Some good stretch exercises for the biceps
January 14, 2010
Biceps like all other muscles need a good stretch to grow. When you do the normal barbell exercises you surely will develop mass and volume to your biceps.
You can follow this up with a good stretching routine to make your muscles to be in the expand mode before resting them.
So what about developing an exercise routine that combines stretching with bicep muscle building? You have to know that unlike the triceps the biceps are located at a particular part of your body that will allow you some stretch workouts.
Here are some..
Pull up bar bicep workouts
This is an excellent stretch workout for the biceps.
Caution: Overweight people should never do this exercise, until they attain the right weight. Check your body mass index.
- Hold the pull up bar with an underhand grip
- Feel the weight of your body on your biceps by hanging firmly from the pull up bar
- Lift your body up and get your chin over the bar.
- Bring yourself slowly down to complete a repetition
- Make sure your movements are slow and fluid
One hand pull up bar bicep workout
One hand pull ups are recommended for people who already have some experience building muscle, and who also have the requisite muscle strength to carry out such a power-packed stretch workout.
Caution: Overweight people should never ever try this workout, and only people with over a year and a half of professional bodybuilding experience should do this.
- Take help from a personal trainer
- Hold the pull bar with one hand using an underhand grip. You can use your left or right hand.
- Hand your body steadily with one hand. Let your personal trainer support you from the other side.
- Lift your body up and try to get your chin over the bar. If you cannot, then just go half the distance
- Return back to your original position to complete a repetition.
- Make very sure that your movements are slow and fluid. Hang down bicep curls This is a great exercise to get a good stretch workout, as it concentrates on stretching your biceps, and at the same time let’s you control your body movement to a minimum.
- Lie down on a flat bench, and hang your arms over the edges of the bench.
- Hold a barbell with some lightweights with an underhand grip.
- Keep your head steady and looking down.
- Slowly curl your arms up and bring the barbell up.
- Bring it down slowly to complete a repetition.
- Repeat the same exercise with dumbbells.
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