Thread: body symmetry

Hello,

I was wondering if any of you guys could offer me suggestions with this...

I've lost a bit of weight and am really happy with how my legs and abs look (finally the six pack is showing!!) Anyway, due to my body fat being low (around 11%) I have also lost a bit of muscle from my arms. I like the fact that my legs are finally muscular but thinner and my abs are now showing but my arms are just a little to skinny for my liking. Do you think there is any way that I could put some size on my arms without adding to my legs and waist? (I know that the best way to put on size in my arms would obviously be to cut cardio and eat more, but I don't want to add any size to my legs and want my abs to stay relatively cut). I'm currently doing about 45 minutes of cardio a day and lifting on a 3 day split of bi's, tri's and back on day 1, legs and abs on day 2 and chest and shoulders on day 3. (with one day rest in between cycles) for about 45 minutes/session and eating roughly 2200 calories a day spread out in 6 meals. Any advice is appreciated!!
Thanks!!
BerryBlis

Hello,

Okay, here's my routine:

start off with 45 minutes cardio - either incline walking or running (some sprints included)
For weights I do a circuit style thing supersetting two exercises pretty much back to back (maybe 15-30 second rest in between). I'll list the exercises I do in pairs and these are the "supersets". I usually do 3 sets of each pair of exercise and then finish up with one drop set before moving on to the next superset. My rep range is usually 8-12 reps or until exhaustion.

So, day 1 is biceps, triceps and back:
1 - bicep curls and tricep kickbacks
2 - reverse flyes and hammer curls
3 - over head tricep press and dips (with both legs on a chair)
4 - Another set of curls and bend over rows
5 - finish up with a set of barbell curls

Day 2 is legs and abs
1 - leg extensions and crunches on a ball
2 - hamstring curls and hamstring curls on a ball
3 - leg extension (yah, another 3 sets of these, i like them lots!) and dead lifts
4 - squats and reverse crunches on a ball
5 - various crunches/ab exercise on the floor

Day 3 is shoulders, and chest
1 - lateral raises and chest flyes
2 - lateral raises to the side and I don't know what this exercise is called but basically hold two dumbells in front of you and bending your elbows raise your hands to as close to your chin as you can...if you catch where i'm going with this
3 - push ups and abs on the ball (I needed sometime to superset so i figured abs would be good)
4 - overhead press and bench press
5 - shrugs and abs on the ball again

Weights usually takes around 45 minutes and then i'll usually walk on the treadmill for another 10 minutes (low intensity) just to clear up any lactic acid and sorta loosen up/cool down. I work out at home and have dumbels of various weights and a bench press/leg extension/curl machine and that's about it so that's why some of the exercises are limited. As far as diet goes, I'm trying to eat about 2200 calories a day and am taking in at least 120 grams of protein a day (I weight 115 lbs).
Any advice would be appreciated!
BerryBlis