Building up the arms & shoulders

When I began lifting I was scared of getting bulky. I didn't know enough about lifting and diet at that point to realize that unless I really ate to bulk, lifted very low rep and high weight and did little cardio, that probably wasn't going to even start to happen. 

I don't supplement heavily, I eat a moderate amount (1500-1800 calories most days), and lift in the 8-12 rep range. I'm not bulking. But what I am trying for is nice, visible muscles. Now, different people put on muscle differently and even for the same person, different muscles will be easier or harder to grow.

I have always had trouble putting muscle on my upper body, as I've mentioned before. To that end I do 2 (ish) arm workouts a week. I say "ish" because one is a hard, solely arm workout and the other one I combine with my chest day.

Today I noticed a nice line between my bis and tris when my arm was down at my side doing shoulder rotations on the cable machine. That got me pretty stoked!

Either way, there is still a long way to go between me and the muscle I want on my arms.

Current Arms

Hopefully one day in the future -- arms