Biceps curl should be named arm curls as the curling requires contraction of biceps, brachialis muscles in addition to
brachioradialis muscle of the forearms.
This stance of having your palms facing each other during hammer curls can also be equally applied to back work, incorporating narrow grip pulldowns instead of wide grip lat pulldowns, to work
your brachioradialis muscle more.
If yes, then you can't afford to overlook the importance of training your brachialis muscle, which sits right under your biceps, and
your brachioradialis muscle, which is a long muscle that runs from deep inside the center of your upper arm to the center of your forearm.
Deep under the biceps brachii lies the brachialis muscle, which is responsible for flexing the elbow, while
the brachioradialis muscle which is found in the forearm is heavily involved in rotating the forearm.
Your forearms are a complex group of muscles composed of wrist extensors, wrist flexors and
the brachioradialis muscles, that rarely gets the attention it deserves.
Not exact matches
Size improvements in the
brachioradialis and brachialis
muscles will make your biceps appear a lot fuller in size, accentuating their shape even further, so training them is more than worth the trouble.
The three major
muscles located on the front of your upper arm are the biceps brachii, brachialis and
brachioradialis.
In addition to targeting the above mentioned
muscles the shoulder width variation of the pull - up also activates the brachialis and
brachioradialis.
Muscles producing movements at the elbow and forearm are the triceps brachii,
brachioradialis, brachialis, biceps brachii and the anconeus.
Hammer curls are a great way to work the
brachioradialis (a major forearm
muscle) and the brachialis (a huge elbow flexor underneath the biceps).
The main
muscle you're focusing on here is the
brachioradialis.
The triceps is the only
muscle that straightens the elbow joint, whereas three
muscles (biceps, brachialis, and
brachioradialis) bend the elbow.
Since this exercise actually is working
brachioradialis against gravity (the dumbbell is weighing me down, against gravity, not side to the side), it's only adding to the
muscle imbalances I may already be experiencing.
Underneath the 2 bicep
muscles are the brachialis (outside part of upper arm) and
brachioradialis (lower
muscle in upper arm extending to forearm)
muscles.
The forearms have three main
muscles: flexors, extensors and
brachioradialis.
A rope would stress more of the forearm
muscle,
brachioradialis, and requiring slightly less work of the biceps.
Reverse Barbell Curls exercise to build outer forearm
muscles, the brachialis and
brachioradialis.
The only real «biceps»
muscles (i.e. elbow flexors) left at that point are the brachialis and
brachioradialis.
A free throw in basketball involves the upper body
muscles, such as the rotator cuff
muscles, coracobrachialis, latissimus dorsi, biceps brachii,
brachioradialis, triceps brachii, anconeus and pronator teres.