When one of the tendons attached to the bicep muscle is torn, it causes the bicep to contract into a ball-like shape that is reminiscent of the exaggerated bulging arm muscles of a certain cartoon ...

Medically reviewed by Theresa Marko, PT, DPT, MS If you have pain in your upper arm or shoulder, you may have irritated your ...

It's an exercise that you can also train unilaterally (doing one arm at a time), making it a good option to reduce any muscle/strength imbalances. This isn't just great for the biceps, it also ...

It’s commonplace to hear coaches claim that direct arm training isn’t necessary, as long as you’re including (and progressing) the big compound upper body movements that recruit the biceps ...

Is it possible that doing bicep curls with your left arm somehow impacts the muscles in your right arm? Let’s take a look at the research. Control group — No training. D + ND — Training both ...

These are the biceps on the front of the upper arm and the triceps on the back of the upper arm: to raise the forearm, the biceps contracts and the triceps relaxes to lower the forearm again ...

biceps and posterior deltoids (the rear shoulder muscles). For many, it’s a long process and takes a slow, progressive build-up to get there, so the pull-up hold — also known as a flexed arm ...