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Massive
Arms
By Rob Maraby - Review
Review by Rahul Alvares
With the new "Massive
Arms" program Rob Maraby has struck gold yet again. Having
enjoyed Maraby's earlier book "Massive Growth" I was
all excited about getting my own arms on a copy of the much-tempting
"Massive Arms" report. The testimonials were impressive
- users claimed they had gained over an inch in under two weeks.
A few more weeks down the line and most had added anther inch.
I have little doubts
after reading "Massive Arms" that such gains are really
possible. The book uses principles that most certainly will challenge
- if not literally force - your arms into massive growth. The
program is like no other I have ever seen.
But like all good things
I should have expected it to come with a small 'catch'. The few
limitations to the program I will elaborate later.
Essentially, "Massive Arms" is based on the same training
style as Maraby's previous book "Massive Growth."
Stimulation of the
muscles for maximum growth comes from intense and short, but frequent
workouts blended into Macro and Micro cycles. On this cyclic style
of training, you build the intensity of a program over a span
of a few weeks taking training to the edge. Just before overtraining
can set in, you pull back and let your body recuperate. That way
you reap the benefits of hard training but never have to pay the
price for staying in this stage too long.
The program demands
that you eat massive quantities of food (sometimes more than twice
your BMR!). So be prepared to eat a lot. Maraby claims that most
overtraining comes as a result of undereating. Here's a bold statement
made by him in the book -"There is no such thing as overtraining
-only under eating and under training. What we term as overtraining
is a poor excuse not to work hard and perform all the workouts
needed to get the results". So also be prepared to train
hard also!
As a specialization
book, "Massive Arms" includes some great training techniques
that take into consideration the complete development of the arms.
'Holistic training' as this is called it targets all the different
energy systems and muscle fiber types with lactic acid training,
aerobic training, ATP/CP training and Central Nervous System Training.
Most programs stress
on a single or a few rep ranges only. In there lies their limitation.
How can you expect to stimulate mitochondria and the aerobic components
of the arm if you use low reps only? In order to attain maximum
muscle size one must increase the functional ability of all the
muscle components. Massive arm training varies highly in volume,
density, and intensity. The complete and holistic training of
the arm is one of the major plus points of "Massive Arms."
Negatives, partials,
forced reps and burns also make a big feature in this program.
The negative training is used to build ligament and connective
tissue strength.
The exercises included
also are very good. A few of them are completely new. Again, complete
development of all the different heads of the bicep and tricep
muscles is taken into consideration.
Most trainees use a
variety of exercises while training their biceps and triceps.
But few if at all any know how to hit all the different heads
of the arms muscles properly. Developing all the different heads
is one of the major factors to be considered when peaking arm
size.
Though the program
basically targets the arms, it includes the training of all the
other body parts also. That of course is plain necessary and I
shouldn't have to remind you that you can't get really big arms
without squatting and performing the other heavy compound exercises.
This means that along with big arms you will add pounds of muscle
to the rest of your body parts. Not such a bad side effect at
all!
"Massive Arms"
training is not a routine that is easy to follow. In fact it is
one of the most intense and brutal programs I have ever seen.
The results come from hard work.
Though the book is
magical, the path it will take you through demands a lot of extreme
training.
One of the major drawbacks
to the book is the workout timing. From the start you will be
training twice a day. This soon increases to three times a day.
Finally in the last few weeks of the Macro cycle you are required
to train fifteen times a day!
Moreover, these workouts
take place at a gap of an hour each, so that means you might require
a relatively easy daily schedule to work through the last few
weeks at least.
I don't know about
gym timing in the rest of the world, but in Goa, India, where
I live, I have access to the gym only in the mornings and evenings.
I'll definitely need to invest in some dumbbells and barbells
if I want to work "Massive Arms" to a "T."
A little unnerving
were the typos and other 'English' inconsistencies in the book.
And though Maraby begs to be excused for this right at the start
of the book, I won't excuse him - at least not fully. A few of
the exercise descriptions didn't correspond well with the illustrations.
These are small issues that require a little more effort spent
on correction and proofreading.
Though, actually I
do also sympathize with Maraby. If I had information as good as
his to share I might not have been very concerned about my English
either!
"Massive Arms"
remains the hardcore bodybuilder's encyclopedia and guide to a
set of ripped python arms.
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