Muscle Hypertrophy; muscles as levers II

Muscles as discussed in part I is a group of motor units where

the contraction of strewn bundles gives the muscle its tone. In
exercise, what many people ignore, we try to apply certain
pressures on the muscle with different positions to grow the part
we are most interested in of the same muscle to give it the shape
we desire. Individual muscles must be dealt with each on it's
own but in general a muscle can be thought of as a series of
ropes attached each to the center of the muscle and either to the
.origin or insertion; muscles contract toward their centers

Understanding the anatomy of muscles is of extreme necessity

to any trainer; muscles may have a single insertion and origin or
more; understanding these origins aids in the formulation of the
necessary biomechanical exercises. Focus usually must be given
.to borders of muscles in need to enlarge or tone
:Biceps as simple examples

A Bicep muscle
originates from two
places: coracoid
process of the scapula
and the supraglenoid
tubercle numbered 7
and 10 in the image
and insert into the
radial tuberosity
number 4 and into the
superficial fascia
through the bicipittal
aponeurosis (not
shown).
So this muscle has four points of attachment and is triarticulate
meaning that it moves three joints; arm flexion, arm supination,
and humeral flexion. If the exercise is modified to contract the
muscle in the direction of two points of attachment only then we
are applying a stress in part of the muscle greater than the other,
this induces growth in part of muscle we want to enlarge and
.thus a change in the shape of the muscle

Looking at the image, one easily can recognize that applying a

traction in the direction from 45 loads the maximum of stress
on the fibers on that lieu but noting that the shoulder should be
partially flexed and relaxed during each bicep curl so that the
part of muscle between 4 and 5 would be obliged to exert an
additional load because it's traction causes the flexion of the
shoulder as your exercise requires. After a period of exercise
this way hypertrophy in the region between 4 and 5 will be
greater than any other part of this muscle. Likewise, bicep curls
while the shoulder is flexed through out the set relaxes the part
of the muscle we just trained and increases the workload on the
part of muscle number 9. On the other hand, lateral rotation of
the arm during a bicep curl puts a pressure on the bicipittal
aponeurosis we mentioned (supination). Mixing supination with
the previous two techniques mentioned before can match the
aponeurosis with either the coracoidal origin or the
supraglenoidal origins in a match and a new part of the muscle
will be induced to hypertrophy and induced to grow, although in
this case it is more difficult to extrude the involvement of the
.part of the muscle which is attached to the radial tuberosity

To conclude, an interplay between the shoulder motion, the arm

flexion, and supination either static or dynamic can induce
different regions to hypertrophy and shape changes achieving
.the desirable shape