My arms
My arms are always sore. It is not from bicep curls or tricep pulldowns…because I confess that I don’t do any of that. I should work my arms I know. The trouble for me are my weak wrists. In the past, I have attempted preacher curls etc….only to get nothing but frustrated and no pump. I definitely feel it’s partly do to my carpel tunnel problems and the necrosis in my thumbs as a result. So yes, I probably overtrain my legs and glutes for the turns of workouts are higher than most other people I know. I just stay focused as much as possible on whole body training. The 3 sets of pushups everyday have ripped my arms . I incorporate isometric holds at different points of the last reps. The pump in the entire musculature is unreal. It lasts the entire day. So I stretch the sh*t out of it and go back on it for a few more reps til I fall on my face. The only other thing I do is carry heavy on my traps during squats. I probably tense this area again, for fear of dropping it on me again! I try not to always "train like a girl" but I do the best I can. I really try to relax my upper body on the squat..I just have a problem with isolating areas I train. My whole body likes to dig in to everything I do. I even sprint the stairs in my house everytime I go up:)
April 8, 2008 at 10:51 am
You’re probably getting a fairly decent arm work out when you work your back and chest. There are some that beleive there is no need to isolate the muscles of the arms in seperate workouts due to the fact the tend to be work with the larger muscle groups.
April 8, 2008 at 10:52 am
What do you do for shoulders?
April 9, 2008 at 7:04 am
Since squats are a full body lift really, you activate a lot of upper body muscles to stabilize and protect the spine. The erector spinea, obliques, abdominals, should be tight the whole time. You also should be using your upper traps to create a shelf for the bar to sit on so it is not sitting on the vertabre. For the weak wrist, if you have a way to wrap your wrist that might help. If not, put an ankle strap around your wrist and hook it to a cable machine and do curls and pushdowns. Since the weight is now be applied to the radius and ulna, there is little to no pressure on the carpel bones. Hope this helps!
April 10, 2008 at 8:58 am
Pushups will give you mad arms and shoulders. I remember coming out of boot camp and thinking how ridiculous my arms/shoulders were: huge! We did pushups night and day, literally with no end. They are a fabulous full body workout. Super set those with some isometric exercises of just holding your arms out to the front and sides and then military presses (no weight) till you can’t stand it and then some and you don’t NEED weights to build your shoulders.
I only wish I knew as much about fitness as I do now when I went, I would have been more cut and I would have taken pictures when I got back!
April 10, 2008 at 10:16 am
I would have never guessed you did not work your arms out hard….until you told me. Just keep on keepin and it will all come together!
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