Thread: How do you not overtrain your biceps?

What are you stats (height, weight, age)?

simply do fewer sets of biceps - i never do more than 6 total (ie; 3 straight bar curl, 2 dumbell curl, 1 ez-bar curl) - lift heavy w/ low reps (4-6) and avoid isolation exercises like the preacher curl

You dont do the good exercise, your program isnt good or well planified, because not every exercise work the biceps, not at all.

Every press exercise, yes you work triceps for example, and for back you work bi's, but imo if you keep arms volume low, you'll not overtrain.

I'm 18 about 6 ft and weigh 155. I probably have an incredibly low body-fat percentage.
And even if I did less when working out my biceps, wouldn't I still be over-training when I worked them the other days?

Originally Posted by BlackDogStrut

It seems like every exercise, weither nautilus or free weight or whatever, all seem to additionally target your arms. .

Great you have figured out that anything usings your arms is working them. So when you work your back your working your Biceps. When you are workiing your chest or shoulder pressing movements your working your Triceps. There for you don't need to many bicep or tricep exercizes when arm day comes along. 5-6 sets of Bi's and 6-8 sets of tri's should do it.

90% of your exercises work your arms? What do you do for legs? As for your question, just do low sets for arms. I only do 1 or 2 sets for biceps.

After latts all you need is 4-6 hard sets of biceps....no more than 2x a week.