How long will it take me to gain 1 inch on my biceps if I keep this up?

Question

I work my biceps twice a week. I do barbell curls for 4 sets of 6 reps. It's a part of my workout routine.

Answer 1

increase it to 4 times a week

Answer 2

You have to hit those muscles from a bunch of angles. Use different grips, dumbbells, barbells, and good old fashioned pull-ups. Plus you have to vary your training.
By vary I mean do two or three different movements for your biceps and do the heavy weight low reps you are using for a week. The next biceps day use lighter weights/higher reps and change the exercises. You have to tear those fibers like you are doing to grow, but they also need time to recover.
AND DON'T FORGET YOUR TRICEPS!!! They will make your arms bigger too! Look around for different routines and ideas like the bodybuilder mentioned

Answer 3

Do the curls every other day. I recommend 3 sets increasing the reps to 12, 10 & 8. When you can do 12, increase the weight 5 lbs and start all over again.

Answer 4

Wow i could say 12 in is quite solid!! i'm a guy with 17 biceps yet I had 14 inch no longer formerly. the element approximately biceps is they fluctuate between human beings. Genetics verify the organic length of biceps. one element although is that in case you artwork out your lower back, shoulders, and triceps, your biceps gets greater effective. attempt doing ROWS with a barbell. those are great at increasing bicep length. additionally sustain the hard artwork, i locate women that care approximately bodybuilding very appealing :)

Answer 5

Here’s what I do and it has been working for me. Obviously a workout needs to be tailored to the individual, but these exercises may help.

Arms
Lying dumbbell triceps extensions
standing barbell curl
behind head reverse hammers
one-arm preacher curl
Close-grip pushdowns
incline dumbbell curl
Parallel bar dips
hammer curl
Single-arm reverse-grip pushdowns
reverse grip EZ bar
rope push downs
super light dumbbell curls

Chest
Dumbbell Incline Presses,
Pullovers and Presses,
Dumbbell Bench Presses,
Narrow-Grip Bench Presses,
Incline Dumbbell Flyes,
Barbell Incline Presses,
Push-Ups Between Benches,
Cable standing incline flyes
Cable standing decline flyes

Back
Barbell row
Dumbbell Row
Lat Pull Downs
Cable Row
Lower Back Machine
Forearms
lite wide lat pulldowns
Supermans

Shoulders
Lateral Raises
Bent-Over Lateral Raises
No rest front raises
Shrugs
Military Presses
Front Raises
Rotator Cuffs
Superlight lateral raises

On incline bench, with 2 10lbs dumbbells:

1st: Facing forward bring dumbbells up from sides to parallel to ground palms inward, slow repeat for ten reps.
2nd: Facing bench bring dumbbells up from sides backwards as far as you can palms inward, slow repeat for ten reps.
3rd: Stand up with dumbbells and do 10 lateral raises.
4th: Back in position 2, raise arms so they are forward, palms inward, arms bent in a semi bear hug position and parallel to ground. Bring to sides and back to center for 10 reps. I usually do 5 lbs here because this exercise is hard.

Do this set three times with out rest. The third set I change to all 5 lb movements. All of this is slow pace, like 1 second up and one second down.

Legs
Squats
Leg Extentions
Leg Curls
Adductors
Abductors
Calf Lifts
Glute Machine
Leg lifts

I also do 100 crunches per night.

My idea is to hit a variety of ranges and movements in order to work the muscle to the maximum. I tend to use a weight I can do for 10 reps and for 25 reps on the last two movements. Apart from this I do 20 minutes or Cardio every day and stretch before and after the workout, as well as frequently during. Stretching is very important to muscular growth because not only does it help prevent injury and alleviate recovery pain, but it also stretches out the fascia tissue that surrounds the muscle and inhibits its growth. When you are pumped and you stretch is when you get the best stretch of the fascia. Lastly rest and nutrition are every bit as important as the workout itself. Eating enough protein for the muscle to recover and grow as well as enough carbohydrates to replenish diminished glycogen stores in the muscles and liver is vital for repair and being ready for the next time you tax those muscles.

Answer 6

change it from twice a week to 3 or 4 times a week ...

Answer 7

dude there are so many factors espeacially diet...one of the biggest things to consider size is nitrc oxcide (going for a maximum muscle pump) and glycogen..these will add more fluid(size)and good proteins...use high volume training like GVT or HIT program are best...read things from muscletechs' website..there is good info about theabove!