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Do This EVERY Day for BIG Biceps!

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t really want me hurting myself working out. Not to mention, I was a bit too young to be lifting weights any way. So, he gave me a little 5 lb Marcy dumbbell and told me to stay safe. There weren-t a lot of exercises I could effectively do with that little of a weight, so I wound up doing a whole bunch of curls. What I learned from doing curls with that little dumbbell however would change the way my biceps would develop not just then but in all the years after. Am I saying that lifting 5 pounds was the key to bigger biceps? No not at all. What I am saying however was that learning how to make that light weight feel heavy by slowing down every rep and contracting my biceps through the rep allowed me to build the mind muscle connection that is necessary for building big biceps - and is often missing in those who struggle to build theirs. Ask yourself how your arms felt during your last set of either barbell curls or dumbbell curls. Were you just worried about getting the weight from the starting position to the end position or did you focus more on the quality of the work being done by the biceps in order to get you there? There is actually a simple way to determine which one you did. Ready? Tell me whether you were counting the reps when you did them. If so, then there is a high chance that you were not focused on the quality of the contraction but more the quantity. In order to get your biceps to respond best to stimulus through your bicep workouts you have to be mindful of getting them to participate in each rep without substitution. This means, learning how to squeeze and contract the biceps through all three parts of their contraction pattern. Flexing the elbow, supinating the forearm and flexing the shoulder or slightly raising the elbow at the end. This phenomenon has actually been backed up recently with some research coming out of Stanford University by colleagues of Dr. Andrew Huberman. They found that the ability to contract a muscle to the point of discomfort was a positive indicator of one-s ability to grow that muscle. If you lack the ability to create the strength of contraction needed to feel uncomfortable, then this was a sign of a lack of a good mind muscle connection and even the most stimulating of biceps exercises will become more challenging to translate into results. My early years of lifting were comprised of just two exercises for my big biceps development. The heavy eccentric barbell curl and the chinup. Doing both of these exercises and really only these two bicep exercises was enough for me to build up the strength, size and definition of my arms. That said, many others can do the same two movements and not have any appreciable gains to show for their effort. Now I can tell you this, I did not have good biceps genetics to speak of. Nobody else in my family has the type of biceps development that I do. It was literally the practice I got at an early age to ingrain the type of motor recruitment necessary to a strong muscular contraction. This led to faster bicep gains as I broadened my training focus. So how do you get the same to happen for you? Practice. Try attaining a complete biceps contraction 2-3 times per day for 4 reps of 10 second holds. Bend the elbow by acting as if someone asked you to flex for them. Supinate the forearm and try to increase the intensity of the contraction in the biceps muscle as you do. Finally, raise the elbow up just a bit and see if you can further intensify the cramping feeling. At this point, hold the squeeze as hard as you can for 10 seconds. The goal is to get the ability to move towards a contraction discomfort over time so you can start getting your biceps to respond neurologically and ultimately lead to getting big biceps. If you found this helpful and want to get a complete arm training program that will speed up the rate that you achieve big arms, be sure to head to athleanx. com via the link below and grab the Ultimate Arms program. If you want more videos on biceps workouts and how to get bigger biceps and triceps, be sure to click the link below to remember to
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

T. j.
There is a problem with this method to an extent. When you focus so heavily on contracting the muscle, you lose that connection if the weight is even the slightest bit too heavy to create a completely strict concentric motion. So now you-re lifting lighter weight and missing strengthening and building the muscles around it. If you had two of the exact same person, one trained this method their whole life and the other simply moved point a to point b, the 2nd person would be the stronger overall person and better built. And I want to see studies showing I-m wrong before I get all the Jeff fan girls yelling at me
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Tanishq
My elbow becomes very sour after I do waiter curls(20 reps with 4kg dumbell. I find it hard to open my elbows after 120 degree angle and it gets worse when I wake up the next day, after waking up I find it hard to open my arms after 60 degree angle and it hurts (around the area where brachioradialis is located) a lot when I try to fully open my arms. Once they are open the pain goes away but it comes back if I rest my elbows in a closed position for even a short period of time. How do I make sure that my elbows don't hurt after bicep workout? sorry for bad English.
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DIY
with 5 leg surgeries, full hip replacements, and scoliosis, my exercises became more limited. i always tried to get big biceps and could never do it. i always tried to get past curling 25lbs and never could do it. until i took creatine. then i could. then i watched your videos and realised mistakes i was making. i want to let you know, you are a great inspiration to me, and i never get let down with your videos and your advice, which seems to always astonish me at how many mistakes i was making over the years. thanks.
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Chiron
Sometimes I take my halter with no weights on it and perform some exercises with a focus on having the correct stand/position and moving my arm/muscle the right way.
Since their is no weight added I also increase the amount of doing the exercise until. I can feel the burn
It does help a lot when getting back to doing normal exercises AND for the excercises that feel difficult when doing so I'm glad you have a video like this: p
Great tips you have
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Ollie
Jeff can you do a series on work out related to enhancing performance in specific sports. (Sports gains)
Surfing is what I have in mind. I can only go once a week so want my time in the gym to be focused on preparing me for going out at the weekend.
Strength
Mobility
Anatagonistic training to prevent injury
Ect
Other ideas include
Rock climbing
Basketball
Ect
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parall4x
Jeff, could you do a video on bicep dis function? i-ve long term struggled with clicking of the elbow joint (which i assume is tendon snapping)
often elbow aches and feels out of place until i can flex hard and get the elbow joint to click. sometimes joint maybe too inflamed and feel in need of the click but can-t get it to go
sounds strange but you-re my only hope
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Eivind
Instead of his usual 2-3 hour workout four days a week, Clint Eastwood switched to a one-hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week routine. -One day I-ll go in and do an hour of just shoulders arms, - he says. -The next day I-ll do an hour of back and chest. Next day legs. Then depending on my schedule, I-ll run or use the Stair Master or a computerized stationary bike. -
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Simo
yeah. i get that feeling. when i started you do just that gurling from standing and bend forward so my hand was like fully with on its onwn. now i get that burning just by extracting mu bicept, and like a call it and my friedns -the tennisball-: ) also when extracted more then 2 seconds muscle starts to cramp: ) sorry my bad english. 38 years old from finland
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John
Jeff, you are rendering a great service to the fitness world with your superb clarity and explanations of every move. This particular video demonstrates a unique move that I've never seen before. I began subscribing a few weeks ago, and am already seeing gains. Many thanks, Godspeed!
John A. Lombardi
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Jess
Thanks Jeff for confirming my thoughts about using the mind-muscle connection. I figured that one out a couple of years ago when i took my A&P classes (Premedicine Major-) and applied that curious theory once i learned about physiology. This is the first time hearing about you.
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