How to build bigger biceps: A little exercise each day improves muscles more than one big weekly workout - Study Finds

A new study finds just a little bit of exercise each day is better for the body than one intense workout session.

Researchers from Australia and Japan have found that just doing a handful of bicep curls each day, five days a week actually improves muscle strength more than continuously doing dozens of curls in a longer exercise routine once a week.

During their study, the team had two groups of volunteers perform “maximal voluntary eccentric bicep contractions” for four weeks while they measured each person’s muscle strength and muscle thickness.

Results show the 30×1 group did not see any increase in their muscle strength over the four weeks.

The control group doing six contractions a week did not see any change in muscle strength or muscle thickness.

The 6×5 group, on the other hand, saw their muscle strength increase by more than 10 percent, as well as experiencing similar growth in muscle thickness as the 30×1 group.

Interestingly, the team found that the 6×5 group saw similar results to a previous study where participants increased their muscle strength through a single three-second bicep curl each day.

This could help prevent a decrease in muscle mass and strength with aging.

Although the new study finds exercising on a regular basis is a good thing, study authors say taking breaks is just as important to building muscle.

“This research, together with our previous study, suggests the importance of accumulating a small amount of exercise a week, than just spending hours exercising once a week