Rows are great for developing your upper back, but do they also work your biceps sufficiently? That certainly would be a good incentive to do more boring rows and less direct biceps work, to kill two swole birds with one stone.
So, what does the science have to say about this?
In today’s episode, we break down a new study in which participants trained dumbbell rows with one arm and bicep curls with the other for eight weeks, and measured how the arms grew.
The results were telling.
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This is episode 75 of the podcast. Check out the five previous episodes below:
- Episode 74: Try Alternating Sets for Faster Gains and Shorter Workouts
- Episode 73: Will Pre-Exhausting Your Muscles Increase Growth?
- Episode 72: How to Improve Your Sleep for Better Performance
- Episode 71: Best Ways to Form Healthy Habits
- Episode 70: Will Collagen Keep Your Joints Healthy and Your Skin Young?
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