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Over doing it....

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Joined: 2003/09/28
Canada
2004/07/06, 03:00 PM
I am a person who puts on muscle very easily in every area except my biceps and triceps, i have just made a new routine and i was wondering if this was overtraining. I alwayse do 8 to ten reps and 4 sets of each exercise.
standing bb curls supersetted with cable curls, and then i add in 4 sets of incline db curls at the end. for my triceps i start with 4 sets of close grip benches, and then i superset pulley pushdowns and lying tricep extensions. so to sum it all up, is this overtraining my arms?.. Thanks very much in advance.
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2004/07/06, 06:35 PM
Is it working for you? This is the key to know if you are overtraining. Everyone has a different threshold. If you are recovering fine and growing, then you are fine. It is important to "confuse" the muscle, after you do more volume, try some various shocks. After a few weeks of that, go to a more traditional power workout. Keep changing things up. This is the biggest key to growth, and of course a diet to build with.

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2004/07/06, 09:08 PM
I think its been working for me, its actualy the first time that i have tried supersetting, but ive heard good things about it so i thought id give it a shot. When you say a power workout, what do you mean exactly? A program geared towards doing lower reps?
Thanks for the great reply.:big_smile: