27 Apr 2004 14:40:54

timi

Biceps training & correct sitting position on MedX machine

Hello, I'm a little bit confused on training the biceps on a biceps machine. It's from MedX. My goal is to get a more pumped biceps. I think that would be the biceps brachii. It looks like the following: You sit and in front of you you put your upper arms and lower arms on two pads and then you grasp the two bars to pull them towards my head. My question is now how high I should sit: I can sit a little bit lower and then my arms are a little bit more parallel to the ground and then when I pull towards me and back I think the arm is in a longer way under pressure. Especially when I go back in the start position when the arms are nearly straight I put much effort to go from that to a position where the arms are more rectangular to the ground. When I sit a little bit higher the arms are more pointing downwards and not so parallel to the ground. I think with that the arm is not so long under pressure as above but I can lift heavier weight. My feeling is that with the 1st I train more the forearm muscle (I think called Brachioradialis) rather than the Biceps brachii. With the second I train more the biceps brachii but maybe I cheat because the arms are more pointing down and thus I may cheat a little bit with it. Can someone give me hints ? Many Thanks ! Timi

02 May 2004 20:57:24

Mark Curfman

Re: Biceps training & correct sitting position on MedX machine

"timi" <timiffm@gmx.de > wrote in message news:179e6921.0404271340.781a4eec@posting.google.com... > Hello, > > I'm a little bit confused on training the biceps on a > biceps machine. It's from MedX. My goal is to get a more > pumped biceps. I think that would be the biceps brachii. > It looks like the following: > > You sit and in front of you you put your upper arms and lower > arms on two pads and then you grasp the two bars to pull them > towards my head. > > My question is now how high I should sit: > I can sit a little bit lower and then my arms are a little > bit more parallel to the ground and then when I pull towards > me and back I think the arm is in a longer way under pressure. Especially > when I go back in the start position when the arms are nearly > straight I put much effort to go from that to a position where > the arms are more rectangular to the ground. > > When I sit a little bit higher the arms are more pointing downwards > and not so parallel to the ground. I think with that the arm is not > so long under pressure as above but I can lift heavier weight. > > My feeling is that with the 1st I train more the forearm muscle > (I think called Brachioradialis) rather than the Biceps brachii. > With the second I train more the biceps brachii but maybe I cheat > because the arms are more pointing down and thus I may cheat > a little bit with it. > > Can someone give me hints ? If you're performing the exercise through a full range of motion with constant tension, then it probably doesn't matter a whole lot. The other key is comfort. Set the height at the most comfortable level. Mark Curfman