If I do arm curls, will I eventually get that big beefy bulbous veiny look?
waterweight130
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You know like the guys with the big arms with veins that stick out
I just started doing bicep curls I just want that look in my arms for now
I'm at 205 pounds and I don't want to gain weight I just want my arms to get bigger and veiny
I just started doing bicep curls I just want that look in my arms for now
I'm at 205 pounds and I don't want to gain weight I just want my arms to get bigger and veiny
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I'm no power lifter, but I'm going to go with a big "nope".9
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The funny thing about muscles is that at one point their growth ends up limited by the muscles around it. It's the reason that most programs start out with compound lifts. Compound lifts make the main and supporting muscles all work together.
If you only do curls you'll end up limited by the triceps, delts, lats, pecs, rhomboids, traps and all tertiary muscles.
The veiny look comes from low body fat, genetics, and hydration.7 -
Why would you aspire to veiny arms and only one muscle growing?2
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I vote nope.
Are you lean like the guys with big veiny arms?
Do you train like the guys with big veiny arms?
Do you have the same genetics as the guys that are very vascular?
No you won't get big arms from just doing bicep curls - most upper arm volume come from triceps not biceps.
Don't be yet another guy wasting their gym time by making what should be an accessory lift the one and only star of the show.
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I would much rather have an overall fit and healthy look myself. Everything gets worked equally through the course of a week, so while I may not look like the Rock, I'm pretty lean and decently muscled for my age.0
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In for bulbous arms!4
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Oh MFP, you never fail me.
Does working on bulbous arms mean you can skip leg day?5 -
VintageFeline wrote: »Oh MFP, you never fail me.
Does working on bulbous arms mean you can skip leg day?
It sounds like it. Big arms and underdeveloped everything else would be an awesome look.2 -
No. And if you want to be vascular you are going to have to consider a lot more than doing some bicep curls.0
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Popeye approves
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I have big veins that run down my arms. The absolute only benefit I have ever gotten from this feature was a red cross employee commenting how nice it was to take my blood as everything was easy to find.
Since I've managed to hurt my knee and absolutelywreck my back in the same week doing compound lifts maybe I'll switch exclusively over to arm work and see.2 -
You're joking, right?1
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I heard at the gym, that doing curls in the squat rack will get your arms huge!2
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singingflutelady wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »Oh MFP, you never fail me.
Does working on bulbous arms mean you can skip leg day?
It sounds like it. Big arms and underdeveloped everything else would be an awesome look.
But. But. You'd look awesome in a tank top with baggy sweats.0 -
Willbenchforcupcakes wrote: »singingflutelady wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »Oh MFP, you never fail me.
Does working on bulbous arms mean you can skip leg day?
It sounds like it. Big arms and underdeveloped everything else would be an awesome look.
But. But. You'd look awesome in a tank top with baggy sweats.
style and gainz GOALZ.1 -
This is just silly. To get that veiny look, it's all about the shakeweight. That's what I use and I'm a veiniac.10
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FWIW, I've got lots of "veins that stick out" in my arms but they've always been that way regardless of my weight; just more noticeable when I weigh less. So, I think it's mainly genetic.
Working out heavy doing the Big 4 compound lifts (as well as Farmer's walks, pushups, pullups and dips) and losing BF has increased muscular definition and enhanced the veiny look of my arms which are far from being "big, beefy and bulbous" (my largest flexed bicep is only 14.5") but appear large in proportion to my size (5'8", 42-34-38 & 162#) despite being on a deficit/maintenance diet.
So, if you don't want to gain weight but still want larger veiny arms, my recommendation is to skip the curls, lose BF while maintaining wt (it's called recomp) and do heavy compound lifts and exercises that work your arms (as well as shoulders, pecs, back & legs, like the ones I've already mentioned), so that your arms remain in proportion to the rest of your body. However, because of the fat loss overall, your arms should still end up look noticebly larger; it's kind of an optical illusion common in body building.
If you do this, that veiny look you want should appear in your arms and maybe in your legs too. Then, if you really want your arms to get BIG, you need to accept that you have to eat more (particularly protein), which will cause you to gain weight, and lift heavier than b4 doing both compound and isolation lifts (like curls) to promote muscle growth.
If you try to do this, I'd give it at least a year to make it happen. Good luck.
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FWIW, I've got lots of "veins that stick out" in my arms but they've always been that way regardless of my weight; just more noticeable when I weigh less. So, I think it's mainly genetic.
Working out heavy doing the Big 4 compound lifts (as well as Farmer's walks, pushups, pullups and dips) and losing BF has increased muscular definition and enhanced the veiny look of my arms which are far from being "big, beefy and bulbous" (my largest flexed bicep is only 14.5") but appear large in proportion to my size (5'8", 42-34-38 & 162#) despite being on a deficit/maintenance diet.
So, if you don't want to gain weight but still want larger veiny arms, my recommendation is to skip the curls, lose BF while maintaining wt (it's called recomp) and do heavy compound lifts and exercises that work your arms (as well as shoulders, pecs, back & legs, like the ones I've already mentioned), so that your arms remain in proportion to the rest of your body. However, because of the fat loss overall, your arms should still end up look noticebly larger; it's kind of an optical illusion common in body building.
If you do this, that veiny look you want should appear in your arms and maybe in your legs too. Then, if you really want your arms to get BIG, you need to accept that you have to eat more (particularly protein), which will cause you to gain weight, and lift heavier than b4 doing both compound and isolation lifts (like curls) to promote muscle growth.
If you try to do this, I'd give it at least a year to make it happen. Good luck.FWIW, I've got lots of "veins that stick out" in my arms but they've always been that way regardless of my weight; just more noticeable when I weigh less. So, I think it's mainly genetic.
Working out heavy doing the Big 4 compound lifts (as well as Farmer's walks, pushups, pullups and dips) and losing BF has increased muscular definition and enhanced the veiny look of my arms which are far from being "big, beefy and bulbous" (my largest flexed bicep is only 14.5") but appear large in proportion to my size (5'8", 42-34-38 & 162#) despite being on a deficit/maintenance diet.
So, if you don't want to gain weight but still want larger veiny arms, my recommendation is to skip the curls, lose BF while maintaining wt (it's called recomp) and do heavy compound lifts and exercises that work your arms (as well as shoulders, pecs, back & legs, like the ones I've already mentioned), so that your arms remain in proportion to the rest of your body. However, because of the fat loss overall, your arms should still end up look noticebly larger; it's kind of an optical illusion common in body building.
If you do this, that veiny look you want should appear in your arms and maybe in your legs too. Then, if you really want your arms to get BIG, you need to accept that you have to eat more (particularly protein), which will cause you to gain weight, and lift heavier than b4 doing both compound and isolation lifts (like curls) to promote muscle growth.
If you try to do this, I'd give it at least a year to make it happen. Good luck.
just reading all about all that work made me sleepy.0 -
lsutton484 wrote: »just reading all about all that work made me sleepy.
It should bore you to death especially if you're going to double quote my entire long a** post. An excerpt would have been sufficient. LOL!2 -
Nope. Not unless you first build up the muscle mass underneath and then cut away the fat ontop. Vascularity is mainly due to body fat percentage. Tell me, what other exercises are you doing? Like squats, deadlifts, OH presses, bench press, rows. Or are you just doing curls?0
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Sure you could. Bicep curls are where it's at.0
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VintageFeline wrote: »Oh MFP, you never fail me.
Does working on bulbous arms mean you can skip leg day?
Of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS-oRydlnCE
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No but you will probably get tendonitis1
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In my experience, vascularity comes from being lean not having large muscles. Over 15% I have minimal vascularity but below they all start to come out.0
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No but you will probably get tendonitis
I've never had that problem with curls and I used to do them all the time. The only thing that has given me tendinitis so far is my HG250 gripper. Bending added to it too.
Actually, I had a little nerve issue in my wrists, especially when doing hammer curls, but nothing major.0 -
No but you will probably get tendonitis
I actually tore my left subscapularis tendon (part of the rotator cuff) doing heavy curls w/o using a brace ("Arm Blaster") that would have prevented the injury.
The tear was misdiagnosed because it was hidden (doc thought it was just a bicep tendon strain which has a similar attachment point) and had a high contrast dye MRI done over a yr later which finally revealed it.
Pain in that shoulder still hasn't gone away completely even after almost 5 yrs since the surgery.0 -
vespiquenn wrote: »
Is this the look you're going for, OP?
Damn, you beat me to it!0
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