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Do people ask you, "How much do you bench"?
I always had a weak chest, and got up to a 405lb. (x)2 bench by doing a couple of things different with my chest workout:

1. Warm up with 20 reps
2. Increase weight to enough that you hit failure by 8-10 reps.
3. Do 3 sets to failure.
4. Do 2 more sets of forced reps with lighter weight. (Hit failure, then have your partner help lift the weight and let you do negatives).
5. Have them force you to 5-10 reps PAST failure to drive blood into the muscle.

This should help increase your max. bench press significantly!

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I have a guy friend who works out in his home, but he doesn't do an all over workout, he only works on his arms and chest.

I try to tell him that he needs to get all of his muscles a work out, even if they aren't built up, they need to be strong. For some reason he doesn't think that it's important to work muscles unless they can be shown off and he gets a good look from it.

Any advice I can give him, while still remaining his friend?

There are a few things that lower body exercises do for you that you can't get from working smaller muscle groups (like arms).

1. Working larger muscle groups such as back (lats) and legs burn more calories because you're activating more muscle tissue.
2. Having more muscle tissue will keep you leaner, because 1 pound of muscle burns 3-4 times the amount of calories that 1 pound of fat does at rest. (Lean and hard is always better than just being big). (Your muscles look better when you can see the definition / striations).
3. 
   Working large muscle groups forces your body to produce increased levels of HGH (human growth hormone), testosterone and other hormones that make your entire body grow quicker. This is due to your body trying to repair the huge amount of muscle tissue you just broke down. (So, yes, training legs will actually make your ARMS grow!)
4. He may end up like a guy riding a chicken if he doesn't train legs too! lol

Most men, it doesn't matter their age are prone to working their upper body and skipping the all important legs day. We're all guilty of it, I hate legs day, because it hurts worse, they're sore longer, and I typically get nauseous from the high level of intensity required to get a good (bodybuilding) legs workout! I understand why he doesn't like legs, but training legs will have a huge effect on his overall results!

I think every guy hates legs training day. Legs workouts are much tougher than regular upper body stuff, but I've been doing a lot of legs now since my arm is in a cast!
I noticed that without even working arms, they stayed bigger than they would have if I didn't exercise at all. I'm starting to like legs now! You get a great feeling after a hard legs workout!

I have to agree with you Curtis leg workouts can be a bear that is for sure. After awhile doing them now though I am getting use to them. You will feel them that is for sure.

Yeah, but legs day is worth every bit of pain because it gives you great results everywhere else!
I just finished a pretty good legs workout with my wife Lisa. (She''s tough!). I'll be sore tomorrow!

Since I don't bench regularly, starting out with that amount of reps would tire me out so badly. I'd never bench again.

The warm-up is extremely light.

I personally bench 405 for a few reps, but my warmup is only 135 pounds.

I never warm up with more than that even when I hit 455 for a double.
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Your article is great thanks i will talk about it to my best friend Because he is so skinny.

I dont do hardcore workout for my legs but I usually cover it with my regular work outs.
I guess I have to work on my legs abit more. nice information.