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Category
Abs
Date Submitted
1/15/2004
Date Updated
2/14/2004
Approval Level
Public
Question
Hi norma. I want to build some muscle in my arms & have a nice defined tone to them. I would love to have my arms look like Linda hamilton's from the terminator movie. Anyway I train my arms 3 days a week I am only lifting 8 lbs can't really go any higher in weight than that I don't think. But I do 2 sets of 8 different exercises for my arms. I do 50 reps for each exercise totaling 100 reps 3 days a week. I used to do 20 reps but that got too easy, when I do 50 I can barely lift my weight on the last rep. My arms are shaky and burning. Will doing this amount build muscle ? I've heard a lot about you can build muscle lifting a heavy weight & fewer reps, or you lift a light weight and do a lot more reps, and achieve the same results Muscle !!! but I don't want huge arms of course. can you define if there is truth to this ? if so, when will I start to notice muscle and definition in my arms ?
Answer
To increse muscle mass switch to less reps and more weight.
 
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