Sunday, February 12, 2012

What is a good fitness plan for building Chest and Biceps?

I will be hitting the gym more this fall when I head back to uni (slacking off this summer due to jobs) and am wondering what are some good tips to building good Chest and Arm muscles? Any help is appreciated!What is a good fitness plan for building Chest and Biceps?I don't think that building only chest and and arms is a good idea since it will create muscular imbalances. It's best to work on the whole body. But here鈥檚 what I鈥檝e been doing and it鈥檚 been working for me.



Chest:

Dumbbell Incline Presses,

Pullovers and Presses,

Dumbbell Bench Presses,

Narrow-Grip Bench Presses,

Incline Dumbbell Flyes,

Barbell Incline Presses,

Push-Ups Between Benches,

Cable standing incline flyes

Cable standing decline flyes



Arms:

Lying dumbbell triceps extensions

standing barbell curl

behind head reverse hammers

one-arm preacher curl

Close-grip pushdowns

incline dumbbell curl

Parallel bar dips

hammer curl

Single-arm reverse-grip pushdowns

reverse grip EZ bar

rope push downs

super light dumbbell curls



I also do Cardio everyday.



Variety and different angles are important. On all of these exercises I use a light enough weight to do 10 or more reps and on the last four I shoot for 15-25 reps. This said, the workout is specific to me and may require some tweaking to make it work for you. One thing that I have found is that for chest training volume is key. Light weight is great too because it will allow for more pumping of the muscle. It is the pump and the subsequent stretching that limbers up the fascia which surrounds the muscle and prevents it from growing. Many people have very tight fascia tissue so it is vital that you stretch to prevent injury, increase blood flow and loosen up that restraint. Rest and nutrition are the rest of the puzzle. If you do not intake sufficient calories you can鈥檛 build muscle. And if you don鈥檛 give your muscles time to rest the will not come back bigger and stronger.

I鈥檓 not a trainer, just a recreational body builder.

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