: Biceps increase without curls I get intense pain in arm when I do biceps curls either with dumbbell or bar, I am fine with exercise of other part of body u.e. triceps back , chest etc, Is there any exercise of biceps which

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Any sort of rowing motion with a barbell and chin-ups.

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If you can do pullups, that would be my recommendation. In general I frown on isolation work because it's not natural and a good way to get tendinitis and other overuse injuries.

With pullups, you have some options that hopefully won't hurt: palms towards you, palms away, and palms towards each other (if you have that piece of gear).

I'm not sure what part of your arm is bothering you, but another option is ring or suspension pullups. Those are a bit tougher because you have to stabilize on them, but they're somewhat more forgiving on your joints because you can freely move into a position that's more comfortable.

The good news is that regardless of the particular technique you use, you'll get a terrific upper body pulling exercise, with ~85% recruitment of your biceps.

If you got tendinitis from doing curls (typical), it's a great learning moment to switch to compound exercises. And in particular, a proven strength training program.

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Have you tried curls with an ez curl bar, maybe that will help. Also pull ups wit a reverse grip or a neutral grip. Hammer curls should take some stress off your forearms.