Weird asymmetry: compounds for triceps, isolation for biceps

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Gym culture gladly accepts close-grip bench and dips as tricep builders — compounds, not skull crushers — but draws the line at doing the same thing for biceps. There's no physiological reason for this asymmetry; it's just a collective blind spot reinforced by the popularity of the curl.

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