drtbear1967
Musclechemistry Board Certified Member
How important is the brachialis and arm growth?
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Very important! The brachialis sits between the biceps and triceps, but it also pushes the biceps upward. Therefore, you need to train it if you want huge biceps peaks!![Flexed biceps: medium-light skin tone :muscle_tone2: 💪🏼](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f4aa-1f3fc.png)
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The way you can specifically train the brachialis is to put your biceps in a compromised position and disengage them. This can be done by putting them in a pronated position (pointing downward) such as a reverse curl. Obviously you won't be able to lift as much weight, but the brachialis is a smaller muscle so it will respond!
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Reverse curl
Supinating biceps curl (turning palm upward)
Cross-body hammer curl
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