Mike "Titan" O'Hearn On Arms

[Grim83]

I train heavy—real heavy. If you focus on squats, bench presses, deadlifts and chins—stick with basic heavy exercises—you’ll get big, your arms will grow, and you’ll be strong.

I’ve found that that’s the only thing that works. My genetic shape doesn’t change due to the way I train. Myths say that you can’t do heavy benches, chins, deadlifts and squats. I throw out the myths. I’ve proved it, and I continue to get stronger and improve.

My working weight on the bench is 500 pounds—that builds triceps. Deadlifts with no straps at 700 pounds—want forearms? Chins with 100 to 150 pounds tied to me—got biceps? Squats—name a muscle group that doesn’t get worked.

look here for the full interview 21 Inch Arms Naturally With Mike “Titan” O’Hearn : Iron Man Magazine | www.ironmanmagazine.com

[BendtheBar]

I was in until I read natural 21 inch arms.

I like the approach, of course, but that arm size for naturals is utter horse****. Arnold didn't even break 20. Oliva barely cracked 20. And O'Hearn's look nowhere near 20. I just don't understand why you would wreck a good article by adding on the horse****.

Anyway, back to the point (throwing out the chest-thumping), I agree with the approach. All a focus on biceps has ever given me was tendinitis. Sure, sometimes I feel like I'm missing the boat and hit them harder, but I'm rarely more than a one and done exercise bicep guy.

[strkout35]

in the pic where they're measuring his arms he's flexing so maybe it's 21 flexed?

[BendtheBar]

Personally, I think O'hearn is nowhere near 20". Compare his arm to Sergio's. Also, for Iron Man/O'hearn to pretend that even 20" arms are possible naturally is highly misleading and irresponsible.

Charles Poliquin quoting Arthur Jones:

In "The Nautilus Book, Volume II," Jones recounts that the most muscular arm he ever measured was that of Sergio Oliva. At 20-1/8 inches, Sergio's arms literally dwarfed his head, making him appear the target of some weird, voodoo curse.

Sergio Oliva (from an interview) on "Magazine Arms" and true arm sizes:

SO: This occurred with Jones, around the time of the 1972 Mr. Olympia in Essen, Germany. You see, Jones tricked everybody. He would invite them down and pay for the trip to test his machines. Everyone went down... Columbu, Arnold, Zane... everybody. And as soon as you arrived he would start measuring your arms cold, then he would tell you how much you can increase in a couple of days, and nobody would believe it. All those Weider magazines claiming 21-22" arms would have everyone coming down to 18-19"... and the only 20.5" cold was my arm. After going through his workouts, my arm was almost an inch bigger, and that happened for everybody. Arnold's arm was 19.75", and Weider had him in the magazines with 22.5". It was ridiculous -- all their measurements came down when Jones measured them. It was during that time that Jones measured my arms and my head, and I couldn't believe that my arms were bigger than my head... I didn't pay attention up to that point.

[glwanabe]

I like it, except for the 20+ arms part.

[BendtheBar]

BTw, I would like to see a video of O'Hearn ramming 500 pound bench presses. Those are some sweet numbers.

[onetiredkris]

Thats one curse I'd be glad to have.... The 'ol 18s just don't cut it like they used to

[JBlack16]

Good post Mike. I see more and more articles backing up the heavy weight. I subscribed to MuscleMag when I was a noob, so I just glance through it and give it to one of the guys at the gym, but they had an article about lifting heavy weights using barbells.

[Grim83]

Originally Posted by JBlack16

Good post Mike. I see more and more articles backing up the heavy weight. I subscribed to MuscleMag when I was a noob, so I just glance through it and give it to one of the guys at the gym, but they had an article about lifting heavy weights using barbells.

i admit when i was just gettin started musclemag was a blessing and a curse all in one shot lol

[kman025]

YouTube - Mike O'Hearn IronMan Magazine 2010 issue Jan/Feb Sneak Peek

YouTube - Mike O'Hearn IronMan Magazine 2010 issue Jan/Feb Sneak Peek