It's good to base your training on compound exercises but no-one gets muscular arms without working them directly.
biceps and triceps are no different to any other muscle, if you want them to grow you need to work them just as hard.
Starting Strength claims yet another victim
Define "hits each bodypart"?
Currently doing 8-12 reps x 6 work sets each of overhead press, bench, and rows a week all of which hit the shoulders to some extent, some more than others of course. Would you say that's a total of 18 sets "hitting" the shoulders weekly?
Fair enough you've got your overhead press for 6 sets of overhead press. 6 sets of bench which is plenty for your front delts. If you're doing your rows properly, I wouldn't be relying on them for rear delt growth. For me, I would want to be doing at least 3 sets of side delt raises and 3 sets of some form of rear delt work.
As for your actual arms, give them heavy direct work of 6 sets over a couple of exercises. Try that for a while, actually measure your arms, and see how that goes before making any further adjustments (i.e. before adding another 3 sets). Do this for both biceps AND also for triceps (although I think it's better to do more work for triceps as they are bigger).
Also Goosey, I find it a strange comment to say that you can't change the shape of your muscle, only the size. If I was to heavily hit my lower pecs with plenty of chest-oriented dips and decline presses, the change in the size of my lower pecs would improve the shape of my chest.
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