I know for us women, sometimes we want to keep our biceps toned down a bit. We want definition, but we usually don’t want to look like we’ve been taking steroids. We want to look feminine, yet strong, and we want to definitely get the lean definition that so many women envy in arms – like the arms of Sarah Jessica Parker for example. But guys are a little different. First of all, men’s biceps are one of the easiest spots to firm up and bulk up because they are just very easily targeted in workouts.

However, like us women, they find their triceps and other little sinews of the arm muscles a bit tougher to bulk up and lean down. There are actually ways that you can maximize the burn and the bulking up of your biceps if you’re a guy – or a woman, who wants to get this area toned and ripped.

Many times you’ll hear trainers recommend that you alternate very heavy, slow lifting, with lighter lifting and more repetition to help burn the fat layers off to reveal the muscle and to also help bulk up the muscle quickly. This is still a good way to not only get that chiseled look, but also to burn fat off the body in general very quickly, and this of course translates to burning more calories off more quickly, so it’s a win/win situation.

Weight machines are excellent, the kind you find at most gyms, to help vary the weight you’re working with, and the positions in which you are working the muscles, so getting to the gym is a good idea if you’re really wanting to target and blast certain areas. However if you have a great home gym with the right equipment that always works too. It’s all about variation and

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