Our product picks are editor-tested, expert-approved. We may earn a commission through links on our site. Why Trust Us? Barbells aren't just for multi-joint moves like presses, squats, and ...

A barbell curl becomes less effective when the hips drive the bar upward and the torso leans backward. A cable curl becomes less effective when the shoulders roll forward, the elbows travel ...

IF YOU'RE LIKE MOST GUYS, then building big arms is likely one of your gym goals (even if you don't want to admit it!). And that's likely led you to do plenty of standing barbell and dumbbell biceps ...

THE BARBELL BICEPS curl is one of a handful of old-school exercises that retains the hardcore reputation today as it did decades ago, when bodybuilding icons Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno ...

Pull-ups, rows, presses and dips also train the arms. Combining compound and isolation exercises can create a more effective and balanced training programme.

Three-time Mr Olympia Frank Zane built one of the most iconic physiques in bodybuilding history. And at 84, he's still sharing the training methods that helped him get there. In a recent Instagram ...

You do not always need a long, complicated workout to make your arms work hard. Sometimes, one empty Olympic barbell, three ...

The first versions of the barbell were found in the 1860s in European gymnasiums, but Alan Calvert of the Milo Barbell Co. is credited with the first barbell patent in 1902. For the past 123 years, ...

Turn your palms to face down, and then lower the weights slowly, as you would in a reverse curl. That's 1 rep. Add into a tri-set of biceps work—like reverse curls and hammer curls—to really pack some ...

Grab a 20kg barbell, set the timer, and get to work ...