Great video. What lots of people don't talk about is the importance of muscle functions, and specifically about the functions of the biceps wich have 4 functions (elbow flexion wich is the main function, shoulder flexion wich some people seem to train along with the curl, same with arm suppination, but no one seems to acknowledge or train shoulder abduction). From my anecdotal expirence doing the shoulder abduction for the side delts (with a pronated grip) does not train the biceps seemingly at all, but when i do it with a suppinated grip that's when i loosely feel my bicep actually performing the action (and same goes to shoulder flexion btw).
You never mentioned the the long head draws the elbows down & back. This is the reason exercises like the Pullovers work the tricep. Even pullups work the long head.
@@alpolacci things like "strength curve" "length partials" "optimal movements" have their place but believe me nothing is more "optimal" than picking a movement your body naturally likes and pushing your absolutely hardest on them to progress. I naturally have a bicep dominant arm where not only do my biceps have a naturally thick full and beautiful look (especially my left bicep for some reason) but they also grow reasonably easily, but my tricep has been stubborn, I tried the "optimal" movements like standing cable extensions with both single and double hands and single hand dumbbell overhead extensions where I went as deep as possible, ngl they did slowly grow my arms but I just naturally enjoyed overhead extension with either an ez bar or one hand on 2 dumbbells but on a slight incline Bench and using a bit of lats and body English where I powered through the sticking points and moved my upper arm a bit instead of being robotic and my arms blew past 15.5 immediately and are at 16.4 (biceps grew too but not as fast this time) variety matters but not the most, infact if it's against your favorite choice then it may actually be a negative
if i love doing dips and i'm not willing to give up doing them what other single exercise would you recommend for me to do? i'd love to read your thoughts about this
🎶One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong. Can you stretch this thing, unlike the others? And that's how you get big arms!🎶
Personally I have chosen to do a rope overhead extension and a unilateral side push with an emphasis with full contraction 2 times a week. with 10 rep until failure. Is there really a benefit of incorporating pushdown on my routine ?
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Great video. What lots of people don't talk about is the importance of muscle functions, and specifically about the functions of the biceps wich have 4 functions (elbow flexion wich is the main function, shoulder flexion wich some people seem to train along with the curl, same with arm suppination, but no one seems to acknowledge or train shoulder abduction). From my anecdotal expirence doing the shoulder abduction for the side delts (with a pronated grip) does not train the biceps seemingly at all, but when i do it with a suppinated grip that's when i loosely feel my bicep actually performing the action (and same goes to shoulder flexion btw).
You never mentioned the the long head draws the elbows down & back. This is the reason exercises like the Pullovers work the tricep. Even pullups work the long head.
Great video as always!
great explanation. would a french press performed behind the head and way down, while lying on a bench with a slight incline work too then i assume?
That's basically just an overhead tricep extension, but with a worse strength curve
Yes if you enjoy doing it
@@alpolacci things like "strength curve" "length partials" "optimal movements" have their place but believe me nothing is more "optimal" than picking a movement your body naturally likes and pushing your absolutely hardest on them to progress. I naturally have a bicep dominant arm where not only do my biceps have a naturally thick full and beautiful look (especially my left bicep for some reason) but they also grow reasonably easily, but my tricep has been stubborn, I tried the "optimal" movements like standing cable extensions with both single and double hands and single hand dumbbell overhead extensions where I went as deep as possible, ngl they did slowly grow my arms but I just naturally enjoyed overhead extension with either an ez bar or one hand on 2 dumbbells but on a slight incline Bench and using a bit of lats and body English where I powered through the sticking points and moved my upper arm a bit instead of being robotic and my arms blew past 15.5 immediately and are at 16.4 (biceps grew too but not as fast this time) variety matters but not the most, infact if it's against your favorite choice then it may actually be a negative
if i love doing dips and i'm not willing to give up doing them what other single exercise would you recommend for me to do? i'd love to read your thoughts about this
does dips fall on the close to the body category since its even going backward so even less stretch on the long head?
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🎶One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong. Can you stretch this thing, unlike the others? And that's how you get big arms!🎶
Personally I have chosen to do a rope overhead extension and a unilateral side push with an emphasis with full contraction 2 times a week. with 10 rep until failure. Is there really a benefit of incorporating pushdown on my routine ?
Ben, were u natty when that pic was taken of u?
He looks natty to me
@ I think so too
All the way from beautiful hills of india...
Huh?
Greeting from the mountains of Denmark
Rare scenery in India against back drop of rubbish everywhere in the cities
@@jfprizzyvery funny, if you weren't so ignorant I'd tell you it's a beautiful country
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I've been here since about 13k and it's been so cool to watch your channel grow to this. 🍻
Idk, I find bringing the elbow away from the torso tends to engage the lateral head more.
Your senses decieve you
FINALLY!!!
I have the worst tricep insertions