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Originally Posted by FranktheTank
^ damn no wonder.
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Originally Posted by min0 lee
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Answer: This is actually a common problem as most people initiate the curling action by curling the wrists in, especially when nearing fatigue. This will improve leverage by engaging the forearm flexors, but reduce the work of the biceps muscle. What you need to do is cock your wrists backward while curling to increase the work of the biceps and effectively eliminate the forearm flexors by putting them in a weak position. You may need to reduce your curling poundages initially, however, in time, you should be able to return to your normal weights. You will also have bigger biceps to show for it! |
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Originally Posted by min0 lee
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Answer: This is actually a common problem as most people initiate the curling action by curling the wrists in, especially when nearing fatigue. This will improve leverage by engaging the forearm flexors, but reduce the work of the biceps muscle. What you need to do is cock your wrists backward while curling to increase the work of the biceps and effectively eliminate the forearm flexors by putting them in a weak position. You may need to reduce your curling poundages initially, however, in time, you should be able to return to your normal weights. You will also have bigger biceps to show for it! |
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Originally Posted by Yanick
if by "cock your wrists backward" he means supinate i totally agree, but for some reason that sounds more to me like flex your wrist so i dunno...
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Originally Posted by min0 lee
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Answer: This is actually a common problem as most people initiate the curling action by curling the wrists in, especially when nearing fatigue. This will improve leverage by engaging the forearm flexors, but reduce the work of the biceps muscle. What you need to do is cock your wrists backward while curling to increase the work of the biceps and effectively eliminate the forearm flexors by putting them in a weak position. You may need to reduce your curling poundages initially, however, in time, you should be able to return to your normal weights. You will also have bigger biceps to show for it! |
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Originally Posted by Tier
But he's saying to cock your wrist backwards to disengage the forearm. Seems like my wrists would hurt but I'll try it.
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Originally Posted by Tier
But he's saying to cock your wrist backwards to disengage the forearm. Seems like my wrists would hurt but I'll try it.
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I will say you have to drop your weight but they don't hurt the wrist too much. I nomally also incorporate using an incline dumbell bench and set it about halfway between verticle and a 45 degree angle. This changes the plane that you're bicep is lifting through. Kind of like leaning forward doing preacher curls so that you're putting the weight on the biceps through more of the curl. What I did was do the limp wrist curl for the first six sets and then switched to hammer curls, and regular curls where I use my forearm more as my biceps burned out. In between doing the limp wrist curls, I also did wrist curls in between sets. Seemed to work nicely
