What are some good peak bicep lifts?

[Swolehead1]

Hey all on arm day i have been doing dumbell curls in an inclined bench, which work very well. But now my biceps are really wide and not tall. What are some good bicep lifts I can do to improve the peak and make the muscle a little taller?

[Suareezay]

cant shape a muscle. you can only make it bigger or smaller.

[Chevrolet]

Correct.

[Behemoth]

Gene therapy dumbbell curls?

[Double3]

Get different parents.

[JayC]

Bad new is, as already stated it's genetics bro. However the good news is.. from the pic's you posted in a previous thread, I will say that your bicep appearence will improve as you lose BF. Your pretty thick right now and your not really seeing the true outline of your bi's. Once you decide to start cutting or lower BF, add some bicep sets that get into higher reps. This will aid in defining and hardening the bi's as you trim the bulk away.

[Swolehead1]

I was told by a guy I work with that close grip curls will help with peak and wide grip will help with girth. Any truth to this?

[Drako]

Go with the majority on this one bro if its not in your genes then your screwed.

[Swolehead1]

I think JayC is the most on point here. This isnt the first time I have lifted weights. There have been times where my bicep has been taller and more shaped. Maybe I was doing different curls maybe i have more excess bodyfat, but I know its not a gene thing for me, so please stop saying that shit!

[Drako]

It's your Genes..... LOL!!!

Soz bro js had to... well if you had a peak in the past then only you have the real answer to what works for your body you have the answer already just open your mind and dig through those memory banks.

[Swolehead1]

Im gonna try to do isolated bar curls tomorrow. I havent done them in a while and I think the way it works the negative portion of curls may help with what im looking for.

[Suareezay]

I think JayC is the most on point here. This isnt the first time I have lifted weights. There have been times where my bicep has been taller and more shaped. Maybe I was doing different curls maybe i have more excess bodyfat, but I know its not a gene thing for me, so please stop saying that shit!

JayC told you the same thing everyone else told you: your muscle shape is genetic. So yes, it is "a gene thing for you." If at one point your biceps were "taller and more shaped", it was because they were bigger and you were leaner, not because you forced your muscle into a new shape by bending your arm in a different fashion than you had been previously.

[Swolehead1]

Thanks for the info all, i will find out for myself. If i had the muscle the way I wanted before I can get it again, I dont need a bunch of people shoving a gene theory down my throat.

[Suareezay]

youre missing the point.

[MilkDaScow]

youre missing the point.

cosigns

[Behemoth]

"Not the truth! NOOO!!!"

And yeah, you're missing the point. The point is... you're going to be wasting your time trying to isolate one part of the muscle versus the other, etc etc, when that is not what will give you the result you are looking for. It sounds like losing some bodyfat and getting more definition in your arms is what you need. A zillion different kinds of curls aren't going to help with that.

[Double3]

Try squating and DLing

[JayC]

"Not the truth! NOOO!!!"

LOLz..

Swole: I only confirm because I've been there.. I've been told the same thing by gym rats.. Look at my avatar.. I'm naturally thick and stocky and had the same thick flat biceps... until I trimmed down, then wham!!.. nice round peacked bi's. Good luck!

[Phil9999]

try some concentration curls

[Phil9999]

cant shape a muscle. you can only make it bigger or smaller.

I have to strongly disagree with that statement. Ive had lagging areas of certain parts of my muscles that i was able to bring up through hitting the sports directly through training(e.g., the inside head of my tricep, the wideness of my lats, put more size onto my bracchialis to create the look of more seperation in my bicep)

[Big Dane]

Do some preacher curls, incline dumbell curls, and some heavy barbell curls and good to go. As soon as you can see the vein in your biceps all the time (not just when lifting) you will see the true shape of your biceps. You may need to drop some bf to get to this point.

[Drako]

Now that I think about it my arms bes responded to 21's and cable curls done under strict form as i come to the end of an arm workout got great pumps. I know arms arnt my strong point and Ive got a long way to go before im happy with them but might be worth you giving them a shot.