The “Guns.” The “Pythons.” The “Rockweillers.” There is no other muscle group that has earned more nicknames than when describing a bulging and huge set of bicep!

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For as many bodybuilders as there are in the world, there's probably a split for each one. That means literally hundreds of combinations of splits that can lead you down the path to mass building or fat leaning success. There are 3 day splits, 4 day splits, 5, 6 and 7 day splits, and everything in between.

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During the last few days before a bodybuilding show, athletes focus all their energies and efforts upon peaking for the upcoming show. Their diet is designed to finalize fat loss and remove all unneeded water from the body. They must get their tans applied for the show. They must perfect their posing. They must arrive in the destination city and prepare all the logistical details. Drug protocols must be minimized and possibly masked for testing. And, most cautiously, they must carb up. We have read hundreds of articles about all of these topics. The last week before a show is the most important of the entire training year and pre-contest. Rarely do we see anything about that very important aspect of preparation which gave us the muscle in the first place: Training. How much should one train in those days before a show?

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The biceps are perhaps the most popular body part to train. Very rarely will you meet a new trainer in the gym who doesn’t pay adequate attention to biceps training. Despite this propensity to train them, there aren’t a lot of great biceps sets in gyms. One would think that the most popular body part would be the most developed. However, this is far from the actual case.

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Q:  I am so pissed off right now!  I have started to develop stretch marks on my biceps after lifting heavy, but noticed the other day that I now have them in the oddest place – in the inside of my thighs. Should I use something to prevent or treat them?

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Q:  I experience a lot of pain in my biceps when I train them. It's not injury pain, its excruciating lactic acid pain, I guess, and it actually makes me feel angry.  Is there any way I can avoid this?

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Q:  I’ve got decent looking biceps (17 inches) but my forearms and wrists are out of proportion – in fact they’re down right wimpy. What can I do to bring them up?

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Q:  What can I do about disproportionate muscle growth between the different sides of my body? For instance, my right pecs, biceps and shoulders are bigger than the left – it’s all out of balance.

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