I do dumbbell curls every day. Am I overworking my biceps? Is it stopping it from growing?
You should not work the same muscle groups two days in a row.Your mucles need 48 hours to recover and grow. Are you also working your triceps so that you do not end up with a muscle imbalance? If you worked you muscles 3-4 times a week-you would notice a difference in its growth. If you want to add mass-that is more weight with less reps.
Am i overworking my biceps?
yes a good balanced work out plan you would only work each muscle group directly once a week. you should probably be doing around 9 sets max with a mixture of different excercises not just curls. Doing them to failure is good but you probably should just do the last set of each excercise type to failure. For max strength you should be doing around 6-8 reps per set, for max size around 10-12 reps per set. If you can do significantly more you aren't working hard enough, if you can't do at least 5 reps the weights are probably too high or you have overworked.
What happens if you only work your biceps every day?
Yes, you can train biceps every day while maintaining your regular training schedule. This works very well for people who have always struggled with biceps growth.Worth watching: Free Interactive Muscle Building & Fat Loss Video PresentationPick one biceps exercise, the one you feel the most. I like the preacher curl, but you might prefer the standing barbell curl or hammer curl. Here’s how you do it:Remember, you’re doing this every damn day. On some days you’ll feel weaker and you’ll have to use a bit less weight. Some days you’ll feel stronger and should use more weight. The key is that for both styles (strict and loose) you strive to lift as much weight as you can.Since you’ll be doing a fair amount of biceps work daily, you won’t do anything else for biceps for 3–4 weeks. You’ll get significant growth, and the daily heavy work will increase your biceps’ capacity to recruit its fast-twitch fibers, making your bi’s even more responsive to training after those 3–4 weeks.Christian Thibaudeau specializes in building bodies that perform as well as they look. He is one of the most sought-after coaches by the world’s top athletes and bodybuilders.You’ve spent 6 months trying to add a quarter inch to your arms. Dr Darden has just one question: Why take 6 months to do it when you could do the same thing in 2 weeks? Here’s how…Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1/ program promises slow and steady gains that will eventually turn you into the strongest guy in the gym. And it delivers, every time.Bodybuilding is full of programs used by “enhanced” lifters, but most people don’t take drugs and can’t get good results. This effective program is for them.
Am I working my Biceps enough?
Before I even read this, I thought "You are probably training them too much, not the other way around." And I was right. First of all, you train your biceps when you train your back. Now, if you are doing numerous exercises for your back, you are already hitting your biceps very hard. Arm flexes, biceps engage -- very simple science there. Now, if you are adding sets on top of that -- and numerous sets -- you are overtraining a very small muscle. Just curious -- how many back exercises are you doing? Leg exercises? These are much larger muscle groups and deserve more attention. Maybe 3 exercises each -- or less, depending on how hard you train. For big muscle groups. Not for biceps. If you train your back hard, your biceps are already getting a good workout. (and you shouldn't have much strength to do sets of curls after that). If you insist on training biceps directly, I would say 1 or 2 exercises at most, 3 sets each. FYI, I've been training for 20 years, and I've never done a bicep curl in those 20 years except to demonstrate how it's done. My biceps get enough training from barbell rows and pullups. Advice -- worry about the bigger muscles like your back, your quads, and your pecs. Your biceps will grow if you pay enough attention to the larger muscles. P.S. If you indeed pressed for time, then focus on compound, multi-joint movements -- exercises that require a lot of muscle to move (like squats, bench presses, chinups, rows, et cetera). Forget the sets and sets of curls and do chinups for your back (your biceps will get enough training from your back workout). Here's a great back-bicep workout -- keep doing sets of chinups until the total number of reps equals 50. I call this a "Big 50 set" -- very popular back in the day. Then, if you still have energy, do some rows (barbell or dumbbell). If you have anything left in your biceps, I will be very surprised. Good luck.
I work out my biceps every day in a week and I see the difference. So am I doing it right or wrong?
We don't grow in the gym, we grow outside the gym. What I mean by this is that we get in the gym, work our muscles(in this case, bicep), we rip our muscle sackameres appart and after that we go out, give our muscles all the nutrition it needs and then let it rest for at least the period of 48 hours.Many people get in the gym the quote "curl for girls" in their mind and start working their bicep, which is not the way to do it. Bicep is only 30% of our arms, you want bigger arms, you've gotta hit the triceps, its 70% of our arms.In the beginning, you might see growth, but eventually the growth will be gone and you can actually weaken your muscles.If you keep going this way, you can actually weaken your muscles and body symmetry is something you're gonna dream for your whole life, but not get it.Stop going for the shortcut guys, there are no shortcuts for long term situations in life, work all your bodyparts so that in the end, you're one of the guys that can take his shirt of when ever he wants and not the one who's ashamed of how unsymmetric his physique is and hids it from people.Thanks for your time.
How long should I rest my triceps and biceps after a workout?
T pushing movements in one workout and pulling movements in the other.This way I don't over work the same muscles, ie you utilize triceps and deltoids muscles when doing bench presses for chest.I do chest/ Delta/ triceps Mon/ThurBack/biceps on Tue/FridayLegs/abs/obliques(+lower back) wed/satSundays offAlso I do one heavy workout w/ sets of 6-8 reps and one light workout w/ sets of 8-12 reps doing the heavy workout first and going light the second.I also do cardio, 20 mins/day 4x/ wk usually on Mon/Tue/Thur/FriDiet is a major part of making gains so watch calories, protein intake 1.5 grams/lb of body weightLow carbs and cut out sugars and alcohol Also eat 6 small meals per day to keep a high metabolism. Also the body can only assimilate 50 grams of protein at one time so multiple smaller meals assists w/ protein intake.
Why are my biceps so sore!?
First of all you don't need to be taking protein supplements if you're only 15, unless your doctor said you need them. Second, you need to stop pushing yourself so hard, that's why you're sore. You might be causing permanent damage to yourself if you don't ease up. I knew several athletes back when I was in college that had to quit playing sports due to injuries. You definitely don't wanna permanently injure yourself before you even get to college. And yes the powder will lose its potency after a while and go stale. And depending on the ingredients bugs could possibly even hatch if the powder is very old. *edit* btw I wouldn't take advice from the dude below me "Tone" if I were you...check out some of his questions.
Is Bruising or blood speckles on biceps normal the day after working out?
I just started a workout schedule two weeks ago. Yesterday I worked arms and legs and have speckled bruises, almost like a light hickey all down my left bicep. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong?