The Claim
In resistance-trained individuals, acute muscle swelling in the biceps brachii increases immediately after biceps curl training, with an average 12.2% increase in muscle thickness post-exercise, and returns to baseline within 24 hours irrespective of whether joint angles are varied or fixed, indicating rapid recovery and no prolonged edema due to angle variation.
What the research says
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After a bicep workout, your muscle swells up right away — by about 12% — but that puffiness goes away within a day, even if you changed up your arm angles during the workout.
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Acute muscle swelling in the biceps brachii increases immediately after biceps curl training in resistance-trained individuals, with a 12.2% average increase in muscle thickness post-exercise, but returns to baseline within 24 hours regardless of whether joint angles are varied or fixed, indicating rapid recovery and no prolonged edema from angle variation.
What the research says
1 studyThe study looked at how changing arm position during bicep curls affects muscle swelling, and found that swelling goes away within a day no matter how the arm is positioned, just like the claim says.
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