Anatomy of the Biceps Muscles Home -> Advanced Training -> Muscular Anatomy -> Bicep Anatomy   Interested in EFFECTIVE Arm Training? Then You Need "The Best Arm Exercises You've Never Heard Of!" Learn 68 never-before-seen bicep, tricep and forearm exercises designed to help you shatter training plateaus and send your motivation through the ceiling! Grab 5 FREE exercises right on the site! Guys...Want Big, Ripped Arms Stretching Your Shirt Sleeves? CLICK HERE Ladies...Want Tight, Sculpted Arms That Look GREAT With NO Sleeves at All? CLICK HERE The Biceps Brachii is attached to the forearm bone called the radius and originates at the scapula in two places (the Bicep gets it's name from these two heads - called the short head and the long head). The Biceps runs down the anterior or front side of the humerus and makes up approximately 1/3 of the muscle mass of the upper arm.. The Biceps are among the most famous muscles in the body. When somebody asks you to "make a muscle", they aren't asking you to flex your hamstrings. They want to see your biceps! Anatomy Chart courtesy of FCIT Functions The primary function of the Bicep muscle is to move the forearm towards the shoulder (elbow flexion). The secondary function of the Bicep is supination of the forearm. This means turning the hand from a palms-down position to a palms-up position. Exercises Exercises that work the Biceps include: Standing barbell curls Incline dumbell curls Alternating dumbell curls Preacher curls Cable curls Behind-the-head pullups Here is a list of unique exercises and articles for the biceps that have been published in our monthly training newsletter "BetterU News" and on our membership site Powerful Training Secrets Free Trial area (these links will open in new windows). Pile muscle and strength onto your arms with NO back strain Get a Grip! Squeeze more results from every single rep of your dumbell curls just by changing how you hold them. Secret Training Tip #318 - Squatting Cable Curls Secret Training Tip #88 - Cable Pushdown Curls Secret Training Tip #478 - Braced Incline Curls; a New Biceps Blaster Secret Training Tip #734 - How One Single Set of One Single Rep of One Single Exercise Can Build Massive, Strong Biceps Secret Training Tip #519 - The Biceps Blasting In-Set Superset Secret Training Tip #733 - Reverse Grip Curls - How This Underused, Underrated Exercise Can Unleash Your Arm Size Cable-Barbell Curls - "Hybrid Training" For Incredible Biceps! Secret Training Tip #119 - How to REALLY Do Incline Curls To Mass Up Your Biceps FAST!