My bicept workout work out consists of 3 sets of 12 preacher curl and 3 sets of 12 hammer curls. After that workout I can feel it in my lower part of my arm but there is no soreness in the upper portion of my arm. What are some ways that I can work the upper part of my bicept? Even if my upper arm don't get as much activity as my lower part of my arm, will my bicept still grow proportionally?

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OBSESSED is just a work the lazy use to describe the DEDICATED.

Its good to work your muscles from different angles to place different kinds of stress on your targeted muscle. You'll grow quicker if you change things up every once and a while.......Don't let your routine become routine. Standing barbell curls and alternate curls work the upper and overall bicep, seated incline alternate curls kind of work the middle, and preacher & hammer are good for the lower portion....as you know. I think you should always do one of the compound exercises for biceps followed by a couple of others. Just try to use as many angle as you can.

As for your other question, I really don't know anyone that has only worked their lower biceps. lol. Im thinking it might look weird.....but i really dont know. I'll leave this question for someone else. http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/tongue.gif
I dont know why you would just want to work the lower portion.

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I've been going to college for 2 years now & there is this one guy who I have seen do nothing but preacher curls every time he is in the gym. Never works his tri's and never does any other bicep exercise. The guy has good sized biceps, toned and big. But if he was to work his tri's, his arms would double in size. His arms also look kind of wierd.

I think it's best to work all angles of a muscle. In the end you will have better shape.

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My routine use to be just preacher curl and incline alternating curls. I guess I'll just go back to preacher curls, incline, and I will throw in some stand alternations.

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definately throw some reverse barbell curls into your routine

I never work my forearms directly. I find that they grow along with the rest of your body. Every time your grip something you are working your forearms.. but i guess reverse curls are good for your lower bicep too.

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Hey Mitch...You should check out some of the hardcore routines at abcBodybuilding.com.....(I wonder if i can say that???) They are pretty informative...and have a mutitude of exercises for biceps as well as other muscle groups.

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dont use preacher curls as your main part of your bicep work out. sinnce the mainly work the mid-range of your biceps, doing mostly preacher curls over a lenghth of time has the potential to shorten the muscle. not good!
just try to do somthin that works the fulll range of possible movement by your arm there.

Doing both hammers and preacher curls are good. I would add an exercise that works the long head (brachii). Try this: Standing, position cables just evenly with your hands when elbow is bent at 90 degrees. Stand in the middle of both stacks and make sure you are even with the cables (not forward or behind which would pull your shoulders in the wrong direction). Make sure that as you curl in, you are in alignment (don't move shoulders or elbows). It is also very important that you pause and squeeze the contraction for two seconds, then release without "locking out". I think you will find this to be an excellent exercise that is different...it has really added to the shape of my biceps (long head). This exercise was featured in March's issue of Muscle and Fitness Hers. I have been using it for over a year and was pleased to see that they recommend it for development of the long head.