How to get meat on your arms

Since I have started working out I have gained almost 50lbs in muscle. This is over the span of 6 months. Thing is though that most of my work outs consist of about 70 - 90% of the max weight I can lift and I do it usually for 5 sets of 5 reps. I also make sure that I do some low weight high rep work outs while my muscles are still recovering for a few days. This works for me because I am only looking for functional strength, not to look like a pool boy.

But if this is something you want to do then consider what it is your want before you go deciding on a work out. As a general rule of thumb, High rep work outs are more for tone and endurance were as high weight work outs are more for strength training.

Originally Posted by Aardork

It's true that a slight soreness is an indicator of a good workout, though if it regularly leaves you literally incapable of doing your daily tasks (as SF said), you probably are overtraining.

I actually rarely get sore after a work out. I drink a great deal of water during the day and make sure to stretch out my muscles when I am done working out. I have managed to get myself pretty sore after bear crawling for a half mile.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

gaming, are you still in high school? If you are I suggest joining the swim team if they have one, if not then just go to a local pool and swim laps. That is an excellent way to get in shape and the advantage of swimming is that it works your entire body at once. You get a great deal of tone from doing a lot of swimming and if you train for sprinting you will get some rather large shoulders and legs in no time flat.

There's nowhere I can't reach.