The concentration curl is another variation that can mix up your routine and provide several benefits, such as more emphasis on the short head of your biceps and a stronger contraction of the peak ...

Figure caption, Left: Concentric contraction - the biceps are contracting concentrically to move the weights upwards; Right: Eccentric contraction - the biceps are contracting eccentrically to ...

However, muscle contraction cannot act to push the bone ... For example, when you perform a bicep curl, the biceps will be the agonist as it contracts to produce the movement, while the triceps ...

To work these muscles, Eckert suggests two moves––the bicep curl and the plate pull. As Eckert describes it, an isometric contraction happens when your muscle is contracted and under ...

Interventions Exercise with isometric maximum voluntary contractions (MVCs) by each arm. The control arm always performed 30 MVCs, each 4s duration at an included elbow angle of 155° (long muscle ...