Thread: close grip chinups

It can be argued that direct work is not the best option. Many people use their back day as their only form of bicep work (myself included) and they get good results (myself included, once again). Many people think this is just ludicrous, but they either don't understand the concept, or are just pissed off that they wasted all that time with curls when it wasn't really necessary. Either way you look at it, having no direct bicep work can do wonders for many, many people.

close grip chin ups a great way to finish your back workout and target the biceps.

lol, I also never do direct bicep work, maybe once every 2 or 3 months, i'd do some curls. It's funny to see the kids at my gym class kill themselves doing ez curls all hour swerving thir bodies back and forth, then walking around thinking they are Arnold. Cracks me up every time.

They tear up your biceps quite well. Chinups are one of my favorite exercises in general.

Actually, quite a few people respond pretty well to no direct arm work or very limited amounts of direct arm work. I am one of those people. My arms have always sucked, and they still do, but the removal of direct work helped. I definitely recommend giving it a shot for a bulking cycle or two.

If I drop direct bicep work, they really start to lag behind. I need to hit them hard and often it seems.. Triceps is another story though.

^^same here.


I respond better to direct arm work then I do with the indirect action from other exercises. Everybody is different.

J