’t directly target your arms.
But let me ask you…
Are You Having Trouble Gaining Weight And Adding More Muscle Mass?
Adding 10 pounds to some may sound like a near impossible task…
…but it’s not!
I’ve found that typically, the average “hardgainer” simply needs a few little “tweaks” to their training routine in order to start seeing the gains you’re looking for.
In fact, I’d like to show you just how EASY it can be by inviting you check out my special program Muscle Specialization Training.
Trust me, if you’ve ever been frustrated with your ability to gain weight and pack on muscle mass, you do NOT want to miss this program!
It will completely change the way you train to build mass if you find yourself genetically cursed.
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