Today in Church, our pastor brought as a guest a sage, old man who was a Biblical scholar throughout his life and is well-versed in the langues of Hebrew and Greek.

He enlightened us on the nature of the Hebrew language, and how it consists of far, far fewer words than our English language does. He made reference to the fact that there are only 8,679 unique words in the Hebrew Old Testament, and about how something like 600 words is enough to understand 90% of what is communicated. Our English translations have at least 10x more unique words.

Consequently, a typical Hebrew word has many, many more meanings derived from it than the English language typically does. E.g. To "see" means not only to perceive with sight to us, but also it can mean to comprehend or to understand.

He then proceeded to enlighten us on some anatomy. In Hebrew, the body parts were used in language in order to convey meanings beyond simply the body. Here are their common meanings/uses:

Eyes: Understand

Ears: Obey/submit

Nose: Anger

Heart: Think

Guts: Emotions and feelings

Hands: Work

Fingers: Craftsmanship

Arms: Strength

Feet: Message carrying

That's right boys. Your arms are a manifestation of your strength- this idea dates back to the origins of ancient language used to transcribe Scripture.


So, here's how to get big arms. I'm gonna keep this real short. This is in no way comprehensive, just some tips that I think aren't mentioned enough

VOLUME, EXERCISING CORRECTLY, and FOOD

VOLUME - More, more more. I do 20 sets for a muscle group.

EXERCISING CORRECTLY - Stop trying to use the biggest weight possible. Grab a weight and use it as a tool. Start with warm up sets of 25- good sets. Several of them. Get all that blood in the muscle. After that, slow and controlled movements. Establish a mind-muscle connection and squeeze that muscle when you contract as hard as you can, every rep. It's going to burn. You're going to be sore. And then you're going to be big.

FOOD- Forget trying to get bigger if you're not eating enough. No, seriously, forget it. Your body can't accumulate mass if it doesn't have the resources to put it on you. Don't be Kevin Durant who is freakishly strong for a skinny guy.

Be freakishly strong for a bear.