arms are starting to lag

[FreeBirdbulker]

my arms used to look big on me. everyone told me my arms looked huge on me. but lately, since Ive been focusing on strength, my shoudlers/chest and back have been blowing up. and all of a sudden, its making my arms look small. I need to try something new for arms

here is my split

back
chest
legs
arms (bi/tri)
shoulders/traps

I normally do barbell curls with various grips, ez bar curls with various grips, 21's, concentration curls, hammer curl. I usually pick 2, maybe 3 of those and do 6-9 sets total.

[onthecumup]

my split was the exact same as yours, but i change it up every 8 weeks or so. now its something lke this

back/bi's
legs
sholders/traps/forearms
chest/tri's

try mixing it up a little, it usually helps while in a rut

onthecumup

[The Anonymizer]

Originally Posted by FreeBirdbulker

my arms used to look big on me. everyone told me my arms looked huge on me. but lately, since Ive been focusing on strength, my shoudlers/chest and back have been blowing up. and all of a sudden, its making my arms look small. I need to try something new for arms

here is my split

back
chest
legs
arms (bi/tri)
shoulders/traps

I normally do barbell curls with various grips, ez bar curls with various grips, 21's, concentration curls, hammer curl. I usually pick 2, maybe 3 of those and do 6-9 sets total.

you answered your own question bro.....for you, your chest and back respond best to "training for strength" which i'm assuming is heavy weight, lower reps.....your arms probably respond best to less weight, more reps.

keep up the workout you're doing right now but on arm day go back to the old way you were training them.

[aliceinchains]

Originally Posted by FreeBirdbulker

my arms used to look big on me. everyone told me my arms looked huge on me. but lately, since Ive been focusing on strength, my shoudlers/chest and back have been blowing up. and all of a sudden, its making my arms look small. I need to try something new for arms

here is my split

back
chest
legs
arms (bi/tri)
shoulders/traps

I normally do barbell curls with various grips, ez bar curls with various grips, 21's, concentration curls, hammer curl. I usually pick 2, maybe 3 of those and do 6-9 sets total.

Try three all-out sets for bi's, three all-out for tri's, and use excersizes that emphasize the stretched position, for maximal growth stimulation, the main ones being incline curls (the lower the incline, the greater the stretch) and seated triceps extensions (I like using both hands on a single dumbell, but you know the variations: unilateral, cambered barbell, seated in front of a low pulley with cambered bar or rope) the important thing is the STRETCH, and not doing too many sets. ~AIC

[DanSteelMan]

I have the exact same split as onthecumup...worked wonders for my arms. I have always had shitty arms...key to big arms is big triceps. I concentrated more on my tris and aquired more growth that way.