No Weights: 7 Best Bodyweight Exercises for Your Biceps
Having muscular arms is a
sign of strength and fitness. Sporting a pair of guns is one of the
easiest ways to make a big impression – especially among men. Therefore,
it is hardly surprising that one of the most popular gym exercises is
the biceps curl. Practically everyone who holds a dumbbell in their hand
for the first time instinctively does a curl. But if you are looking
for the most effective way to train your biceps, your workout needs to
include more than just dumbbells and barbells. These are the best
bodyweight exercises for your biceps:
Grab the chin-up bar with your palms facing you and your hands about shoulder width apart. Let yourself hang with your arms nearly straight. Maintain tension in your arms and shoulders.
How to perform the exercise:
Pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar (end position). Then lower yourself back down to the starting position in a controlled manner.
Grab the chin-up bar with your palms facing you and your hands about shoulder width apart. Pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar. If you are unable to do a chin up, you can still do this exercise by using a chair or step to jump. Alternatively, and more challenging, you can bend your arms until they are at a 90-degree angle.
How to perform the exercise:
Hold this position for as long as you can.
Grab the chin-up bar with your palms facing you and your hands about shoulder width apart. Pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar.
How to perform the exercise:
Lower yourself down into a hanging position in a slow and controlled manner. Your arms should not be completely straight in the end position. Make sure to maintain tension in your arms and shoulders in the end position.
Note: If you cannot do a chin up, you can always do the negatives. Feel free to use a chair or step to jump up. Then, perform the exercise.
Place your hands close together on the chin-up bar. Your thumbs should be facing you and your arms should be nearly straight. Maintain tension in your arms and shoulders.
How to perform the exercise:
Pull yourself up with your head to the left of the bar. Try to touch the bar with your right shoulder. Then lower yourself back down to the starting position in a controlled manner. Then, pull yourself up with your head to the right of the bar. Try to touch the bar with your left shoulder.
Grab the chin-up bar with your palms facing you and your hands about shoulder width apart. Let yourself hang with your arms nearly straight. Maintain tension in your arms and shoulders.
How to perform the exercise:
Pull yourself up until your arms are bent at a 90-degree angle. While holding this position, push and pull your body back and forth in an explosive manner, as if you were trying to hit the bar with your forehead.
Would you like to do your biceps workout at home, but don’t have any dumbbells or a chin-up bar? No sweat, all you need is a towel and a door frame.
Stand with your back to the wall. Make sure to keep your back straight and your abs tight. Your entire spine should be touching the wall. Grab both ends of the towel with your thumbs facing toward you. Put one foot in the sling. Make sure to keep your shoulders down and back.
How to perform the exercise:
Bend your arms and pull your hands up against the resistance of your leg. Keep your upper arms stationary and close to your body. Release the hold and return to the starting position. This exercise can also be done isometrically: Bend your arms at a 90-degree angle and hold this position against the resistance of your leg.
Stand opposite the door frame with your legs shoulder width apart. The wider your stance, the more difficult the exercise will be. Grab the door frame with both hands at chest height. Your thumbs should be facing you and your arms should be nearly straight. Make sure to keep your shoulders down and back.
How to perform the exercise:
Pull yourself forward until your chest nearly touches the door frame. Lower yourself back to the starting position in a controlled manner.
Training tip: Choose three of the exercises and do 8-12 repetitions. Do three sets of each exercise with 90-120 seconds of rest between sets. During isometric exercises, try to hold the position as long as possible. Repeat this three times with 90-120 seconds of rest between sets.
1. Chin-ups
Starting position:Grab the chin-up bar with your palms facing you and your hands about shoulder width apart. Let yourself hang with your arms nearly straight. Maintain tension in your arms and shoulders.
How to perform the exercise:
Pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar (end position). Then lower yourself back down to the starting position in a controlled manner.
2. Isometric chin-ups
Starting position:Grab the chin-up bar with your palms facing you and your hands about shoulder width apart. Pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar. If you are unable to do a chin up, you can still do this exercise by using a chair or step to jump. Alternatively, and more challenging, you can bend your arms until they are at a 90-degree angle.
How to perform the exercise:
Hold this position for as long as you can.
3. Negative/eccentric chin-ups
Starting position:Grab the chin-up bar with your palms facing you and your hands about shoulder width apart. Pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar.
How to perform the exercise:
Lower yourself down into a hanging position in a slow and controlled manner. Your arms should not be completely straight in the end position. Make sure to maintain tension in your arms and shoulders in the end position.
Note: If you cannot do a chin up, you can always do the negatives. Feel free to use a chair or step to jump up. Then, perform the exercise.
4. Commando chin-ups
Starting position:Place your hands close together on the chin-up bar. Your thumbs should be facing you and your arms should be nearly straight. Maintain tension in your arms and shoulders.
How to perform the exercise:
Pull yourself up with your head to the left of the bar. Try to touch the bar with your right shoulder. Then lower yourself back down to the starting position in a controlled manner. Then, pull yourself up with your head to the right of the bar. Try to touch the bar with your left shoulder.
5. Head bangers (advanced exercise)
Starting position:Grab the chin-up bar with your palms facing you and your hands about shoulder width apart. Let yourself hang with your arms nearly straight. Maintain tension in your arms and shoulders.
How to perform the exercise:
Pull yourself up until your arms are bent at a 90-degree angle. While holding this position, push and pull your body back and forth in an explosive manner, as if you were trying to hit the bar with your forehead.
Would you like to do your biceps workout at home, but don’t have any dumbbells or a chin-up bar? No sweat, all you need is a towel and a door frame.
6. Towel biceps curls
Starting position:Stand with your back to the wall. Make sure to keep your back straight and your abs tight. Your entire spine should be touching the wall. Grab both ends of the towel with your thumbs facing toward you. Put one foot in the sling. Make sure to keep your shoulders down and back.
How to perform the exercise:
Bend your arms and pull your hands up against the resistance of your leg. Keep your upper arms stationary and close to your body. Release the hold and return to the starting position. This exercise can also be done isometrically: Bend your arms at a 90-degree angle and hold this position against the resistance of your leg.
7. Doorway curls
Starting position:Stand opposite the door frame with your legs shoulder width apart. The wider your stance, the more difficult the exercise will be. Grab the door frame with both hands at chest height. Your thumbs should be facing you and your arms should be nearly straight. Make sure to keep your shoulders down and back.
How to perform the exercise:
Pull yourself forward until your chest nearly touches the door frame. Lower yourself back to the starting position in a controlled manner.
Training tip: Choose three of the exercises and do 8-12 repetitions. Do three sets of each exercise with 90-120 seconds of rest between sets. During isometric exercises, try to hold the position as long as possible. Repeat this three times with 90-120 seconds of rest between sets.
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