5 Reasons Your Arms Are NOT Growing

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If your arms are not growing and you don’t know what else to do or change in your arm workouts, you are definitely going to want to watch this video. Here I’m going to show you the 5 biggest arm workout mistakes that are holding back the size of your biceps and triceps. Many times, the issues that prevent muscle growth are ones that people are not even aware they are making. They are doing bicep exercises and triceps exercises but nothing seems to happen and their shirt sleeves just won’t fill up.

That does not have to be the case.

1. The first thing you have to do to get to the bottom of your issues if you can’t get bigger arms is look at how you are training your arms right now. What I mean by that is, when and how often are you doing arm workouts during a training week. If your answer was, I never do direct arm training, then I’m telling you that is your first big problem.

Many people think that the minimalist approach to lifting, focusing on the heavy compound lifts like bench press, OHP and dips is going to do everything they need to build their best looking triceps. Likewise, they think that doing heavy rows and chinups is all they need to do to grow the most aesthetically pleasing biceps. While you can certainly add appreciable amounts of muscle to your arms with this type of training it will never give you maximal arm development.

Instead, you are going to need to have dedicated arm training. This can occur either as something you incorporate into your existing workout split or on a separate training day outside of your current workout schedule. Keep in mind, as you’ll see in the linked videos at the end of this one, these arm workouts do not have to be long to be effective.

2. The next big problem I see often is people not applying science to their selection of arm exercises. If you were, for instance, to pick preacher curls, barbell curls and concentration curls as your bicep exercises of choice you would be making an anatomical training mistake. All of these movements are better at engaging the short head of the biceps than the long head. The long head is more responsive to those arm exercises that place a stretch on the biceps with the arm behind the body. Things like incline curls and drag curls would have been a better compliment to a couple of the short head exercises selected.

The same can be said about the triceps as well. But here too, the science goes further than just the individual heads of the muscle in question. The strength curves of the exercises should compliment each other as well. Picking something like a tricep kickback and pairing it up with a lying triceps extension would be smart since the resistance curves overlap and fill in all important gaps that would be otherwise missed.

3. The next big arm workout mistake is viewing progressive overload too one dimensionally. When it comes to arm workouts, thinking that you are going to simply keep adding weight to the exercises you are doing is a fallacy. The incremental jumps are just too much of a percentage of your max total to make that possible. Instead, you need to look to techniques that increase the intensity like run the rack, mechanical drop sets and band/dumbbell combos.

4. How you move the weight you are lifting in your arm exercises matters too. I often see people move the weight through space rather than contract it through space. There is a big difference. When the intention is there, the tension is high. When tension is high in a muscle, growth is much more possible. Make sure that you are acting as if someone told you to flex the muscle that you are training when you perform your repetitions. This means, if there was no weight in your hands and you were going to flex your biceps or triceps as hard as you could, what would that feel like? Now do the same thing when you move the weight on the exercise.

5. Finally, while light weights are not only advisable but best utilized to complete the previous tip, it would be a big mistake to not use heavy weights as well. Remember to perform some sets of barbell curls or triceps pushdowns in the 3-6 rep range to round out your arm workouts.

As you can see, if your arms are not growing there are things you can do to start to build bigger arms.

Also, if you are looking for the best tricep exercises ranked as well as an arm workout you can do with just dumbbells, be sure to remember to subscribe to our channel here on youtube and turn on your notifications so you never miss a new video when it’s published.
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Jeff's advices have led to the most effective exercises I have ever done (and most excruciating), but results speak for themselves. I did calisthenics and bodyweight exercises mostly, but I have found these extra tips of his for these types of exercises to be far more effective and satisfying to me personally than any painful occasions before that in the gym. In the process I took a muscle gain plan from nextlevel diet, and without any additional supplements needed, my muscles started to grow massively over the last four months. Thank you Jeff for all the work you have done over the years.

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0:58 - No direct arm work
2:44 - Not applying science to your selection of exercises
5:19 - Your idea of overload is one dimensional
7:46 - HOw are you actually moving the weight
9:00 - Use both light weight and heavy weight
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DEN
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Did the 6 minutes biceps workout recommended at the end of video with contraction emphasis at 11am yesterday …its 1:30am and FINALLY my biceps are sore! Been months since I felt them after a workout! Much thanks!

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Wow, this is a lot to digest. Thank you Jeff for always making these principles easy to understand and implement.

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The resistance curve is something that I think is most overlooked or simply not being given attention. It’s easy to logically think about drop sets failures or increase weight as needed to progress but the resistance curve is not something that people will think and find the solution right away. Great content as always!

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Once again, this information is priceless. Very thankful for everything you always teach us!

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That's what I needed, as I feel like reached little plateau, as always great video really appreciate all your work

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I've been watching Jeff's videos for years. I love how he not only shows you the best techniques available, he explains why they are in a way that's easy to understand.

I owe alot of my success to you Jeff. Not just in the weightroom, but through the confidence I have built and taken through my professional career.

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Jeff you explain stuff in language a layman can understand. You are a wonderful workout expert. thank you

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Jeff, you truly have the epitome of the most well-rounded physique I’ve ever seen. Superhero status.

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Crazy how despite the quantity of videos, I still ALWAYS learn something from Jeff. Thank you !

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Excellent info! Tip #4, im headed to gym now, thanks Jeff

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Hey brother just wanted to thank you for your great techniques. Your point of flexing your biceps at the top of the contraction completely makes a difference. Luckily I was doing biceps as you uploaded this video and applied it to my training and man what a pump. Thank you.

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I'm not sure if Jeff reads these comments but if he does, I would really love to see a video on correcting rib flare. I'm in fairly good shape but my ribs stick out so much that my abs and obliques appear to be lacking. I've seen various different "solutions" on YouTube but this channel is my go to for learning what will actually work.

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Hey athlean I’m an ectomorf and you are awesome, I may not be big or maybe I don’t see my muscle because I’m trying to see it but I have definitely gotten stronger, thanks for all your help. HAVE A GOOD ONE

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