Friday, January 9, 2009

Working On Your Arm Muscles

By Dave Vower

To work on your arm muscles, you can use resistance exercises to help you increase the size of your muscles. You can do these exercises in your home or at a local gym, depending on where you prefer to workout.

Your back is a mass of muscles that overlap one another. Your lower back muscles support your ability to stand erect. Your upper back muscles move your arms and shoulders. Back muscle building is sometimes forgotten. There are exercises that target your back's interwoven muscle mass.

The dead lift is great for back muscle building; it targets your lats, erector spinae, gluts and traps. The dead lift actually works 70% of all your muscles at the same time. In the dead lift exercise your lift the barbell off the ground and push it up. Form and technique are essential to learn before you begin using this exercise. There are also variations of the dead lift called the Romanian and the Stiff Legged Lift.

To work on your triceps you can do triceps dips to get some increase in size. These start on the edge of a chair and raise yourself up with your arms. Hold the position and lower yourself back down to your original position. Free weights are also a way that people build up their arm muscles. Stand up and hold the weight in one of your hands. Lift the weight up to your chest and then back down. Depending on your level of training, you can use a five, ten or fifteen pound weight for these exercises.

Using closed grip bench presses can work on your biceps and triceps all in one exercise. Lay down on the bench and keep your hands close together more than you would for a typical bench press. Keep the elbows tucked in and your wrists straight. Lower the bar to your chest and then straight up. You should also use hand gripping exercises to work on the strength of your hands and forearms.

All of the exercises will not do anything for you if you do not follow good nutritional practices. Don't eat foods that are high in fat and keep your alcohol intake to a minimum. Use a well balanced diet and eat a good variety of foods while you are watching your diet.

These are just a few back muscle building exercises. Technique is so important in lifting exercises so you do not injure your back. Definitely see demonstrations first before you try these exercises and get feedback on your form.

Weight training experts will tell you that you should eat a higher amount of protein while you are training. The body needs the protein while you are building your muscles. Ask the experts what amounts of protein you should be eating while you are weight training.

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