Bicep exercise without weights? (muscles, gym, pushups, legs)

[veuvegirl]

I looked up on Google, and the only suggestion they have are pull-ups. Does anyone know of any other exercises I can do that do not involve weights?

[LaoTzuMindFu]

Thats like saying "I want to learn to swim, but I want to do it without ever having to get into a pool/lake/ocean".

You know, you can buy some really cheap dumbbells at Target or Sport Chalet.

You can also do some isometric type exercises that would help.

Do this:

1. Stand with feet together, legs straight and arms hanging as if you have a barbell you are about to curl.
2. With your hands tightly closed, imagine slowly curling that barbell that weighs 25 lbs.
3. With constant tension still in your biceps, slowly lower the imaginary barbell back to the starting point.
4. Now, imagine its 50 lbs, and with constant tension in your biceps, slowly curl that 50 pound barbell all the way up (keep elbows close to body).
5. Slowly lower with same constant muscle tension.
6. Do again, but imagine its 100 lb weight.

Repeat 15 - 20 times.

[veuvegirl]

Originally Posted by LaoTzuMindFu

Thats like saying "I want to learn to swim, but I want to do it without ever having to get into a pool/lake/ocean".

You know, you can buy some really cheap dumbbells at Target or Sport Chalet.

You can also do some isometric type exercises that would help.

Do this:

1. Stand with feet together, legs straight and arms hanging as if you have a barbell you are about to curl.
2. With your hands tightly closed, imagine slowly curling that barbell that weighs 25 lbs.
3. With constant tension still in your biceps, slowly lower the imaginary barbell back to the starting point.
4. Now, imagine its 50 lbs, and with constant tension in your biceps, slowly curl that 50 pound barbell all the way up (keep elbows close to body).
5. Slowly lower with same constant muscle tension.
6. Do again, but imagine its 100 lb weight.

Repeat 15 - 20 times.

IMO they aren't so cheap. I have some bands, but don't like them as much. Plus there a so many exercises you can do for your triceps, chest, legs, shoulders etc with no weights. I was just curious if anything besides pull-ups exsisted....

[Crustedfilth]

inverted rows

[TheCaliforniaBear]

Pull ups, upright rows, bent over rows, anything that uses a pulling motion.

Or fill a backpack or bag up with heavy stuff like rocks or water bottles and use that as a weight.

That's what I do when a gym is not available. I'll fill a duffle bag or something up with heavy stuff and do excercises with it.

For biceps, the curl really is the best. It's the only thing that really isolates it. Just find something heavy and curl it.

[Gplex]

Find something you can grab at chest level, lean back with your arms stretched out, bend your knees slightly bent and then pull with you biceps, try not to engage your back muscles. When your body weight gets too easy, you can use your legs to push back and give some extra resistance.

[Huckleberry3911948]

elastic exercise bands much more difficult than weights.

http://www.myfit.ca/exercisedatabase...xercises&ID=83

[Dwatted Wabbit]

Pushups, chinups, monkey bars all use biceps and most other major upper muscles.

You can build yourself an isometric exerciser with a dowell, a length of chain, a hose clamp, a J hook, and a 2 x 4 or 2 x 8.

DO NOT HOLD YOUR BREATH WHILE DOING ISOMETRICS. Or any exercise, for that matter, unless you're interested in discovering what it's like being a stroke victim.

Oh yeah, make sure that J hook is dug in well, could smart like the dickens otherwise.

[LinaJo76]

Pullups, Pushups, and doing the "monkey" bars (where you swing from bar to bar and try to go all the way to the end of the obstacle).

[fishnfool]

While traveling for work when I have no access to a gym or weights I fill up 5 gallon buckets with water and curl them on my job sites.....similar idea to the duffel bag.