Many people fall under the
trap of thinking if they do not join the gym then they will not be able to
build great looking arms. They think that not being able to afford a gym
membership is a good excuse not to work out. Well I have got news for you, you do
not need a gym for getting fit and to increase your shirt muscles, you do not
even need to spend that much, in fact you can train in
the comfort of your own home using 3 simple workouts to build nice muscular arms.
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3 home workout exercises for bigger arms
All you need to get nice
big muscular arms from the comfort of your own home is 3 exercises, these three
exercises are push ups (with your hands close together), pull-ups and finally
dips. The 2 exercises the dips and pull ups are so effective because they give
you a chance to lift your whole body up which is no easy task and certainly
heavier than most of the iron you would have curled. The push up exercise on
the other hand allows you to lift your upper body with strict control when you
are pushing to lift yourself and then again when you slowly get back to
starting position.
How the push up builds arms
It is common knowledge
that the push up is a chest workout which resembles the bench press in a
certain way but when you are doing the push up your arms also get worked out.
Like with the bench press you can make the push up so it mainly targets the
arms more specifically your triceps, by placing your hands close together
instead of wide shoulder width push ups. Placing your hands closer together
resembles the close grip bench press which is a triceps exercise.
How pull ups build arms
Pull ups are known as a
back workout that is good for building strength and mass for you back. But pull
ups as in with your palms facing towards you are the best biceps exercise
around because lifting your own body-weight is not a joke especially if you are
big in size. It is like you are barbell curling your entire body, and this
exercise if done well with strict controlled form could build you big biceps.
Pull ups are the ultimate compound upper body exercise, the strength you gain
from doing them will enable you to lift big masses and have a strong grip if
you eventually train using weights. To make them more difficult do weighted
pull ups. You could tie a mass to you feet or carry a back pack with heavy text
books in it, be creative and think of ways to get more out of this simple
exercise.
How dips are great for building great arms
Dips are a triceps
exercise so if you do them you will build great triceps. Having big triceps
will make your arms look bigger because triceps are the largest muscle in your
arm and not your biceps. To get a great triceps exercise lift yourself up
between parallel horizontal bars or between branches of a tree, this will work
your triceps the most as you will be lifting your whole body. If that is not
possible you could always do bench dips, which are also effect when done
correctly but not as effective as lifting your whole body. To make them more
challenging you can also do weighted dips. Dips are also a great chest workout
so while building great arms, you will also be building a great chest.
Finally about sets
At first do 3 sets of the
most reps you can do for each exercise, but you should aim for at least 10 reps
per set, and then you can increase it as you build more muscle and get
stronger. Eventually you will play around with sets and reps. These three
exercises are not only great arm workouts they are great upper body workouts,
be sure not to ignore your legs, training legs helps you gain muscle mass. Also
to complete your look train your midsection for that
aesthetic look.