How to actually grow your BICEPS

So a common mistake when it comes to training biceps is simply doing way too much volume, and this is definitely something I have fallen victim to in the past, considering there was once a point where i was legitimately doing 25 sets of biceps per session twice a week, however because they are such a small muscle, and really only do one thing, there’s just no reason to try and throw in every bicep curl variation you know of because they’re not really doing anything different. Sure you can slightly emphasize the long head by externally rotating your shoulder, and you can lengthen the muscle a bit more by positioning your shoulder in slight extension, but at the end of the day, if you’re bending your arm all parts of your bicep are gonna work and the slight emphasis on each portion is very minimal at best. So what should you actually do if you want to grow your biceps? 3 things. Number 1 use code “MAXE” at myprotein because it’s 45% off until wednesday. This is optional but it definitely helps. Number 2, pick 1 bicep curl variation with a supinated grip, whether it’s a preacher curl, dumbbell curl, seated dumbbell curl, barbell curl, pretty much any curl variation that you like and do 2-3 sets of that exercise once or twice a week for 6-8 reps to complete failure. Personally I do preacher curls for 2 sets at the end of both of my pull days failing at around 6-8 reps, and after my second set, I take 10 deep breaths, drop the weight by about 30 pounds, and pump out another 4-5 reps. So 3 sets in total, but that last one is kind of just a rest-pause set. Then, number 3, choose a different curl variation this time with a neutral grip, for another 2-3 sets again once or twice a week. Personally I actually do something a little bit unique. I do 1 set of strict curls to failure in the 6-8 rep range, yes I know it’s a supinated grip, but just keep watching, then I rest for 10-15 seconds, and immediately pick up lighter dumbbells to do hammer curls to failure this time in the 4-5 rep range, then without resting, I finish off with single arm cross body curls, until the weight literally just falls out of my hands. In total that is 3 separate sets for the biceps and brachialis since they were all taken to failure, and I do that once a week after 1 of my push days. So my current bicep training for the week currently looks like this, where I do those 3 sets of preacher curls on both of my pull days, and those 3 sets of that strict, hammer, cross body drop set thing on one of my push days, for a total of 9 sets for the week. Honestly I would recommend anywhere from 4-8, but since I’m doing a lot of rest-pause style training, 9 is fine. Now in your case, however you wish to split up your bicep volume across the week does not matter, whether you do it once a week, twice a week, three times a week, or whatever fits your split. You know maybe you do 1 exercise on both of your pull days, and 2 different exercises on a designated arm day, or maybe just the same exercise on both of your pull days, or even 1 exercise on one pull day, a different exercise on your next pull day, and maybe another different exercise on a different day, whatever it is, just choose 2-4 exercises per week for 4-8 total working sets for your biceps. And I would recommend doing no more than 2 exercises or 4 sets per session, so if you wanna do 8 sets for the week, don’t just throw it all on one day because trust me, when you actually train your biceps correctly with full range of motion and proper intensity, they will fatigue very quickly. But that is all you need to know for growing your biceps, nothing super fancy, just pick a couple curl variations and I curl.

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[Jermoo_]

Curling in the squat rack is the most optimal way to grow biceps

[БРИТВА-уы]

I am exploding doing low volume, high intensity. I am always recovered as well. Feels really good.

[fahadbshahid]

It is literally so hard to convince yourself to not do more every session. There is always that lingering guilt that you need to do more or else you're leaving gains on the table.

[ItZMaxo]

Bro since I started doing not more than 3 sets on my exercices and using high intensity on 5-7 rep range, I've progressed more in 1.5 months than I did in 2 years before stopping working out, I've finally reached 30kilos per dumbell for bench press, things I've never done in the past

[nousquest]

I too was doing 25 sets of biceps per session. Now on my arm day, I open with 2 sets hammers, then 2 sets seated curls, and finish off the bis with 2 sets preachers. Spread out throughout the session with tris in between, twice a week & seeing growth 🤌

[liljj]

Remember people: it’s not how much heavy the weights are, IT’S THE TECHNIQUE!!! Most of the targeted muscle you want to work on is small just like this said topic. One of the best ways to truly train your targeted muscle is to train it to failure. A 3X set a day or multiple of it a day ain’t gone cut it. Training it to fail will make you realize the part of the muscle you have to utilize volume to train it correctly. Took me three years to figure it out. Now my biceps are bigger than it was back in 2020. This dude max knows what he is talking about

[jthmax]

Been working them out for the longest but never got a significant size change. Imma start getting back on the gym so imma trying using this to give me some hope. Appreciate Max💪🏼

[reinster]

Pls more videos on each muscle group like this, this one and the chest video helped alot with my volume, please more for even legs and back and shoulder and tricep!

[bambik]

I'm doing 2 sets of barbell curl, 2 sets of reverse barbell curl twice a week.
If anyone's wondering: it's the same for triceps. Pick one pushdown and one extension. 2 sets of each twice a week is great

[ChillyBlitzHD]

bro was feeling himself at the end dude id be happy asf too if i looked like that man also holy shit only 40k off of 1m hype

[therathunter]

Keep the videos coming max, now a tricep video like this 1 with sets and reps please 👍

[skyre]

If anyone is wondering about the background music. It's
Sharou 2:23 am.
Tutel

[Wetterwet]

These are great. Could you do one for side delts? I feel like they can tolerate more volume than other muscles, but I’m curious to see your take on it.

[kingadjust]

I love that Max is showing that low volume is the way to go a lot of people are waking up and not overtraining when they realize volume is secondary to intensity 😎👍

[baileybenoit]

Your comment section is so wholesome. Love the content. Makes me excited to workout tomorrow

[playdohcarti]

super high quality no bs video max! could you possibly do a video about growing your triceps?

[miistsroxxorl]

this is especially good, in a 4days a week training where you dont train that often and also you dont want your session to be very long, in a upper lower split, you can just put arms on lower body days and do 6sets total(3bicep, 3triceps) you do that twice a week and depending how much priority you want to give them you can add a third session on upper body(givin that there's 1 rest day between upper1 lower1, or upper2 lower2)

[equestrianmidnight]

Perfect timing. I’m trying to get in good shape and I’m struggling to get past using 30lb dumbbells for biceps. You and some random comment I found on Reddit have suggested focusing on 6-8 rather than 10-12, which is what I was doing. Let’s see if this works!

[custardyboi]

Even better, Chin-Ups!! Mike Mentzer said it himself

[dudu]

I would love if you did one of these for the back. Tho being honest doing these videos for every muscle group would be great as well 😂