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They're great, better than the complimentary ones I listed, but not strictly necessary if you do the Big Three. The areas you mention are covered by the dead l
by tjogin 16y ago
They're great, better than the complimentary ones I listed, but not strictly necessary if you do the Big Three.
The areas you mention are covered by the dead lifts, especially shoulders and upper back. The bicep is a relatively tiny muscle that we tend to over train because of its "reputation" so to speak, but at a beginner to intermediate level, it really does get enough from just the dead lifts. You might want to re-evaluate that when you can dead lift at least 2x your body weight though.
- sedachv 16y agoIf you are using your biceps at all when deadlifting you are doing it wrong and will eventually tear one of them. The thing to do to build biceps without doing curls are pulling motions - rows and pullups.
- tjogin 16y agoThe bicep isn't the primary muscle being used, but it isn't relaxed during the exercise either, and at a beginner to intermediate level, it simply isn't necessary to target the bicep specifically. That's what makes these compound exercises better than others; they involve lots of different muscles other than the primary ones.