how to add thickness to bicep

divie · 26-10-2005, 04:51 PM

My peak of my bicep is good but i want to also concentrate on adding more thickness to bicep as my arm size come's from its height(peak) but thickness is lagging.

Any ideas on what bicep exersisse helps add thickness to bicep best?, ive added hammer curls recently will theese do the job?.

CHEERS

Anonymous · 26-10-2005, 05:02 PM

yeah they will work just great shane

Young Gun · 26-10-2005, 05:21 PM

hammers target the long head of the bicep so will improve your bi shape overall if you feel that your shorthead peak overbears your bi. But for arm thickness the tricep makes up roughly two thirds of your arm span as a ratio to your bicep so concentrate on developing your tri's.

totti · 26-10-2005, 06:09 PM

I find a reverse grip curl on an EZ bar works great for me.

divie · 26-10-2005, 06:17 PM

That touched a erve a bit as ive just come back from chest and triceps and gave and always do give triceps 100% i felt like crying on the pressdowns today.

Triceps are essential in developing good arm size and also make the arm look good as the seperation between triceps, side delts with tidy biceps looks the bollocks and this is a clear mark of a bb.
However a bicep is a bicep and if it needs thickening up it needs thickening up regardless of how developed your triceps are, im happy with my triceps, if triceps added thickness to the bicep i would have thick biceps.
You are spot on though young gun i just wanted to clarify my love of the tricep.

divie · 26-10-2005, 06:20 PM

Yea reverse grip curls are awsome ive only started doing em for a month or so but i do them for my forearm as i dont class em as a bicep exercisse as i feel it in my forearm but not much in my bicep, but i have read they target the bracchilias (spelling) so you are correct.

ps thankyou for the replys i think ill keep at the hammer curls, its just me nit picking realy.

totti · 26-10-2005, 07:08 PM

Yes that's true divine, reverse grip does work the forearm too. Try doing seated reverse grip curls, as u can't extend the arm all the way down (down to the thighs I go) it keeps tension on the biceps more I feel. :mrgreen:

LM6000 · 26-10-2005, 07:25 PM

Ole fashioned hammer curls and tri extensions

fred · 28-11-2005, 08:08 PM

Best exercise for me is straight bar curls. Once you start adding poundage to bar curls you get lots of thickness in your biceps.

I am now curling 120 pounds on the EZ and straight bar and this is really making my arms huge. The only problem is the pain down my arms especially when I've finished my reps and let go of the bar. I can do equal poundage with my tricep exercise so there is a good balance between my tri's and bi's which is also very important.

When you are doing bar curls make sure you curl from the very bottom, and take a pause between reps so that you don't start swinging the bar around! Always train to failure

Thejackle · 28-11-2005, 08:17 PM

reverse grip curl on an EZ bar and hammer curls

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divie Making Progress Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: somerset Posts: 436 Rep Power:	how to add thickness to bicep My peak of my bicep is good but i want to also concentrate on adding more thickness to bicep as my arm size come's from its height(peak) but thickness is lagging. Any ideas on what bicep exersisse helps add thickness to bicep best?, ive added hammer curls recently will theese do the job?. CHEERS

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26-10-2005, 05:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Anonymous Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 0 Rep Power:	yeah they will work just great shane

26-10-2005, 05:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Young Gun Illuminati Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,539 Rep Power:	hammers target the long head of the bicep so will improve your bi shape overall if you feel that your shorthead peak overbears your bi. But for arm thickness the tricep makes up roughly two thirds of your arm span as a ratio to your bicep so concentrate on developing your tri's.

26-10-2005, 06:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
divie Making Progress Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: somerset Posts: 436 Rep Power:	That touched a erve a bit as ive just come back from chest and triceps and gave and always do give triceps 100% i felt like crying on the pressdowns today. Triceps are essential in developing good arm size and also make the arm look good as the seperation between triceps, side delts with tidy biceps looks the bollocks and this is a clear mark of a bb. However a bicep is a bicep and if it needs thickening up it needs thickening up regardless of how developed your triceps are, im happy with my triceps, if triceps added thickness to the bicep i would have thick biceps. You are spot on though young gun i just wanted to clarify my love of the tricep.

26-10-2005, 06:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
divie Making Progress Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: somerset Posts: 436 Rep Power:	Yea reverse grip curls are awsome ive only started doing em for a month or so but i do them for my forearm as i dont class em as a bicep exercisse as i feel it in my forearm but not much in my bicep, but i have read they target the bracchilias (spelling) so you are correct. ps thankyou for the replys i think ill keep at the hammer curls, its just me nit picking realy.

26-10-2005, 07:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
LM6000 Making Progress Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Milton Keynes, UK Posts: 270 Rep Power:	Ole fashioned hammer curls and tri extensions

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fred Under Construction Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 37 Rep Power:	Best exercise for me is straight bar curls. Once you start adding poundage to bar curls you get lots of thickness in your biceps. I am now curling 120 pounds on the EZ and straight bar and this is really making my arms huge. The only problem is the pain down my arms especially when I've finished my reps and let go of the bar. I can do equal poundage with my tricep exercise so there is a good balance between my tri's and bi's which is also very important. When you are doing bar curls make sure you curl from the very bottom, and take a pause between reps so that you don't start swinging the bar around! Always train to failure

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Thejackle Under Construction Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 38 Rep Power:	reverse grip curl on an EZ bar and hammer curls