21 Guns
By: Eric Howser

“Let me see you flex.” Any time you hear that from someone, you automatically go to showing off your biceps. Every time I hang out with my female friends and there are other men around, I always hear them saying, “Look at his arms, they’re so sexy.” This muscle has come to represent strength and masculinity in a man, so of course every guy is going to want biceps that attract attention. So how do you go about getting the arms you so desperately want? I’m going to tell you.

Everyone looking to increase the size of their biceps goes straight to a routine they get out of a magazine or from some website that claims to be able to give you ripped arms in just six weeks. I don’t know about you, but not only have I found it hard to keep up with the requirements of those routines, I’ve also noticed that my arms didn’t change like I expected. This is likely due to the fact that most of us don’t regularly kill ourselves in the gym like the guys who these routines are based off of. For the majority of us, our muscles need to be conditioned before we can be expected to stick with the kind of routines body builders use. This conditioning will not only get you ready to hang with the big boys in the gym, but will also improve how your biceps look in just three weeks.

“21 Guns” is by no means easy or painless, in fact it may prove to be quite the opposite, but if you can make it through you’ll love it. This workout is a three set routine with twenty-one reps in each set. It’s meant to focus on the outer and inner biceps separately, followed by simultaneously.

To begin this workout, you have to find a set weight that you are able to perform twenty-one reps with, you can use dumbbells, a straight bar, or a curl bar. You begin in a standing position holding the weight with a shoulder width grip and your elbows locked at your sides. While keeping your back and shoulders fixed curl the weight until your arms make a ninety degree angle, then slowly lower the weight to the starting position. You continue to do this seven times. After you raise the weight the seventh time hold for one second, then continue to curl the weight to your chest, lowering it to the ninety degree angle position. You also do this seven times. If you’re confused think of it as two separate half curls. The final installment of this routine is a full curl seven times. Take ninety seconds of rest between the three sets, and if you really want to challenge yourself, superset the routine with ten pull-ups before your rest. This routine is meant to be performed three days a week for three weeks, once you finish the three weeks you’ll be ready to really hit it hard like the guys in the magazines.