For years, men have been trying to learn the secrets of how to get bigger arms.
In fact for many men, shirt-ripping biceps and triceps are the sole reason they hit the weights room on a regular basis.
But despite their enthusiasm for results, many people never get near their dream due to the colossal amount of misinformation and "broscience" which exists in gyms around the world.
First of all you have the guru's who will try to sell you every new muscle building supplement under the sun, all of which come with a hefty price tag and lots of scientific jargon.
You will also meet countless people at your local gym who will willingly dole out advice - sometimes whether you have asked for it or not! This can create a messy situation as different people do tend to offer very different advice. And of course, you'll meet those who claim you need to use illegal substances to reach your goal.
Here's the news you have been waiting for - all of that is pure garbage.
There is a ton of scientifically researched data showing how to achieve bigger arms. But sadly most people just don't know where to find it, due to the fact that the industry is soaked in sales pitches and the aforementioned over-reliance on bodybuilding supplements.
In today's post you are going to learn one such trick.
Thanks to a 2011 study from Norway, the theory that training your legs will create a bigger, more muscular upper body is no longer simply a theory. A team of top researchers studied the effects of lower body training for almost three months before reaching their conclusion.
"If you want to get big arms, train your legs", as they say.
But somewhat surprisingly, the researchers discovered that the testosterone spike produced from heavy squats and deadlifts was nowhere near long lasting enough to provide the full body effects people often talk about. However, they did stumble across another very useful tactic.
You see, the hormone spike was short-lived, but it definitely did exist. So the researchers played with the idea of training a smaller muscle group straight after their leg workout to see if it returned improved results. It did.
Training your lower body with heavy weights produces a spike in testosterone for up to an hour. By hitting a much smaller body part within this time, you're striking in the so called "sweet spot" for muscle growth.
To test their theory, they had a group hit their left arm alone and their right arm following a leg workout over a period of three months. The results were concrete.
Following the completion of the eleven week course, the right arm of the subjects had packed on significantly more muscle mass.
So the saying should be changed to "If you want big arms, train them after training your legs!" The researchers concluded that any small muscle group could be used in this temporarily elevated muscle building environment following a lower body workout, but the smaller the muscle, the greater the gains.
In fact for many men, shirt-ripping biceps and triceps are the sole reason they hit the weights room on a regular basis.
But despite their enthusiasm for results, many people never get near their dream due to the colossal amount of misinformation and "broscience" which exists in gyms around the world.
First of all you have the guru's who will try to sell you every new muscle building supplement under the sun, all of which come with a hefty price tag and lots of scientific jargon.
You will also meet countless people at your local gym who will willingly dole out advice - sometimes whether you have asked for it or not! This can create a messy situation as different people do tend to offer very different advice. And of course, you'll meet those who claim you need to use illegal substances to reach your goal.
Here's the news you have been waiting for - all of that is pure garbage.
There is a ton of scientifically researched data showing how to achieve bigger arms. But sadly most people just don't know where to find it, due to the fact that the industry is soaked in sales pitches and the aforementioned over-reliance on bodybuilding supplements.
In today's post you are going to learn one such trick.
Thanks to a 2011 study from Norway, the theory that training your legs will create a bigger, more muscular upper body is no longer simply a theory. A team of top researchers studied the effects of lower body training for almost three months before reaching their conclusion.
"If you want to get big arms, train your legs", as they say.
But somewhat surprisingly, the researchers discovered that the testosterone spike produced from heavy squats and deadlifts was nowhere near long lasting enough to provide the full body effects people often talk about. However, they did stumble across another very useful tactic.
You see, the hormone spike was short-lived, but it definitely did exist. So the researchers played with the idea of training a smaller muscle group straight after their leg workout to see if it returned improved results. It did.
Training your lower body with heavy weights produces a spike in testosterone for up to an hour. By hitting a much smaller body part within this time, you're striking in the so called "sweet spot" for muscle growth.
To test their theory, they had a group hit their left arm alone and their right arm following a leg workout over a period of three months. The results were concrete.
Following the completion of the eleven week course, the right arm of the subjects had packed on significantly more muscle mass.
So the saying should be changed to "If you want big arms, train them after training your legs!" The researchers concluded that any small muscle group could be used in this temporarily elevated muscle building environment following a lower body workout, but the smaller the muscle, the greater the gains.
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