Questions tagged [biceps]
Questions regarding the biceps, which lies on the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow.
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How to target short bicep head?
During a bicep workout I usually start with a neutral grip machine preacher curl, which effectively targets the long head and provides good resistance in the lengthened position. I've never been able ...
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Causes of muscular imbalance?
I've been noticing a slight imbalance with my back for the past few months. It is a very slight difference I.e. when doing 40kg dumbell rows right side feels like it still has 1 or 2 reps in the tank ...
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Hip swing in concentric contraction of bicep curl
While doing bicep curl with a friend at the gym, I notice his hip would always swing front and back everytime he did a concentric on the bicep curl. We tried to correct the problem by reducing the ...
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Is Barbell Drag Curl mechanically useful for building biceps
The barbell Drag Curl is said to be effective for the Bicep Long Head as it works in a more stretched position compared to the conventional barbell curl.
I'm considering to add it to my routine in ...
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Bicep Burn While Doing Arm Circles
I'll do a set of bicep curls, then extend my arms (make a T shape), and do 2-300 rapid tight arm circles for my delts. I get the gnarliest bicep burn while doing the arm circles.
My question is, why ...
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Pullups as adequate alternative to arm curls for biceps
I work out at home and do not have adequately weighted dumbells or barbell for arm curls for my biceps, however, I do have a pullup bar and do them every other day 5 sets of 6 reps all the way down (...
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How to strengthen and remove knot near Brachialis and Biceps Brachii?
I have a knot near the Brachialis and Biceps Brachii. It's been there for a few years now and haven't been able to get rid of it. I've done arm workouts, theragun, foam rolling, and stretches. ...
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One arm won't fold after some reps while doing bicep dumbbell curls
Currently I am a beginner in muscle building and to train my bicep muscles I am using dumbbells and I am performing dumbbell curls with them.
While performing the curls, after some reps my left arm ...
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Why is 40 pushups a day not doing anything?
My goal is to build muscle, especially in the arms/biceps.
Originally I was doing about 10 pushups a day along with some bicep stretches (wall stretch, using rollers, deltoid stretch, etc). In mid-...
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Which is the proper grip for dumbbell biceps curl?
is it better for dumbbell biceps curl:
a high palm grip (such as that of deadlift)
a bulldog low palm grip (such as that of bench press and overhead press)
a traditional low palm grip
My opinion: ...
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Continuing body building after a gap of 3 years
I discovered body building when I was 16. Everyone told me to start off slow and gradually increase. But I wouldn't get the pump with smaller weights/lesser reps of comfortable weight.
I started with ...
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How much time -depending on dumbell size
I would like to know if 5kg dumbbell is enough to grow "big" biceps. Of course ,I know more kg can give faster results, but because I now re-start my workouts.I would like to start slow.I ...
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Home workouts that could grow bigger arms
I need suggestions for good home workouts that could grow bigger arms/biceps/forearms
I only know of push-ups. I am not sure if they are enough to make your arms bigger
I am looking for something ...
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Need some biceps [closed]
Categorically can't do pull ups or bicep curls.
I need something really hard to challenge my biceps, they are my weakest point and the hardest thing to train without equipment.
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Why do we bicep curl?
Turns that I can reverse curl as much as I can bicep curl normally... At least when using a barbell my bicep curl is 1:1 to my reverse curl, when using a dumbell is more like 4/5...
Do why do we bicep ...
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