what should be my aim?

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chris101

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I just measured my arms (all the way round).
My reults -

Right Arm :
Not Tense - 11.5inch | 29cm
Tense - 12inch | 30.5cm

Left Arm -
Not Tense - 12.5inch | 30cm
Tense - 12.5cm | 32cm

I am eating 3/4 times a day and take Prolabs Whey Protein once a day.
My workouts are with dumbells only and only work on my biceps, triceps. I do some cardio now and again as well.

If I carry on like this, within 4 weeks at minimum, what should be the increase in my arms size?
 
Don't expect too much increase in size & strength if you only work out your arms... your body doesn't work that way... Even when you train your legs with squats, your whole body will grow faster, including your arms... You can't 'grow' massive arms and leave the rest of your body untrained =) Well, you could, to a certain extent, but it won't go anywhere nearly as fast as when you'd train your whole body.

4 weeks isn't much either... I'd be very surprised if you would even gain half a cm in that time... you might even lose size because you burn some fat ;p

But I'm not an expert though.
 
So what should be my aproach?
As for working hard, I’ve started to do more different type of workouts. Instead of Monday arms and Tuesdays chest. I’m doing all on Monday - biceps, triceps, chest, shoulders, back and abs. Then I give Tuesday a miss and repeat on Wednesday and follow in that order.
Im thinking of getting a treadmil as well. Is this routine workout any good or should I split it into seperate days again?
 
That depends on how 'hard' your workouts are... If you don't tax your muscles hard, you can work out every other day (although I'd still advice more than one day of rest for each muscle group). If you work your muscles till failure, for several sets, they'll need up to 5-6 days to recover and grow...

So, it's better to do like most people: split your workout again ;p the 'default' would probably be something like this

monday: back, biceps & forearms
wednesday: chest, shoulders & triceps
friday: legs & abs

Train them well (2 exercises for the small muscle groups and 4 for the large; 3 sets, 12-10-8 reps or so), eat well, and you should be allright...
 
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