Favorite bicep workout

[thomaskstewart]

Curls are over rated... you'll waste time trying to fit them into your workout when you should be concentrating on compound movements...

Biceps and triceps both are biarticulate muscles... (which means basically that they cross 2 joints)... In this case the elbow and the shoulder!

In more precision...

The Biceps muscle Originates on the coracoid process (outer & upper most bone you can feel on your shoulder) of the scapula & Inserts on the radius (bone on the thumb side of the forearm). It's actions are to flex (front raise) and abduct (lateral raise) the shoulder joint, flex (curl) the elbow joint, and supinate (twist from palm down to palm up) the forearm.

The Triceps Muscle Originates on the scapula and humerus (upper arm) & Inserts on the olecranon process (the pointy bone of your elbow). It's Actions are to extend (press down) the elbow joint & adduct (opposite of lateral raise like - decline flies) and extend (opposite of front raise - like straight arm press down) the shoulder joint

So in conclusion... doing bicep curls or tricep press downs isn't working the full muscles potential... only compound movements work biarticulate muscles to their full potential because that's what a compound movement is - an exercise which involves more than one joint.... again as I said you should be concentrating on compound movements.

[Kibble]

Curls are over rated... you'll waste time trying to fit them into your workout when you should be concentrating on compound movements...

Biceps and triceps both are biarticulate muscles... (which means basically that they cross 2 joints)... In this case the elbow and the shoulder!

In more precision...

The Biceps muscle Originates on the coracoid process (outer & upper most bone you can feel on your shoulder) of the scapula & Inserts on the radius (bone on the thumb side of the forearm). It's actions are to flex (front raise) and abduct (lateral raise) the shoulder joint, flex (curl) the elbow joint, and supinate (twist from palm down to palm up) the forearm.

The Triceps Muscle Originates on the scapula and humerus (upper arm) & Inserts on the olecranon process (the pointy bone of your elbow). It's Actions are to extend (press down) the elbow joint & adduct (opposite of lateral raise like - decline flies) and extend (opposite of front raise - like straight arm press down) the shoulder joint

So in conclusion... doing bicep curls or tricep press downs isn't working the full muscles potential... only compound movements work biarticulate muscles to their full potential because that's what a compound movement is - an exercise which involves more than one joint.... again as I said you should be concentrating on compound movements.

I agree with some of your points. However, Arnold did not build his arms by skipping the curls. I feel great pumps in my biceps after doing weighted chinups (my favorite and first bicep exercise). But after a set of seated preacher bb curls with 135lbs, my biceps are pumped like Jenna Jameson's ass

[thomaskstewart]

I agree with some of your points. However, Arnold did not build his arms by skipping the curls. I feel great pumps in my biceps after doing weighted chinups (my favorite and first bicep exercise). But after a set of seated preacher bb curls with 135lbs, my biceps are pumped like Jenna Jameson's ass

Well, yeah think about what position your arms are in when doing preacher curls... they're out in front and up like a front raise then you're curling your arms up that would be getting the full peak contraction... not the full motion in its entirety but... you get what I mean... I don't think this is anything new as far as information to anyone who's been doing it a while

My main purpose was to inform the uninformed as to how retarded I think it is to do countless curls infront of the mirror when they could be doing things that make way more progress as a whole... ie compound exercises!

Oh and I don't think Arnold built his arms doing curls I think he did compound exercises (the kind most of us don't do anymore) and with genetics ... Then after he was huger (than he probably was as a teenager... haha) he used isolations to sculpt them into an art form known as Arnold's Arms... haha

Funny shit "Jenna Jameson's ass" hahaha

TK