No Weight Biceps Curls Can Build Muscle Optimally?
An interesting study finds biceps curls without any weight can build muscle
Biceps curls are one of the most popular gym exercises, probably because many folks enjoy training and developing their biceps.
Commonly, this movement is performed with some form of external weight, typically barbells or dumbbells.
However, what if I told you that biceps curls without any weight may be able to build muscle?
I’m not just talking about a tiny degree of muscle growth either, rather potentially a similar amount to biceps curling with weight.
I know, it sounds crazy. However, let us examine a study by Counts et al. that found just this.
Breaking Down the Study
Subjects
5 men and 8 women, who all had no prior training experience, had one arm assigned to a no-load condition and their other arm assigned to a high-load condition.
Training Protocol
Subjects trained both of their arms three times per week (on non-consecutive days) for 6 weeks.
With the arm assigned into the no-load condition, they performed a biceps curl without any actual…
