This muscle can be engaged by reverse barbell curls
reverse cable curls, and dumbells hammer curls.
To make sure that you've hit all muscle fibers available, finish off with
reverse cable curls.
But on the plus side,
reverse cable curls promote significant brachialis growth with the use of slow eccentrics (which is what the brachialis respond best to) and by forcing your brachialis to grow, you will actually push your biceps upwards and make them appear larger.
Not exact matches
Perform most of the sets of wrist
curls and
reverse wrist
curls this way, then perform a few sets bilaterally with a short handle and low
cable, resting your forearms on a bench.
3 sets of
reverse barbell bicep
curls alternated with 3 sets of overhead triceps
cable extensions
Sample Exercise Setup: Chest — 3 exercises, 1 incline, 1 flat and 1 decline Back — 4 exercises, 1 wide chin up or latt pull, 1 row, 1 pulley or machine row, Deads or pullovers (alternate between these two) Delts — 3 exercises, overhead press, side laterals, bent laterals Triceps — 3 exercises, overhead tricep extension with bar or dumbbell,
cable pressdown, machine dip Biceps — 3 exercises, preacher
curl, barbell or dumbbell
curl,
cable curl Quads — 3 exercises, press of some kind, extension, hack or press or squat of some kind Hams — 1 exercise, leg
curl Calves — 3 exercises, standing calf raise, bent lower back calf raise (like donkey calf raises where your upper body and lower body are in an «L» shape), seated calf raises Abs - 3 exercises, weighted machine crunch, hanging leg lifts,
cable reverse crunches Traps — 1 exercise, shrugs
• Standing dumbbell
curls: 4 sets 12,10,8,8 • Standing
cable rope pull downs: 5 sets 15,12,10,10,8 • Standing hammer
curls: 4 sets 12,10,8,8 • Standing Triceps push down: 5 sets 15,12,10,10,8 • Standing straight bar arm
curls: 4 sets 10,10,8,8 • Dips on bench: 4 sets of at least 20 reps 20,20,20,20 • Seated concentration
curls or seated machine
curls: 3 sets - failure • Single arm
reverse cable pull downs: 3 sets of at least 20 20,20,20 • 10 - 15 mins on bike or treadmill
(b)
Cable Reverse Curls Stand upright while holding a
cable curl equipment that's attached to a low pulley.
A: breathing squat 1 x 20 immediately followed by stiff - arm pullover 1 x 20 5 minutes rest good morning 2 x 8 incline bench press using thick bar 3 x 5 seated
cable row using shoulder - width bar 3 x 7 close - grip bench press using
reverse grip 3 x 7 hang from chinning bar until failure gripper work B: trap - bar deadlift 3 x 5 trap - bar deadlift for four progressively heavy singles 5 minute rest seated overhead press using thick bar (in front) 3 x 5 - 7 standing biceps
curl with straight bar and narrow grip 3 x 8 - 10 seated alternate hammer
curl 2 x 8 - 10 thick bar hold with overhand grip: twice to failure (20 to 40 seconds each) weighted crunch using ab - mat or ab - bench 1 x 20 - 25 Notice that you are no longer limited to the exercises in the McRobert books.
Back / Biceps / Forearms
Cable pullovers 4 x 8 - 12 Wide
reverse grip pulldowns 3 x 10 - 14 T - bar rows 4 x 10 - 14 Bent over barbell rows 4 x 10 - 14 One arm dumbell rows 3 x 10 - 14 Seated cable rows 3 x 10 - 14 Deadlifts 3 x 6 Standing barbell curls 3 x 10 - 12 One arm d / b curls 3 x 10 - 12 One arm cable curls 3 x 10 - 12 One arm preacher curl 3 x 10 - 12 Wrist curls 3 x 25 Reverse
reverse grip pulldowns 3 x 10 - 14 T - bar rows 4 x 10 - 14 Bent over barbell rows 4 x 10 - 14 One arm dumbell rows 3 x 10 - 14 Seated
cable rows 3 x 10 - 14 Deadlifts 3 x 6 Standing barbell
curls 3 x 10 - 12 One arm d / b
curls 3 x 10 - 12 One arm
cable curls 3 x 10 - 12 One arm preacher
curl 3 x 10 - 12 Wrist
curls 3 x 25
ReverseReverse 3 x 25