Matt Irving

I would give anything to be able to train chest, back, and shoulders again. Heck, even just a few different arm exercises would be nice!

Being able to do a few different leg exercises would be a real treat too. For now, I'm stuck with bulgarian split squats or stationary lunges. With all the cool new machines nowadays I really feel like I'm missing out sometimes and I get bummed.

But that's not my path. This is my path. I will continue to show up and maximize what I can do within my limitations.

I understand that it is a difficult issue to grasp. It took me years to understand what was going on myself. Countless misdiagnoses and the next professional lining up to claim they'll 'fix me'.

In the end, I learned enough to understand the issue to be able to manage it. 2 hours of stretching and mobility before every workout. Untangle the crooked mess long enough to push some MFin weight!

If you want to understand more watch my pinned posts or head to my YT channel, I have several videos explaining everything in detail.

Life aint ideal, but I chose to fight. I hope to continue to inspire you guys. All of you that are supportive, it means the world, thankyou.

planning a fall cut to showcase the newly acquired meat. Also, the legs are almost at 28 inches.

Been stuck at 10 reps for a few weeks. Finally cranked 11 today. Nothing feels better than logging that extra rep after you been stuck.

Tried making a bunch of different adjustments to frequency, volume, weight, intensity to break out of the plateau. They all failed.

Finally had a breakthrough this week by switching 1 of the arm days to a light weight pump focused day.

I think this significantly reduced my CNS fatigue and allowed me to come into this session with more POWER.

Always tinkering to find the next edge.

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I'd give my left nut to hit a set of bench. Been 11 long years...

In the meantime, i'll get everything I can out of the overhead milkers.

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For real though, i've tried pretty much every arm training philosophy at this point, and I always see the best growth when i'm gaining strength.

Doesn't mean it's the only thing of value. Some slower sets, higher reps, focus more on squeeze stretch, has it's place certainly.

AND seemingly works better for some people than others. I would gladly lower the weight and slow squeeze stretch my way to more growth and save my joints a bit!

BUT, only thing I can say for sure is what MY BODY is telling me. Consistently I get the best growth when the numbers are climbing.

Take away point is - adding strength to your arm training lifts is at least a substantial part of the equation. More importantly, you should experiment with every approach and then step back and assess how your body responds.

Then BOOM you have your answer and you dont have to go online to argue in the comments with righteous science based lifters about what is the RIGHT way to do it.

If it works for you then, it's RIGHT. If it works differently for someone else then it's also RIGHT for them.

As soon as you empower yourself by letting your body dictate your training approach you will start seeing more results. It's the best guide out there.

AND guess what? It's free. Free training advice from your body custom tailored to you individually. What a great resource, go use it.

GO MAKE SOME ARM GAINS.