💪 Flexed Biceps

💪 Flexed Biceps stands for physical strength but is used far more often for determination and encouragement: getting through something hard, cheering someone on, marking a workout.

Common in fitness posts and as a reply to someone facing a challenge.

• You have got this 💪

The flexed bicep stands for strength, endurance and – in chat – encouragement: “you’ve got this”. Its visual ancestor is the 1943 We Can Do It! poster, which only decades later became a feminist symbol as “Rosie the Riveter”.

In France and Italy, a bent arm with the other hand on the upper arm is the bras d’honneur, an insult – the emoji lacks the second hand, but the resemblance is there.

• 💪🔥 – Training, project, exam – time to get going.
• 💪🦵 – Flexed Biceps and Leg
• 💪👂 – Flexed Biceps with Ear
• 💪🦶 – Flexed Biceps plus Foot
• 💪👃 – Flexed Biceps and Nose
• 💪🦾 – Flexed Biceps with Mechanical Arm

Easy to mix up with 🦵 Leg, 👂 Ear or 🦶 Foot. They look alike but do not mean the same thing – when in doubt, check the name.