I feel deadlifts are actually the best thing to put size on your arms. Anything that can cause total body growth will aid your arm size as well. However, if you want a specialised bicep exercise, either barbell curls or Zottman curls both work well.
I feel deadlifts are actually the best thing to put size on your arms. Anything that can cause total body growth will aid your arm size as well. However, if you want a specialised bicep exercise, either barbell curls or Zottman curls both work well.
A good bicep machine lets you work just your biceps, instead of all your stabilizers too (chest, back, etc). This leaves you more energy for working your biceps, compared to freeweights. The result - bigger arms.
I voted alternating dumbell curl, maybe barbell curl gets slightly more votes but a lot of people (including me) can not seem to use the proper form to get the most out of the barbell....
dumbells assure me to get adequate biceps isolation, while still being able to lift heavy weight...
Instead of barbell curl i do weigted close reverse grip chins as "raw power exercise", unlike barbell curls i cannot use lower back or front delts to generate too much momentum that usually takes away the biceps stress.
OTher people might be able to use proper form for barbell and should definatel;y use it