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Please discuss the following quotation from Mike Mentzer:
"And while the Pulldown is traditionally regarded as a latissimus exercise, it is also a very effective deltoid exercise, and even more so as a biceps exercise. In fact, the Close-Grip, Palms-Up Pulldown is the best biceps exercise you could do - better than the curl. When performing a curl, whether a Nautilus Curl or conventional Barbell Curl, you work the biceps around a single joint axis, the elbow, an the predominant stress goes into the lower biceps. When performing a Close- Grip, Palms-up Pulldown, you are working the biceps around two joint axes, the elbow and the shoulder; thus you are working the biceps muscle more uniformly from both ends."
I have learned to do mostly compund exercises. For Triceps you can do Dips or Close Grip Bench Press but for Biceps everyone is doing a variation of curls.
Why not a compound exercise for biceps ?
"And while the Pulldown is traditionally regarded as a latissimus exercise, it is also a very effective deltoid exercise, and even more so as a biceps exercise. In fact, the Close-Grip, Palms-Up Pulldown is the best biceps exercise you could do - better than the curl. When performing a curl, whether a Nautilus Curl or conventional Barbell Curl, you work the biceps around a single joint axis, the elbow, an the predominant stress goes into the lower biceps. When performing a Close- Grip, Palms-up Pulldown, you are working the biceps around two joint axes, the elbow and the shoulder; thus you are working the biceps muscle more uniformly from both ends."
I have learned to do mostly compund exercises. For Triceps you can do Dips or Close Grip Bench Press but for Biceps everyone is doing a variation of curls.
Why not a compound exercise for biceps ?