by Jason King

Are you looking for a way to get your biceps to grow at a faster pace than they are at the moment? If you're looking for the answer to that question, you must first realize that building big arms involves a few key conditions that have to be adhered to consistently, this will then get you the results you're after. Just blasting out set after set of bicep curls in the gym isn't the way to do it. Below you'll find all what you need to do to get some growth in your biceps.

Too many gym users are performing set after set of exercises where the weight they're using is too light, and this is sending their progress backwards. You need to place stress on your biceps with heavy weights Which causes more muscle fiber breakdown so your muscles know they have been lifting something.

While using heavy weights is important for building big arms, it's also important that you use good form to get the best results possible. Swinging the weight so you can lift more than you normally can won't help your arms grow.

The number of sets and reps that you're able to do per exercise can help determine whether the weights that you use are sufficiently heavy. The ideal rep range is 5 to 7 per exercise, and you only need to do 2 different exercises. This means that the weights should be heavy enough for you to complete 5 to 7 reps with proper form - that's it. If you can go past 7 reps then you need to increase the weight. Over training your biceps is easy, and this rep and set range prevents any over training.

Without adequate calories, building big arms would be a far fetched task. This means eating more calories than your burning, and probably more calories than you're eating at the moment. A great deal of your calorie intake should come from high protein as well as low glycemic foods sources. It's important to eat fat as well, but just eat fat that is healthy, so avoid saturated fats.

To get muscular biceps, you must train your entire body. Training other body parts with enough intensity would trigger what is known as "the spillover effect" which adds more mass on your arms. When your whole body gets stronger so will your biceps, and then they will grow.

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