| If you do a Google search for Albert Beckles, you will | | | | pulls on the biceps head, and can be completed with a |
| pictures of a man with biceps demonstrating the | | | | higher number of repetitions to help engorge the area |
| freakiest split this side of Ronnie Coleman. Decades | | | | with blood. |
| ago, this level of bicep development was admired and | | | | Muscle foundation |
| desired, but it seems to have fallen in the wayside in | | | | You don't want a massive peak and split on a 14-inch |
| recent years, as the goal of bodybuilders became "get | | | | upper arm. Grow your entire body up to a point where |
| big at all costs". If your goal is to use growth hormone | | | | you have 16 or 17 inch biceps (at least) upon which to |
| and insulin to become a 265-pound monster, then by all | | | | focus upon building the great split peak. You do this by |
| means, you shouldn't worry about biceps peak. You | | | | training the full body, and supplying it with plenty of food |
| can settle for 22-inch guns without any separation. But | | | | and rest, for at least two full years. If you are 5 foot 10 |
| if your goal is a shredded, two-headed biceps that juts | | | | inches, and you weigh 165 pounds, the prospect of |
| out from your upper arm and shocks all who view it, | | | | building a massive biceps peak is a bit silly, don't you |
| keep reading. Here are a few tips to bringing out that | | | | think? |
| beloved biceps split. | | | | Patience |
| Genetics | | | | Unless your name is Paul Dillet and you were born |
| Very often, either you have it or you don't. Of course | | | | super superhuman genetics, there is a pretty good |
| you can build upon what you have. However, it should | | | | chance you aren't going to see any sort of biceps |
| be noted that many people will train for a lifetime and | | | | peak for your first two or four years of training. This |
| never develop a notable bicep peak, and some people | | | | level of development often takes years to acquire. If |
| will see the starts of a split in middle school. | | | | you don't have it yet, have patience. It will take time, |
| Low body fat | | | | but eventually you should see some peaking action |
| Even if you have a biceps peak on par with Mr. | | | | going on! |
| Beckles himself, a body fat percentage of under 12% | | | | Consider drug use |
| is going to be required before you will ever see a bit of | | | | You may have noticed that aside from the occasional |
| it. If your goal is to display a great peak, you'll need to | | | | Ronnie Coleman and Phil Heath, there aren't many |
| use diet and cardio to help you achieve your goal. | | | | bodybuilders today with any kind of biceps peak. This |
| Isolation movements | | | | may seem odd, as many bodybuilders possessed it |
| Many bodybuilders believe that isolation movements | | | | several decades ago. One would think that we'd see |
| such as one-arm cable curls and dumbbell | | | | more, and not less. Insulin and growth hormone do |
| concentration curls can assist greatly in bringing out the | | | | obscure definition and thicken the skin, however. Avoid |
| biceps split. These movements allow the biceps to | | | | it if you would like to see a clean peak. |
| receive continuous tension, at an arc which continually | | | | |