Tom240 said
UnshavedSlayer said
Harry the Hatchet said I hit them once a week and for twenty sets each of biceps and triceps. Struggle to comb my hair for days after!
20 sets of curls?! Insane.. I do 2 sets of biceps training on my back days, which imo ain't even important since I feel my arms are growing from all the pulling and not direct biceps work anyways.
How big are your arms and what bf%?
Totally my opinion, but if you feel pulling movements in your biceps strongly enough to illicit growth, you need to learn to pull with your back more....
I don't really understand what you mean. For example, if someone feels their bicep working during a back exercise such as chin ups this is normal- how would you pull with your back more so you biceps aren't working? You wouldn't be able to minimise elbow flexion without changing the exercise. The only exceptions would be pulling exercises where you can minimise elbow flexion by changing the trajectory i.e. arc dumbbell rows pulling to the hip rather than traditional dumbbell rows.
http://suppversity.blogspot.co.uk/2011/0.....simus.html
"Always remember! The m. latissimus dorsi is no exception to the rule that you cannot isolate individual muscle fibers from a single muscle group. The same is true for the "upper and lower abs" and the "upper lower and middle parts of the chest", which will alwayswork in conjunction, whenever you do your situps, leg raises, push ups and bench presses. In this context it is also worth mentioning that, at least to a certain degree, all pulling movements activate the m. biceps brachialis (biceps), the m. deltoideus, pars spinalis (rear delts) and them. trapezius, pars transversa (middle part of the traps), as well."