Invented by George Zottman at the end of the 19th century, the Zottman curl is a little-known strength training exercise. This variation of the classic curl consists of rotating the wrists at the top of the movement in order to target both the biceps and the forearms. How to perform the exercise? To carry out the exercise...
Having big arms is probably the biggest concern of bodybuilders. The barbell curl is without a doubt the best exercise to develop your biceps but the technique must be top notch. Let's see how to work this muscle with a straight bar. How to carry out the exercise? After having carried out...
Also called Curl vis-Ã -vis, it is a flagship exercise of the gyms to build up the biceps. Even if it is rather constraining because it monopolizes a machine in opposite, it is a very good exercise to muscularize the short portion and the long portion of the biceps! The Curl with the pulley in opposite is...
This exercise is not always within the reach of beginners, you may need to gain some strength from the vertical pull-ups beforehand. If your body weight doesn't allow you to do pull-ups, you can read this article: How to do pull-ups successfully? This will help you do...
Elongated curl with the low pulley: for whom, why? The interest of the pulley, thanks to its system by cables, is to exert a continuous tension on the muscles to work. The elongated curl is particularly recommended for people suffering from back pain. The elongated curl, exercise known as of completion, is to be carried out at the end of the session....
After you have done your warm-up, you take a bench and incline it to about 30 degrees. Choose dumbbells to perform the exercise. Then with your back resting on the bench, start with both dumbbells in the up position then lower one dumbbell keeping the other one up then develop the dumbbell and do the same with the other...
This biceps finishing exercise is done at the end of the session with the pulley. Do you want to build muscle?
This exercise aims to build up the muscles of the arms: mainly biceps but also the anterior brachialis and the forearms. The Incline Curl on a bench is an isolation exercise for the biceps. It is a variant of the seated curl or the standing curl to build up the arms without risk and has the advantage of...
The dumbbell curl is undoubtedly one of the most practiced exercises in the weight room by practitioners who want to build big arms. How to carry out the exercise? In standing position, the feet at the width of the shoulders, a dumbbell in each hand, contract your biceps alternately by a movement of flexion...
Who nowadays doesn't dream of one day having big arms like Arnold Schwarzenegger? We see many bodybuilders every day at the gym doing curls on the bar or desk or alternating curls with dumbbells. But very few practice the Spider...
Tight grip pull-up is a bodybuilding exercise designed to train the back muscles mainly but also the arm muscles (biceps). The pull-ups are done on a Roman chair. It is a variant of the high bar pull-ups in pronation which is a little more difficult to carry out. The movement to...
The machine curl is an isolation exercise for the biceps that puts more strain on the brachialis than traditional curls. The machine allows to have a continuous and constant tension during all the duration of the exercise by keeping a good quality of execution. On certain machines it is possible to vary the grips and to swivel...
Having big arms and sculpting biceps with a nice curve is a strong point in bodybuilding. It is also the wish of most bodybuilders who want to build up their arms at all costs. From the first day they walk through the door of a gym for this. There is nothing...
How to perform the exercise? The concentrated curl with a dumbbell on a bench is an exercise of isolation to build up the biceps. Among other things, this exercise helps develop the "peak" of the biceps. Coupled with other more complete exercises such as the barbell curl or the desk curl, it will allow you to develop large muscles.
