The 4 Best Biceps Builders You've Been Skipping

If you're reading this, there's a good chance you want to improve your arms. Just to be clear, I'm not knocking the basic movements we all know and love. Barbell curls, dumbbell curls, and the like all have a place in a good arm-building program. But some less-common exercises can be just as effective, maybe even more so.

Try these four moves on for size—and watch those biceps grow!

1. Drag Curl

Drag curls have been around for decades, but for whatever reason, they are not nearly as famous as their more well-known cousin, the barbell curl.

So, what's the difference between the two? Instead of curling the bar up in an arch, with the drag curl you pull it straight up along your body. The bar quite literally drags along your body—hence the name—as you force your elbows to stay back. This leads to an intense contraction in the biceps. Slowly lower to the starting position and repeat.

Pro tip: If you have wrist or elbow issues with the straight bar, you can use the EZ-bar...

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