Long Biceps vs Short Biceps (IT MATTERS!)
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Do you have long biceps or short biceps? In this quick video you’ll learn the difference between the two and it can easily be determined by the number of fingers you can fit in the gap between the end of the biceps muscle and the forearm (when the arm is flexed at 90 degrees).
In general, there are two popular anatomical configurations of the biceps brachii.
Those with not much gap showing, able to fit only one finger at most, are noted for having very large arm size overall with a very full biceps muscle. At the same time, the amount of biceps peak that is visible in these types of arms is usually minimized.
On the other hand, when the gap widens and two fingers can be fit in the space when flexing the arm, this is known to be a shorter biceps. Here you may lack some of the fullness and width of the biceps brachii but will likely have more height and peak on the biceps.
In both cases, the visible development of the muscle is going to depend on you training the biceps appropriately.
Now that said, there is nothing that you will be able to do in training and your biceps workouts that is going to fix the gap in your biceps. This is entirely genetic and determined by the length of the tendons in relation to the muscle belly that gives the appearance of the gap. Nothing you do can add muscle to a tendon. That said, you can work to increase the height of your biceps peak.
This is determined once again largely through genetics but does also have the ability to be influenced by the developoment of the long head of the biceps. This outer head of the biceps, when trained, can grow giving the appearance of a taller biceps. Likewise, when training, it is possible to choose the proper exercises to more effectively influence this area of the arms.
These long head of the biceps exercises are ones that place the arm in a position behind the body since this places a great stretch on the long head prior to each rep. Biceps exercises like the drag curl, cable stretch curls and the incline dumbbell curl are all options for effectively hitting the long head. The incredible waiter’s curl is another that hits this area with more bias.
Regardless of what your biceps looks like right now, you can have an amazing looking set of arms when flexed if you put in the hard work and look to grow bigger biceps. Even the guy with the 5 finger gap shown in the video has worked to improve the size of his biceps and his hard work has paid off. Don’t let your genetics dictate whether your biceps hold back your overall physique aesthetics.
For more biceps training tips and bicep workouts you can do with limited time and equipment, be sure to stay tuned to this channel and remember to subscribe so you never miss another video from a physical therapist with a pro sports background as a PT and strength coach.
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Jeff Cavaliere MSPT, CSCS served as both the head physical therapist and assistant strength coach for the New York Mets. Jeff earned his Masters of Physical Therapy and Bachelor’s of Physioneurobiology from the College of Health Sciences University of Connecticut Storrs. He is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
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"How many fingers can you fit?" I'm glad that that question came with further context, Jeff 😂
@elimeier3428
3 ай бұрын
Yeah I said 9 originally until further context
@leftyo9589
3 ай бұрын
more than 2 is always wrong, no matter the context!
@anthonylupia
3 ай бұрын
@@elimeier3428can’t fit a 10th? May as well try
@piquedcommenter6252
3 ай бұрын
@@anthonylupia Dude could also try a few toes if he manages to fit a 10th
@Pepeo1992
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
I hate the gap so much
@jackandy1736
3 ай бұрын
Just twist your fist to face the front when you flex
@firstnamelastname288
3 ай бұрын
look at the pros: you can still touch your shoulders and reach your back from above.
@skemmy215
3 ай бұрын
WHOOA WHAT THE FUCK@@jackandy1736
@deadmanj9279
3 ай бұрын
Acceptance is key. Is what it is, I’m sure your biceps look great dude.
@bailey2320
3 ай бұрын
Train your forearms
Team 2 Fingers. 💪🏼😉👍🏻
@futureisyours3016
3 ай бұрын
they are probably, a pair or couple or The dyyyyynnnnamic Duo!!!!
@J.D.Mc.
3 ай бұрын
@@futureisyours3016 🫵🏼🤣👍🏻
@db9944
3 ай бұрын
🤘
@saturationstation1446
3 ай бұрын
two in the ... wait a sec
@J.D.Mc.
3 ай бұрын
@@saturationstation1446 you will remember to wash your hands before you eat right? 😳👍🏻
Those 0 fingers Biceps shown here look awesome 💪
@samfunfun646
3 ай бұрын
I got the zero finger biceps and it has pros and cons. I really had to hammer my biceps for a long time to get any sort of peak they were getting bigger but still basically flat for a really long time
@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719
3 ай бұрын
@@samfunfun646 It's a bit of a struggle for sure. But, after seeing them here developed, I'm motivated to continue working on them.
@Skirk84
3 ай бұрын
1 finger for my unfortunately. But I wish I had 0
@wlidbill5261
2 ай бұрын
pinky or none
@kalebjess9957
2 ай бұрын
Two and a half here. I don’t really care tho.
If you have a gap like that and building up your biceps won't close it, you can make up for it (to some extent) by building up the forearms. Or, pose with your knuckles turned AWAY from you.
@zelldon
3 ай бұрын
I’m not doing competitions, I’d rather an overall larger arm than a bicep gap 😅.
@hendrik-janhoogendoorn-xj1lp
3 ай бұрын
You can build your brachialis to fill that gap a bit
@hendrik-janhoogendoorn-xj1lp
3 ай бұрын
With reverse bicep curls
@AJ-on-youtube
3 ай бұрын
@hendrik-janhoogendoorn-xj1lp building up the brachialis muscle (found under the biceps and attached to the elbow) will make your arm look bigger, which might also help, but the brachioRADIALIS is the big muscle on the back of the forearm that connects to the upper arm near the biceps, and is the main one I was referring to. You can hit the brachioradialis with reverse curls and pull-ups (palms away from you). If you do want to target the brachialis muscle, you can do hammer curls or body drag reverse curls.
@SkibidiLeakz
2 ай бұрын
Make up for what? Nothings wrong with it to begin with. It's personal preference.
I can fit 3
@JaviSancho93
3 ай бұрын
Team 3 finger here.
@Small_duck69
3 ай бұрын
L biceps genetics (I got them too)
@Fabian-hz4re
3 ай бұрын
Who cares, a long or short bicep won't give you any more or less value as a person
@Bigbroplays
3 ай бұрын
@@Fabian-hz4re I never said it did?
@Fabian-hz4re
3 ай бұрын
@@Bigbroplays oh sorry, it is more of a general statement for anyone hyperfixating on such a superficial thing
Team 4 fingers 💪🏻
@ChuckWortman
3 ай бұрын
Sadly I am on your team, though I'd rather not be! (no offense :-) )
@smokingtrip
3 ай бұрын
I mean ain't you offending yourself too 😂@@ChuckWortman
@ChuckWortman
3 ай бұрын
Oh absolutely! I just don't take it personally anymore when I offend myself. Guess I'm used to it by now!@@smokingtrip
@smokingtrip
3 ай бұрын
@@ChuckWortman to be honest shorter biceps are better cause you can make them look bigger with less work since the peak is way sharper.
@Big_Dude1
3 ай бұрын
@smokingtrip as someone who has three fingers I would much rather have a full bicep than have this gap.😢
10 fingers
0 fingers. My bíceps looks full
@cjplays6655
2 ай бұрын
💪😀😘❤️🎉
@mitto_96
2 ай бұрын
Same
I can fit my entire hand... 😅 long arms and tiny hands... I now have a new insecurity 😢
@AryanSingh-yz9nv
3 ай бұрын
Same bro 😂.
@KirbyPooh
3 ай бұрын
ayo SAME! i got tiny hands.. -.- and I can also fit my entire hand before my bicep -.- bruhhhhhh
@jinfin221
3 ай бұрын
Same 4 fingers
@gvz2899
3 ай бұрын
Hahaha, bless you dude. I got a good laugh.
@derekdavis3684
9 күн бұрын
LOL!! You shouldnt!
Long and full looks so much better
I always wondered why your biceps had that gap thanks for the info jeff
I literally was wondering about that gap the other day. Well thats that
Two fingers. I've always been self conscious about it. My arms look small no matter what I do.
@mranonymus1563
3 ай бұрын
Make your forearm thiccer and flex it sideways
@jinfin221
3 ай бұрын
I can fit 4. You're lucky 😂
@TheKingOfInappropriateComments
3 ай бұрын
@@mranonymus1563 i mean the muscle is there but it doesn't look like it when you're wearing a shirt.
@Yourmomsucks1057
2 ай бұрын
Grow the triceps then... They make up 2/3rds of your arm and help fill out the sleeves...
@edep3970
2 ай бұрын
Start hit tricep more often
Isn’t that your torn bicep ?
@perenpuree
3 ай бұрын
I dont think so, I have a gap there and never tore my bicep
@strongdrew1957
2 ай бұрын
It is lol
@yotoddy
2 ай бұрын
It 100% is his torn bicep.
@perenpuree
2 ай бұрын
@@yotoddy does that mean both my biceps without me ever knowing? Sounds like a painful experience I would remember
@yotoddy
2 ай бұрын
@@perenpuree We’re talking about Jeff Cavalier’s torn bicep.
I can fit 2 on one hand and 3 on another
I can fit 4, but honestly I think that's pretty good considering I just workout at home with a couple 20 lbs dumbbells.
@jinfin221
3 ай бұрын
Same.
@BobBob-ml4vp
2 ай бұрын
How many fingers you can fit has nothing to do with how much you work out. Your bicep doesn’t stretch out over time, unless your biceps are currently essentially non existent. If your biceps are pretty visible right now and you can fit 4, you will always be able to fit 4, because length of biceps only depends on genetics.
i can fit almost 5.. either my hands r just small. or my biceps r just .. alien the more pump i get
@CamLeaks
Күн бұрын
Cartoon ahh muscles 😅
I forced 2 fingers in. It's tight, but there. However, 1 finger is a little loose.
@arod2.137
3 ай бұрын
😂
Team 1 💪💪
@claudioortiz5830
Ай бұрын
We are cool af
I noticed the gap once I started exercising and I honestly don’t like it but we’ll see how it goes
@user-rs2ng1rn8o
2 ай бұрын
Rotate your rist as tou flex. Towards tour face bicep gap. Knuckles away from your face no gap.
@mathbrah
Ай бұрын
wait that works omg@@user-rs2ng1rn8o
Your all perfect and never doubt your full potential, the grass is always greener on the other side.
He placed the fingers slightly diagonally 😂😂
So what if you have a long bicep on one arm and a short bicep on the other
@BobBob-ml4vp
2 ай бұрын
Idk bro ur screwed ig? Nah I’m joking… just don’t pose with both arms up
I'm so glad I'm not the only one out there who counts how many finger I can fit there when I'm zoned out. Wait pause
I'm like a finger and a half...
3 fingers atm. Guess I gotta do more forearms, even though proportionally theyre bigger and shoulders. Its alright at least peaks are unique😅
Both look good
Full biecep 🗿
and i thought preacher curls could lengthen that biznatch
@omegasquadlder
3 ай бұрын
Nope, its tendon, not muscle, so you cannot actually grow anything there. You could theoretically tear your bicep and get an orthopedic surgeon to insert your biceps closer to your elbow joint, but then you would never be able to fully extend your arm again.
@GodBlessTheATF
3 ай бұрын
@@omegasquadlderworth it
@BobBob-ml4vp
2 ай бұрын
@@GodBlessTheATF 🤣🤣
Your bicep is always going to be your bicep no matter what you do..its genetics..Arnold was always going to have that peak..Lou was always going to have that full look and never going to have that peak that Arnold has no matter what he did..and if you think about it back then they all lifted very similar..only since the social media era and new technology and equipment..exercises have become more complex with experts coming up with new movements..if you followed before social media and read Flex and Muscle Magazines Bodybuilders showed all basic movements which goes to show the ones that has bicep peaks were bound to have a peak no matter what they did..
1 finger on my right bicep, 2 fingers on my left.
@yoosufthazeen4845
3 ай бұрын
Arnold have it too check his pictures you will find it there
So you can’t do anything to extend the distance. But what about making it shorter? What if you focus on nice dynamic stretches during certain bicep exercises? I always thought you could make the distance shorter.
One on left arm, three on right, Great genetics.
I can fit 2 comfortably but can squeeze a 3rd in
Everything on me is long boi
@nobody_X24
3 ай бұрын
You felt the need to tell another man that? 😅😅
@englewoodmusic
3 ай бұрын
@@nobody_X24 oooo... wowww...
@Fr3sh-Kush
3 ай бұрын
Yeah on me too. And yup bro. Big bubble cheeks are still big bubble cheeks my boi😅😂😂😂@@nobody_X24
@xDarklord986x
3 ай бұрын
Sames even had the longest piece of turd ever just a few hours ago and before it came out i sucked it all back in. Felt great!
@pabloescobar9958
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
2 fingers :)
AthleanX can u do an oblique home workout?
it's always been some gap (and a nice peak) on my right, very little gap (and a flatter peak) on the left, and nothing really fixes the asymmetry
Checking right now😂😂
"the shape and development of your biceps is ultimately determined by how many fingers you can fit" Thats a backwards ass sentence brother 💀
What I will never understand about body builders is that shit looks painful when you’re flexing
@BobBob-ml4vp
2 ай бұрын
It’s not tho… there’s nothing to understand… it’s just not painful… feels the same as when you flex ur arms
I thought it was the way you have your wrist positioned when you flex. When you have your knuckles more towards your face, the bicep is more peaked. When you have your thumbs aligned with your face and knuckles facing away from your face, you have a longer bicep.
Thanx Jeff 🫵😎
0 blessed with perfect muscle insertions 🙏
Larry Scott had fantastic biceps!
It does matter which direction your knuckles are pointing. Also, I can fit three fingers in mine. 😅
I can fit 2 fingers on my left bicep but I can’t tell for my right one
I can fit two but I’m also 6’4 so my brachial muscles are still longer than someone who’d be shorter so they still look more full than others most the time
@edep3970
2 ай бұрын
This makes absolutely no sense
@Tideki_
2 ай бұрын
@@edep3970 how? Obviously your brain doesn’t work right
@Tideki_
2 ай бұрын
@@edep3970 it entirely does, if you’d use your brain in the capacity it’s meant to be ran at you’d understand that with me being 6’4 my arms are vastly longer than an average height male meaning my brachial muscle will be longer so even if I have space which I do it typically looks more full than someone who doesn’t have space. Use more brain power and you might succeed in life😘
Im a pretty big dude but I when I curl i cant go over 6 kg doing 12 reps. Got a short bicep and when I go full range I feel more the forearm when passing the 90 degrees angle. Any tips or exercises?
Woah woah woah he just said some shit I needed to hear
I got some softball action 😂
I got a tight 2 and I love them. They aren’t short but they peak well.
I have a hard time fitting less than one any where near a hole. 😂
My biceps come all the way down to my forearm. No gap. What SUCKS is I can insert 4 fingers between my triceps and elbow. I have to always wear shirts with high cut sleeves due to high inserting triceps. I would much rather have inserting biceps over high inserting triceps.
Glad I have good looking biceps that don't have a gap..
Just flex with your fist facing the opposite way and the gap is gone (only in appearance obviously)
1 finger is the best. I have it. It’s basically pesky but at the same time has length. 0 finger is just bad because there’s literally not going to be good seperation between the other surrounding muscles
I can fit three boxes that i might be moving
@lukehubbard8306
3 ай бұрын
Lolol but is your bicep fully semi automatic?
@jippo91
3 ай бұрын
@@lukehubbard8306 Yes. And they take clips.. of sam sulek.
I have a torn long head on my left side so like 3
I have space for only 1 finger
❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉thksm sir ❤❤
My biceps still under construction lol
I have two different bicep heads lol, left is like 2 fingers and the right is 4 fingers
What if I have two fingers on My right arm abd obe on my left? Is this possible?
I can barely fit 1 finger, it looks full but it doesn't have peak
"have a hard time fitting more than 1 finger ?" athlinx is here to help you fit more fingers !!!!!!!!! he can widen that gap till everybody can fit in
@Skirk84
3 ай бұрын
Then you already have way better biceps than him. Nobody wants a tennis ball strapped to their arm
0 finger looks so good!
6 fingers
I think I have a two or one finger but I still have small biceps 😏 time to get at it
I don’t have any fingers. What do I use.
It determines your ultimate strength potential too... leverage is power... Hate my 2 finger gap 😭
stay flexy
This is the funniest thread I've read in a long time. And it's all guys talking bout gaps and fingers that fit. 😂
My kahuna is just over 6 inches long. Is it over for me?
His right arm had a muscle tear.
3 fingers! i'm gonna check my bicep now, i'll let you guys know
My Sadness is that i can fit 2 on one side and 3 on the other🥲
So it's girth or length?
1 and 3/4th
Depends how big your forearms are
I can't even fit one finger there, my bicepts are touching my forearms
my whole hand
How many fingers he saying it like it’s a good thing
Is it odd I cannot place anything at all? Like it completely touches my forearm ?
Does anyone know how to build a long bicep? The type where there's no gap and no large hump
11... probably 13 if i relax a bit, next question
I can fit my whole hand there, I don't have anything.😭
And then there's Scott Steiner
While more short biceps more small?
The longer the stronger. I dont want a gap. How do I fix i5
On my right hand I can fit 2 fingers but on my left just one lol
bro can fit three fingers on that bad boy
I'd like to thank both sides of my family for this 2 finger curse 😂granted, not the worst genetics I inherited 😂
What happens if I can fit all 5 fingers?
I fit my whole arm through
I don't have much of a gap, long muscle belly; so how do i get my bi's to stand out more (so i LOOK like i actually Lift)??
I can fit no fingers on mine. I always thought it was bad genetics
I have skinny fingers….so this should be uplifting 🙏🏼
im in this part of youtube again