Biceps Exercises
128 Free Exercise DB records tag the biceps as a primary or secondary muscle. Tagged inventory and primary-muscle count are ranked separately.
79 beginner · 44 intermediate · 5 advanced, computed across all tagged exercises.
According to the Free Exercise DB corpus on PlainExercise, Biceps ranks #10 of 18 by tagged inventory (128) and #7 by primary-muscle count (53). Shoulders is #1 of 18 by tagged inventory (335 records) at primary-count #2 (127) ≠ Quadriceps #1 primary (148 records, tagged #4 at 227).
- Biceps ranks #10 of 18 by tagged inventory (128) and #7 by primary-muscle count (53). Shoulders is #1 of 18 by tagged inventory (335 records) at primary-count #2 (127) ≠ Quadriceps #1 primary (148 records, tagged #4 at 227).
- 128 tagged records · 53 primary-field records
- Free Exercise DB (CC0) live extract
Catalog lens
Tagged inventory is not primary-muscle count
According to the Free Exercise DB corpus on PlainExercise, Biceps ranks #10 of 18 by tagged inventory (128) and #7 by primary-muscle count (53). Shoulders is #1 of 18 by tagged inventory (335 records) at primary-count #2 (127) ≠ Quadriceps #1 primary (148 records, tagged #4 at 227).
Tagged inventory
#10 of 18
128 tagged records. Shoulders leads tagged.
Primary-muscle count
#7 of 15
53 primary-field records. Quadriceps leads primary.
Biceps vs all muscles by tagged exercise inventory
Where this muscle's Free Exercise DB tagged-record count sits among every muscle with at least one tag (catalog density, not training priority)
128 Top 56% more tagged exercises than 44% of 18 muscles
Muscles, banded by tagged Free Exercise DB record count
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more muscles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source Free Exercise DB · 2026-07-10
- 128
- Exercises
- 79
- Beginner-friendly
- 69
- Compound lifts
- 6
- Equipment-free
Biceps exercises by equipment
According to the open Free Exercise DB datasets, the 128 biceps tagged records split across equipment types as below - dumbbell leads the listed set, and 6 listed records are labeled body only.
Biceps movements by equipment
What the Biceps Exercise Data Reveals
The PlainExercise database catalogues 128 records that tag the biceps as a primary or secondary muscle. That tagged inventory is not the primary-muscle map: According to the Free Exercise DB corpus on PlainExercise, Biceps ranks #10 of 18 by tagged inventory (128) and #7 by primary-muscle count (53). Shoulders is #1 of 18 by tagged inventory (335 records) at primary-count #2 (127) ≠ Quadriceps #1 primary (148 records, tagged #4 at 227).. Within the listed set, 79 are tagged beginner, 44 intermediate, 5 advanced, and 0 carry no explicit level classification. Every record is sourced from the public-domain Free Exercise DB.
Context matters: this database tracks exercise taxonomy. "Primary muscle" is a source field, not a claim that a listed movement isolates the biceps. Compound lifts tagged here may recruit this muscle as a secondary mover. This page is a catalog extract, not medical or personal-training advice.
Beginner (79)
Foundational movements to learn the pattern.
- Alternate Hammer Curldumbbell · isolation
- Alternate Incline Dumbbell Curldumbbell · isolation
- Barbell Curlbarbell · isolation
- Barbell Curls Lying Against An Inclinebarbell · isolation
- Barbell Rear Delt Rowbarbell · compound
- Bent Over Barbell Rowbarbell · compound
- Bent Over One-Arm Long Bar Rowbarbell · compound
- Bent Over Two-Dumbbell Rowdumbbell · compound
- Bent Over Two-Dumbbell Row With Palms Indumbbell · compound
- Cable Hammer Curls - Rope Attachmentcable · isolation
- Cable Preacher Curlcable · isolation
- Cable Rope Rear-Delt Rowscable · compound
- Chair Upper Body Stretchother
- Chin-Upbody only · compound
- Close-Grip EZ Bar Curlbarbell · isolation
- Close-Grip EZ-Bar Curl with Bande-z curl bar · isolation
- Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldowncable · compound
- Close-Grip Standing Barbell Curlbarbell · isolation
- Concentration Curlsdumbbell · isolation
- Cross Body Hammer Curldumbbell · isolation
- Cross Over - With Bandsbands · compound
- Dumbbell Alternate Bicep Curldumbbell · isolation
- Dumbbell Bicep Curldumbbell · isolation
- Dumbbell Incline Rowdumbbell · compound
- Dumbbell Raisedumbbell · compound
- EZ-Bar Curle-z curl bar · isolation
- Flexor Incline Dumbbell Curlsdumbbell · isolation
- Hammer Curlsdumbbell · isolation
- Incline Dumbbell Curldumbbell · isolation
- Incline Hammer Curlsdumbbell · isolation
- Incline Inner Biceps Curldumbbell · isolation
- Inverted Row with Strapsother · compound
- JM Pressbarbell · compound
- Kneeling High Pulley Rowcable · compound
- Kneeling Single-Arm High Pulley Rowcable · compound
- Leverage Iso Rowmachine · compound
- Low Pulley Row To Neckcable · compound
- Lying Cambered Barbell Rowbarbell · isolation
- Lying Close-Grip Bar Curl On High Pulleycable · isolation
- Lying Supine Dumbbell Curldumbbell · isolation
- Machine Bicep Curlmachine · isolation
- Machine Preacher Curlsmachine · isolation
- One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curldumbbell · isolation
- One Arm Lat Pulldowncable · compound
- One Half Locust
- One Handed Hangother
- One-Arm Dumbbell Rowdumbbell · compound
- One-Arm Long Bar Rowbarbell · compound
- Preacher Curlbarbell · isolation
- Preacher Hammer Dumbbell Curldumbbell · isolation
- Pullupsbody only · compound
- Reverse Barbell Curlbarbell · isolation
- Reverse Cable Curlcable · isolation
- Reverse Plate Curlsother · isolation
- Round The World Shoulder Stretchother
- Sandbag Loadother · compound
- Seated Cable Rowscable · compound
- Seated Dumbbell Curldumbbell · isolation
- Seated Dumbbell Inner Biceps Curldumbbell · isolation
- Shotgun Rowcable · compound
- Sled Rowother · compound
- Smith Machine Bent Over Rowmachine · compound
- Smith Machine One-Arm Upright Rowmachine · compound
- Smith Machine Upright Rowmachine · compound
- Spider Curle-z curl bar · isolation
- Standing Biceps Cable Curlcable · isolation
- Standing Biceps Stretchother · isolation
- Standing Concentration Curldumbbell · isolation
- Standing Dumbbell Upright Rowdumbbell · compound
- Standing Olympic Plate Hand Squeezeother · isolation
- Standing One-Arm Dumbbell Curl Over Incline Benchdumbbell · isolation
- Straight Bar Bench Mid Rowsbarbell · compound
- Suspended Rowother · compound
- T-Bar Row with Handlebarbell · compound
- Two-Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curldumbbell · isolation
- Underhand Cable Pulldownscable · compound
- V-Bar Pullupbody only · compound
- Wide-Grip Lat Pulldowncable · compound
- Wide-Grip Standing Barbell Curlbarbell · isolation
Intermediate (44)
Movements that require basic strength and coordination.
- Alternating Hang Cleankettlebells · compound
- Alternating Kettlebell Rowkettlebells · isolation
- Atlas Stone Trainerother · compound
- Bent Over Two-Arm Long Bar Rowbarbell · compound
- Bodyweight Mid Rowother · compound
- Bottoms-Up Clean From The Hang Positionkettlebells · compound
- Brachialis-SMRfoam roll
- Conan's Wheelother · compound
- Double Kettlebell Alternating Hang Cleankettlebells · compound
- Drag Curlbarbell · compound
- Dumbbell One-Arm Upright Rowdumbbell · compound
- Dumbbell Prone Incline Curldumbbell · isolation
- Full Range-Of-Motion Lat Pulldowncable · compound
- Gironda Sternum Chinsother · compound
- Gorilla Chin/Crunchbody only · compound
- High Cable Curlscable · compound
- Keg Loadother · compound
- Kipping Muscle Upother · compound
- London Bridgesother · compound
- Lying Cable Curlcable · isolation
- Lying High Bench Barbell Curlbarbell · isolation
- Lying T-Bar Rowmachine · compound
- Muscle Upother · compound
- One-Arm Kettlebell Rowkettlebells · compound
- Overhead Cable Curlcable · isolation
- Reverse Barbell Preacher Curlse-z curl bar · isolation
- Reverse Grip Bent-Over Rowsbarbell · compound
- Rocky Pull-Ups/Pulldownsother · compound
- Rope Climbother · compound
- Rowing, Stationarymachine
- Seated Close-Grip Concentration Barbell Curlbarbell · isolation
- Seated One-arm Cable Pulley Rowscable · compound
- Side To Side Chinsother · compound
- Snatchbarbell · compound
- Standing Dumbbell Reverse Curldumbbell · isolation
- Standing Inner-Biceps Curldumbbell · isolation
- Standing One-Arm Cable Curlcable · isolation
- Two-Arm Kettlebell Rowkettlebells · compound
- V-Bar Pulldowncable · compound
- Weighted Pull Upsother · compound
- Wide-Grip Pulldown Behind The Neckcable · compound
- Wide-Grip Rear Pull-Upbody only · compound
- Zottman Curldumbbell · isolation
- Zottman Preacher Curldumbbell · isolation
Advanced (5)
Complex or highly loaded movements for experienced lifters.
Nationwide muscle groups with similar catalog scale
Two Free Exercise DB peer sets for Biceps, each excluding this muscle so the neighborhoods are attribute-based, not self-containment (the exercise lists above stay the within-group path).
Similar tagged inventory
Nearest other muscles by primary+secondary tagged records (128 here).
Similar primary-muscle count
Nearest other muscles by exercises where this muscle is the primary field (53 here).