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What is it for?

The C-curl like any biceps exercise is to improve the strength and tone of your biceps muscle (high lighted in red in the diagram – Beeble). There are not too many ways to train the biceps and so this makes the C-curl a good exercise to add to your arm repertoire. The C-curl brings together the two most popular biceps exercises: the hammer curl  and the standard biceps curl. From the diagram you can see that it is the muscle positioned on the front of our upper arm highlighted in red in Fig.1. The biceps’ main job is to bend your lower arm up at your elbow. It is also used to aid the movement of bringing your arm straight up at the shoulder joint and last but not least to supinate your lower arm, which means with your elbow at 90 degrees and your palm facing down it helps turn your palm to face upwards. If you try this you should be able to see the biceps shorten.

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What is it for?

This exercise focuses on one of the most sought after muscles: the biceps. There are not that many ways to train this muscle as the biceps’ task is quite simple. The bicep itself helps the back muscles to pull things towards you, for example in an isolated movement we use them to pick lighter objects up and place them on a table, desk or work surface. From the diagram you can see that it is the muscle positioned on the front of our upper arm highlighted in red in Fig.1. The bicep’s main job is to bend your lower arm up at your elbow. It is also used to aid the movement of bringing your arm straight up at the shoulder joint and last but not least to supinate your lower arm, which means with your elbow at 90 degrees and your palm facing down it helps turn your palm to face upwards. If you try this you should be able to see the bicep shorten.

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What are your Triceps?

Triceps (shaded in red) can often be the forgotten muscles of the arms, not surprising really because they are at the back and we can’t see them. The Triceps are a group of 3 muscles (Long head, Lateral head and Medial head) and they join through the shoulder and pass the elbow joint, allowing movement at both the shoulder and elbow.

By the way, I would like to point out that the Triceps are not responsible for ‘Bingo wings’ (the flabby bits on the underside when you raise your arm – Beeble). A common misconception is that by training your Triceps you can rid yourself of ‘Bingo Wings’…….YOU CAN’T, that my friends is called ‘Spot Training’ and it doesn’t work (click here for more information on ‘Spot Training’). The only way to reduce these is to reduce your body fat by eating well and exercising all of your body.

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What is it for?

The Bicep Curl is probably one of the most popular exercises, especially with men who are a bit vain about their appearance. It is also a good exercise to practise for everybody as it has a very functional purpose through our daily lives. The bicep itself helps the back muscles to pull things towards you, for example in an isolated movement we use them to pick lighter objects up to place them on a table, desk or work surface. From the diagram you can see that it is the muscle positioned on the front of our upper arm highlighted in red in Fig.1. The bicep’s main job is to bend your lower arm up at your elbow. It is also used to aid the movement of bringing your arm straight up at the shoulder joint and last but not least to supinate your lower arm which means with your elbow at 90 degrees and your palm facing down it helps turn your palm to face up. If you try this you should be able to see the bicep shorten.

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