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Reply 1

Caribou

you will get the most out of a gym.

Reply 2

redluc

Look up hammer curls, concentration curls, preacher curls. If you want bigger biceps, you'll need to be increasing the weight of your dumbells. You should be doing 3 sets of 6-8 reps at a heavy weight, whereby you can complete the set but push yourself.

Reply 3

latentcorpse

deos doing press-ups increase bicep size

Reply 4

mike_J

i believe press-ups work your triceps more so, as well as your pectoral muscles.

Reply 5

Caribou

latentcorpse

deos doing press-ups increase bicep size

Reply 6

aced

You're biceps really benefit from compound movements such as chin-ups and bent-over rows. Too many curls are a waste of time. Get a proper full-body routine; not a beach body routine.

Reply 7

Bis

latentcorpse

deos doing press-ups increase bicep size

I'm really tempted to put that in my sig.

Reply 8

Bis

aced

You're biceps really benefit from compound movements such as chin-ups and bent-over rows. Too many curls are a waste of time. Get a proper full-body routine; not a beach body routine.

Hardly. Isolation movements are generally more beneficial for biceps.

Reply 9

aced

I don't actually see what's so funny about that to be perfectly honest; it was just a question!

Reply 10

aced

Yes, but i still believe one would be better off doing compound movements for obvious reasons.

Reply 11

harry5069

You would be better off doing compound movements, what's the point of having huge biceps when you can't lift anything because your back's too weak? Get a pullup bar, one of the ones that fits over the doorframe and doesn't need drilling and start lifting yourself, it'll hit your biceps better than dumbell curls.

Reply 12

aced

at least someone agrees with me.

Reply 13

harry5069

Completely agree with you, I hate those guys that could bench press 200kg but couldn't pull themselves up 2/3 times because they want to look good on the beach so only work the chest, abs and biceps. Get a proper workout, it'll be better for you in the long run.

Reply 14

__WiZaRD__

What muscles do pull-ups affect?

Reply 15

MagicNMedicine

My preferred routine is to do bicep curls with a straight bar (I find it harder than the EZ bar and feel it more on the biceps), and I also do chin ups (underhand grip).

I think most people in the gym overtrain biceps because they get stimulated as part of a number of compound movements anyway, and you see guys there doing bicep curls or on that sit down bicep machine for hour after hour.

I'd rather spend my time on compound exercises and build the whole body from the core than focus on nailing the biceps