PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To develop and shape the biceps, particularly the height of the biceps peak. EXECUTION: Attach a bar to a floor-level cable and pulley. (1) Grasp the bar with an underhand grip, hands about shoulder width apart. Keeping your elbows fixed at your sides, extend your arms out and down until your biceps […]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
What is BE? BE is applying an engineering mindset to solving the intricate system that is life. It is not only conquering the body, but also the mind within the gym and without. BE is entrepreneurs, workers, doctors, carpenters. People with a genuine wilingness to help others, to hold eachother up and become stronger as […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To work the triceps. EXECUTION: (1) Lie on a bench, head even with the end, knees bent, feet flat on the bench. Hold one dumbbell in each hand overhead, arms straight, palms facing each other. (2) Hold your elbows stationary and lower the dumbbells down on either side of your head until […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To work the triceps all the way from the elbow down to the lats. EXECUTION: (1) Lie along a bench, your head just off the end with knees bent and feet flat on the bench. Take hold of a barbell (preferably an E-Z curl bar) with an overhand grip, hands about 10 […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To isolate the triceps and develop the horseshoe shape of the muscle. This exercise is especially good for contest or weak point training because by using a cable you can work each arm separately in isolation. EXECUTION: (1) Using an overhead cable and pulley, take hold of the handle with a reverse […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To work the triceps through a full range of motion. EXECUTION: (1) Hook a short bar to an overhead cable and pulley, stand close to the bar and grasp it with an overhand grip, hands about 10 inches apart. Keep your elbows locked in close to your body and stationary. Keep your […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To work the biceps through the longest range of motion possible. When you do Curls on a machine, the movement becomes extremely strict and you are able to contract against resistance over the longest range of motion possible, from the point of full extension to that of a full peak contraction. Because […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To build the entire biceps throughout a maximal range of motion. This is an exercise I learned from Reg Park, and it is particularly effective because it gives you a great biceps stretch and helps lengthen the muscle. Also, due to the angle, the biceps must contract fully to offset the pull […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To create maximum height in the biceps, especially the outside of the biceps. I like to do this exercise at the end of my biceps training because it is one of the best means of peaking the muscle. This is a very strict movement, but it is for height, not definition, so […]
PURPOSE OF EXERCISE: To isolate the biceps of each arm. This is a variation of a Dumbbell Curl in which you curl the dumbbells alternately, first one arm and then the other, to give you that extra bit of isolation, allowing you to concentrate your energy on one arm at a time and to minimize […]