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Moment of Bodybuilding Zen 173: Larry Scott’s Beach-Ball Biceps

Larry Scott at the beach flexing his biceps for a girl

Larry Scott’s guns aroused attention everywhere in the ’60s, especially on the beach. Ladies would swoon as they walked up to him and asked, “So exactly how did you shed all of your body hair?” [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: biceps, biceps shape, big arms, bodybuilding zen, density training, larry scott, mr. olympia, STX, vince gironda, vince's gym

Mr. America on Mr. O’s Biceps Shape Shift

Larry Scott's awesome arms flexed

A few newsletters ago, I had photos of the first Mr. O Larry Scott in his prime and later in life after he decided to see if he could reshape his biceps—higher peak—by removing preacher curls from his arm workout and emphasize “peak-contraction” exercises. Results… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arm workout, biceps exercises, biceps peak, biceps shape, larry scott, Mr. O, mr. olympia

Muscle-Morphing Memories

Arnold doing concentration curls, Art Zeller photo

Yesterday I discussed how the first Mr. Olympia Larry Scott reshaped his biceps somewhat from bulbously long and thick to more tweaked and peaked. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: arnold schwarzenegger, art zeller, biceps peak, biceps shape, Chris Beardsley, larry scott, muscle shape

Muscle Mechanics: A New Twist for Awesome Arms

Q: I have learned an incredible amount from your X Arms e-book. My question has to do with emphasizing the biceps heads. You suggest total focus on one head at each workout. Instead, I want to use two sets in each position of flexion, with each set focusing on a different head. For example, for the first exercise (midrange), I’ll do one set of close-grip preacher curls for the outer biceps heads; then follow with one set of wide-grip dumbbell curls for the inner heads. I’ll do that for the stretch-position exercise and the contracted position exercise, using the specific movements in your e-book, one set for each head in each position. I plan to use that biceps routine every arm workout. I’ll use the same two-sets-for-each-position idea for triceps too. What do you think?

A: Let’s see, two sets in each of the three positions of flexion, one set for inner-head emphasis, the second for outer-head emphasis. Interesting. That’s a different strategy from what we outline in X-traordinary Arms, which is to focus on one head of the biceps at one workout, then focus on the other head at the next to build awesome arms. [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: 3d pof, awesome arms, biceps, biceps exercises, biceps shape, biceps workout, bodyweight training, build mass, jonathan lawson, mass building, muscle mechanics, positions of flexion, protein synthesis, x arms, x-traordinary arms

Change the Shape of Your Biceps

Jonathan doing one-arm preacher curls

Q: I keep reading that the shape of your biceps is genetic and you can’t change it, but in the X-traordinary Arms e-book that came in my Anabolic After 40 package (which I love, by the way!) you say you can change the shape of your biceps. I’ve even seen respected scientists say that changing the shape of a muscle can’t be done. How do you respond?

A: What those scientists are referring to is the length of a muscle. For example, if you have a short biceps, with a gap between the lower part of the muscle and the elbow joint when it’s flexed, you can’t fill in that gap. You’ve simply been born with a high biceps insertion point (like a high calf muscle). To fill in the gap would require muscle reattachment surgery, which we obviously don’t recommend.

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