A bent arm flexing a muscle, the flexed biceps emoji covers the gym literally but just as often signals power, determination, or plain encouragement online. It also works as a virtual 'you've got this' for someone's effort and toughness.
What 💪 means
An extended arm held in a 90-degree angle, flexing to show off the biceps along with a clenched fist. This emoji signifies fitness, workout, hitting the gym, and overall staying fit.
The 💪 Flexed Biceps emoji also suggests strength, power, empowerment, and being badass too. This emoji is available in the designated skin tones across almost all platforms.
How and when to use it
- If you've been working out, and all that time spent in the gym is finally paying off, use 💪 along with some kickass pictures to either send it to your buddies or post it on social media.
- 💪 can also be used to say "Don't mess with me, or I'mma kick your ass".
- If you're feeling empowered, use 💪 in your captions or general DMs.
- If somebody else has been seriously lifting some weights and they send you pictures of their progress, send 💪 to show some encouragement.
- 💪 is also a way of saying "You got this" or "We got this".
- You could also use 💪 to express motivation, especially when the other person is having some unbeatable Monday blues.
Other Names
- 💪 Workout
- 💪 Gym
- 💪 Biceps
- 💪 Working Out
- 💪 Fitness
- 💪 Fit
- 💪 Strength
- 💪 Badass
- 💪 Empowerment
- 💪 Encouragement
- 💪 Motivation
- 💪 Feats of Strength
- 💪 Flexing Arm Muscles
- 💪 Muscle
- 💪 Muscular
- 💪 Strong
- 💪 Flexed Bicep
- 💪 Power
- 💪 Popeye The Sailor Man
💪 in real conversations
What does 💪 mean from a girl?
Encouragement — “you've got this,” sent before a big test, interview or workout. It also doubles as a straightforward gym-progress flex when she's the one posting.
What does 💪 mean from a guy?
Most often a literal gym flex — post-workout pics, PR announcements — but it doubles as motivational shorthand for “push through it” in any context, not just fitness.
What does 💪 mean in texting?
Strength and effort, physical or otherwise. “We got this 💪” works for a workout, a deadline, or a hard conversation — the muscle is metaphorical as often as not.
The lowdown
- Category
- People & Body › body-parts
- Codepoints
U+1F4AA- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:muscle::flexed_biceps:Discord- Keywords
- arm, beast, bench, biceps, bodybuilder, bro, curls, flex, gains, gym, jacked, muscle, press, ripped, strong, weightlift
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Skin tone variations
Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 💪 Flexed Biceps or 🇹🇻 Flag: Tuvalu?
Runs with a crowd
💪 keeps company in cool emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.