Your biceps and their peaks!

[OTCbooty]

MS, what do you mean by 'reverse' grip when it comes to chins? There's a lot of variation in terms when it comes to pull ups/chin ups and I'm never sure what anyone means until I ask....Since we're talking biceps here, I assume you mean palms facing toward you?

 

[OTCbooty]

Okay, cool, just checking. Round these parts, chin up = underhand/supinated grip, pull up = overhand/pronated grip. So when MS said 'reverse grip chins' my brain pictures a standard, overhand pull up...
It's almost too much for my brain to handle

 

[Belial]

Notice that the "peak" is actually in the same place in the before and after, the arms just got a whole lot bigger.

(As freak daddy said, you really CAN'T force your biceps to peak. The thickest part of the muscle belly is where the "peak" will form; there is NOTHING you can do to change this. )

Something that's always worked well: Heavy BB curl negatives. Get the bar up with a hip swing, and try to hang on as it pulls your arms down. This should be used sparingly, as it's tremendously stressful to your muscles and tendons, but it's great for growth.

 

[MS]

Yup OTC. Round these parts anytime your chin goes over the bar it's a chin-up. If you pull to the back of your neck, that's a pull-up. But whatever the terminolgy, you've got the picture.

And I agree with belial to BE CAREFUL with heavy negative curls. I trashed my tendons with those Ouch.

 

[MrMuscle]

seated incline db curls did the job for me..both for mass and peak..dont ask me why and shit...im just a dumb norwegian

 

[sysopt]

This is just my opinion, but saying that a certain exercise gives a peak is misleading because the shape, or mass, has nothing to do with the actual movement itself. When a muscle grows, it's just with an exaggerated shape. You're either working the muscle or you're not, and therefore no "shaping" or "mass" exercises. Best thing you can do it make it bigger.



"flys are for shape, bench is for size"

"barbell for size, cable curls for peak"

This is all crap.

 

[tripleV]

i am peaking and its awesome......i find doing incline curls makes a big diff for me Just make sure to do correctly, lean back...out on an angle....full extension.....burn baby burn. These things are killer

 

[OTCbooty]

Yup OTC. Round these parts anytime your chin goes over the bar it's a chin-up. If you pull to the back of your neck, that's a pull-up.

Somehow your way seems more logical than our woodchuck mentality up here...

 

[Belial]

*shrug*

pull-up vs. chin-up is about grip. Pronated and supinated, respectively. But I'll acquiesce and leave quietly....

(I used acquiesce in a sentence. Go me)

 

[OTCbooty]

Well Belial, that must mean you're a woodchuck too...