are you making this common mistake when you train your biceps.

Biceps.

Guns.

Pythons.

The corny names go on add nauseum and if I didn't have to be at work in the next 40 minutes, then I'd probably add in a few more.

Despite the corny names, training your biceps properly will dramatically increase your ability to unleash your true strength potential.

Anyway, One common mistake that most people make when they perform a bicep curl is to curl the dumbbell up to a almost complete O degree angle, which looks like this:

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This is dumb. It puts pressure on the elbow joint, which over time will lead to chronic pain.

Now, why would a person do something so dumb?

Well, I guess the intention is to increase the maximum contraction of the bicep muscle.

That's not how it works.

When you squeeze the muscle past either TO or past that angle, then the bicep muscle actually RELAXES, so you don't get the benefit of increased contraction.

You don't get any benefit PERIOD.

So, how can you start to curl the dumbbell to a more efficient angle and develop more strength and keep your elbow joint working perfectly into old age ( nowadays, old age is 20 something's....)?

Well, you can start by reading the above sentence again until something Jumps out at you and you really get it and let it...sink in...

Or I can just spare the couples that you could have used to come to the logical conclusion which is in the damn sentence... and just show you...


When you curl a dumbbell, you want to curl to about a 30 - 40 degree angle, at which the bicep is forced to undergo the maximal contraction. A 40 degree angle looks like this:

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Never ever close or squeeze the elbow joint completely shut... or you'll gonna have to be doing you bicep curls in your imagination.