2023 Rewind: Michael B. Jordan's 'Creed III' Trainer Gives His Bicep Building Tips

This piece is part of EDGE's 2023 Rewind series. We're reaching into our archives and sharing some of our favorite stories from the past year.

Corey Calliet, who trained both Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors for "Creed III," recently spoke to Men's Health about how to get the best arms of your life.

And who better to give bicep tips than the man partly responsible for some of the nicest biceps in Hollywood? According to Calliet, there are two main keys to showstopping arms: Form (including feet placement) and intensity. "Building a Hollywood physique isn't just about moving weight, but also keeping the heart rate up – and the form intact," he told Men's Health.

"I love to do things at a high pace, high intensity no matter what I'm doing," he says. "As long as I'm paying attention to form and control, I'm able to get what I want out of it because I want to get that heart rate up. Even when I'm lifting weights. I don't like to just be hitting the heavy weight and then just sit down and chill."

Here are some of Calliet's insider tricks:

Drop Sets to Push Past Fatigue

3 rounds of 8 to 12 reps at each weight

Drop sets are brutal. You start with a normal round of curls – and just when you think your biceps are fried, you drop the dumbbells, pick up a lighter set and knock out more reps. Then, you do it one more time. Before you know, you've knocked out nearly 30 reps with this drop set.

The key to drop sets, according to Calliet, is knowing to keep a rep or two "in the tank" so you're not completely drained after your first set. This should set you up for helping push past being tired, but at the same time not gassing out too soon.

More important than the total number or reps, however, Calliet says, is to be sure throughout the drop set to maintain your focus on your form and maintain that mind-muscle connection.

Perform two to three drop sets, starting with about eight to 12 reps before lowering the weight and performing another set. If you're doing this at the beginning of a workout, Calliet advises going with three total rounds. When used as a finishing move, one complete dropset – now you should have around 30 or more quality reps completed – should be sufficient.

Master the Half-Iso Curl

3 sets of 10 reps

Although the dumbbell curl is often performed as a unilateral exercise – alternating between each arm – this version doesn't offer much of a rest. By maintaining a 90-degree hold with your "non-working" arm, your standard dumbbell curl becomes a lot more challenging than it looks.

You're getting a ton of biceps engagement from both arms with this move. While focusing on the curl with one arm, you're also forced to pay attention on just maintaining the hold with the opposite arm. It won't take long to notice the crazy pump and again as you become more focused on maintaining that mind-muscle connection.

Perform about three sets of 10 reps with each arm for a ridiculous pump.