Taking a narrow grip on the bar (shoulder - width or a little inside of that) will more strongly activate
the biceps during the movement.
Not exact matches
This can be considered as somewhat irresponsible, because having strong forearms offers some major benefits in terms of upper body performance, since the forearm muscle is a flexor of the elbow joint responsible for
movements such as
bicep curls and it has the ability to put our arms in a supinated or pronated position
during exercise.
Because our
biceps and triceps get a lot of work
during compound
movements, it's important to limit the number -LSB-...]
While the
biceps muscle activity was superior
during the initial 1/3 of the
movement when performing the preacher curl, muscle activity declined in both the 2/3 and 3/3 of the
movement.