Dnia 2005-04-01 hoarse with no name napisa³(a):
Quoted message said:
When I first started lifting I was taught that one should work your
triceps and biceps at the end of a workout so that you could work your
back and chest to the fullest, without having to worry about
pre-exhausted arms stopping you too soon. I have always done this and my
upper arms have always seemed to lag behind the rest of my body. Is it
ok to work the upper arms first and will doing this help my upper arms
to catch up to the rest of my body?
For triceps parallel dips are good. They work for chest and shoulders
too, so if you do not do them already they should help. For biceps,
pullups work better than chin-ups (supinated vs pronated grip). I like
also doing cheat-curl and press with dumbbells. They feel nice to me.
Power curl seems to be good upper body exercise which hits biceps quite
hard. You hold the barbell with a curl grip and perform sort of
clean/curl motion starting from slightly below knees or from the floor.
With any ballistic exercises slow negative portion of movement counts
extra.
IMO with a bit of creativity one should be able to find exercises or
ways of doing them which will be able to prioritise desired body parts
or muscles. Pre-exhausting them will definitely work, but at the cost
of limiting growth of bigger muscle groups.
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Andrzej Rosa 1127R
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