“The “biceps brachii” is the muscle crossing the shoulder and elbow joint. It has two “heads” (“bi-ceps” means “two-heads”), the long head and the short head.
Basic bicep anatomy
The short- head (inner) of the bicep is where you will find most of the mass/bulk of the muscle and the long-head (outer) is what actually creates the ”bicep peak”. When flexing the bicep muscle the long-head (outer) actually rises up and sits on top/above of the short-head (inner). So achieving muscle hypertrophy (increase in muscle size) in the bicep long-head will create a bigger bicep peak. m
The Brachialis is a third muscle of the upper arm, and is deeper and less visible. It assists the biceps in elbow flexion, and shouldn’t be neglected in training.
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