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Dylan
Lv 5
Dylan asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 1 decade ago

i've been working out a lot now and i don't feel or look any bigger i need help?

i've been working out well over a month now using dumbbells and i dont feel or look any different, my arms are still not very large and i push myself do a decent amount, my last few reps are difficult but the next day i dont feel soar. i dont go too fast or anything, i do curls and everything pretty slow, i'm doing about 25 pounds for my biceps and about 15 for my forearms and triceps. i allow about 60 seconds between sets. i do about 3 sets and normally 8 to 10 reps each. i try to eat meat after 30 minutes to an hour of working out.

i dont understand what else i need to do or what i'm doing wrong. shouldn't i see results by now?

this is basically my goal of how i want my body structure to be

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/06/07/...

yeah it's a game :P it's the best resemblance i saw so soon though

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    The key is to train each muscle group to failure. If your goal is to gain size, you should be doing 10-14 reps and at least 3 sets of each exercise. Since you're not feeling any soreness, it's likely that you're not going to failure: the point where you can't do another rep no matter how hard you try. If you are doing more than 14 reps (I usually target 12), raise the weight. If less than 10, lower the weight.

    How often do you hit each muscle group? I now do a 5-day schedule, where I focus on one muscle group each day: chest, arms, shoulders, core/back, and legs. I do a half hour of intense cardio each day as well. If you're young (i.e. under 30) you can likely hit each muscle group twice per week and still recover -- more often than that and you're wasting your time.

    Don't forget to hit all parts of your body. Nothing looks worse than a guy with big arms, but a weak chest and skinny legs. Or a big chest and skinny arms. Don't forget all of the shoulder, leg and especially core exercises.

    Source(s): I've been weight training for about 8-9 years now, and when I started I was both skinny and a bit pudgy at 180 pounds (I'm nearly 6'3") and got to 245 pounds (muscular though not particularly lean) at my heaviest and now am between 220 and 225 pounds and fairly lean and still muscular -- I'm basically just trying to maintain that now. I'm a lot bigger than when I started.
  • ganz
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    in case you worked out vigorously, your abdomen should be swollen and the muscle should be firming. in case you could sense fat, over the muscle, then your muscle should be growing to be fat, and also you should favor to do diverse workouts. try doing complete of life sit down-ups, and center aerobics.

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