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5 Effective Weight Lifting Exercises to Enlarge Your Biceps
by Sigmund Kii
When it comes to weight lifting exercises, everyone wants to do workouts to get huge biceps because they are the most impressive muscles when developed. To most people, having large biceps indicates strength. When someone is asking you to "flex your muscles," they're not asking you to flex your legs; they're usually asking you to flex your biceps. Here in this article, I will give you 5 of my favorite bicep weight lifting exercises using dumbbells. If you buy your own dumbbells, you can even do these weight lifting exercises at home!

1. Dumbbell Concentration Curls - Sit on a flat surface (such as a bench) with your legs spread apart, while leaning forward a little bit. Get a dumbbell in one hand with your palm facing upward, and rest your elbow in on the inner part of your thigh. You can let your dumbbell hang. Curl the weight up while keeping your elbow in the same spot on the inner part of your thigh. When you are curling, twist your wrist towards the outside. Squeeze your muscle at the top of the movement for one count and then return it to the start position; then repeat the weight lifting exercises.

2. Two Arm Dumbbell Curls - One of the other weight lifting exercises is the old and popular dumbbell curl, which you can do while you're either standing or sitting. Get a dumbbell in each hand and let your hands drop by your sides. Curl both dumbbells up and try to bring them up towards your shoulders. When you are bringing it up, turn (supinate) your palm outward. Slowly bring the dumbbells back to the starting position and repeat.

3. Hammer Dumbbell Curls - This is also one of the classic dumbbell weight lifting exercises; you can do this while either standing or sitting on a bench. This is very similar to a dumbbell bicep curl (in the previous exercise), except that you don't twist your wrists throughout the movement with no supination. Basically you get a dumbbell in both hands, and let them hang by your sides. Curl both dumbbells at the same time and try to bring them up to your shoulders. When you are doing this, keep your wrists locked. Bring the dumbbells down slowly and repeat the weight lifting exercises.

4. Standing Zottman Dumbbell Curls - Stand up and keep your back straight. Get a dumbbell in both hands. Let your hands drop by your sides. As you begin to curl both dumbbells upward, rotate your hands into an underhanded grip position. When you are at the top of this movement, rotate your wrists so that your palms are now facing outward. Then you can continue the other half of this weight lifting exercise by bringing them down to the start position.

5. Incline Dumbbell Curls - For this weight lifting exercise, lie on an inclined bench and get a dumbbell in both hands. Let your hands drop down to both sides, with your palms facing inward (toward each other). Curl the dumbbell in one hand and bring it up to your shoulder. When you are curling it, supinate your wrist outward (your thumbs will be facing away from your body). Bring your arm back to the start position, and then repeat with your other arm.

These are the most common (and most popular) weight lifting exercises for working out your biceps; follow these weight lifting exercises and you're on your way to building impressive biceps! Remember that in order to see the best results, you should also be training other parts of your body and incorporating a good diet. You should take a look at my fitness site to learn more exercises, techniques, and healthy diets to improve your body. Also, if you're really serious about building lean muscles in the best way, then take a look at my review of No Nonsense Muscle Building. This is a program designed specifically to build muscle mass on the average guy. It gives you a full workout routine for 52-weeks, along with full diet schedules to maximize your muscle growth. Give it a look to see how it will fit your needs.

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