Bicep genetics

[Debaser]

Anyone read the newest "Muscle"? It's a decent mag that has some good contributers, much better than the majority of what's out there.

Anyhow there's this article that describes bicep genetics. In a front bicep pose with your arms at 90 degrees, measure the distance from the "end" of your bicep (actually where the muscle converges into the tendon, it's obvious when you're looking in the mirror), to the crease of your elbow. Ideal genetics are 1/2" difference, the higher it goes the worse your potential is.

I'm not sure about the truth to this article but it makes sense. Mine are at 1/2 an inch and have always had great peak and shape.

 

[eat big]

felxed for peak or just flexed with arm straight?

 

[wnt2bBeast]

basically its just a way to determine if youve got peak? your lucky i got no peak lol..i just gotta make em bigger

 

[eat big]

same here, but for ppl who have peak, their biceps are a lot further than half and inch from the crease in their elbow, i have football shaped biceps, nothing too peaked at all, but they are strong as hell

 

[Tweakle]

Arthur jones called that the 'finger test' back in the day.. if you can fit one finger in the gap = good. 2 fingers = average. 3 fingers = not so good.

the theory works for 'testing' poontang too

 

[eat big]

do that while totally flexed?

 

[wnt2bBeast]

Arthur jones called that the 'finger test' back in the day.. if you can fit one finger in the gap = good. 2 fingers = average. 3 fingers = not so good.

the theory works for 'testing' poontang too

i prefer the dip n sniff test though

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

are we talking pronated or supinated here? i have an inch palm up, and my bi buries itself into the forearm palm down.

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

I'd say mine are slightly above average.

 

[guldukat]

basically its just a way to determine if youve got peak? your lucky i got no peak lol..i just gotta make em bigger

Not peak, no

It does that too in a way, but it's meant to measure the length of your biceps brachii. The longer the muscle belly, the greater potential for growth--at least, according to "Muscle" and Jones.

I'm not registering more than .25" even at a right angle, but I've always been gifted in the biceps dept. Even 11 years ago, when I was struggling with 60-70 lb. curls I had decent bis. It was the triceps that took lots of prodding

 

[Beachbum1546]

i'm just under an inch. but my distance would change if i measured from the tiny little bulge i have at the end of my bicep. i think it's my lower bicep muscle. where it is attached stretches out further than my bicep. from there i would have about .5"

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

I'm the same way beach bum. I have moderate peak and moderate length, but half of my lower bicep stretches damn near to the joint. So I'm like 1" on most of the bicep, but part of it goes almost all the way down so like .25-.5" right there.

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

I guess that's why I consider my biceps slightly above average cuz they're average and slightly above average haha.

 

[jwwpua]

That doesn't make sense for determining potential "peak" of the muscle. The more distance between the forearm and bicep muscle, the greater your peak will be.

However, the less distance between the forearm and bicep muscle, the more overall bicep mass you can have (cause the muscle is longer).

Then again, I could be wrong..

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

That sounds about right jwwpua. Other things to consider too is how thick your biceps muscle is compared to how long it is, as well as it's shape when it contracts.

Simple example of long biceps muscle with insane peak, Arnold Schwarzenneger.

 

[gregory]

It's bullshit. I have a gap big enough for 3 fingers and at 6'3 in height i was still able to build 20 inch arms. Look at Ronnie Colemans gap, it's big, so was Franco's, Arnold had a decent gap as well. In fact larger gapped bi's usually look better because of the sharper distinction between the tendon and the sudden rise of the bicep belly. BTW Dorian Yates (before the tear) Also had decent gaps, also they do fill in a tad as you grow.

 

[nsashbl01]

I have really peaky bi's for my arm size. I have very small bones and my arms are only like 16". I get complements that they look much bigger than they are. I have a really hard time gaining, could it be due to the shape of them?

 

[Royster]

sure things would be thrown out of proportion by bodyfat levels too.

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

I have really peaky bi's for my arm size. I have very small bones and my arms are only like 16". I get complements that they look much bigger than they are. I have a really hard time gaining, could it be due to the shape of them?

i would contibute your hard time gaining to your smaller frame and build. if you have small bones, then you have small muscles (compared to a 300 pound man). i doubt the shape has anything to do with gains, just your bodytype. i have a small frame, and i have never gained easy.

 

[eat big]

thank you, i thought this finger measure test was innacurate bc if your peak is high then you have poor genetics for biceps? that just didnt make sense to me. i agree with you all.

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