Bad Curl form

Rocco32 · 12-16-2003, 08:23 AM

Hey, I was doing heavy BB Curls and Hammer curls. My shoulder started to hurt and I cut the set short because of my front delt hurting. Can I assume I'm using poor form?

Monolith · 12-16-2003, 08:57 AM

sounds like you might have been using poor form... trying to get the weight up so much that you were turning that curl into a front delt raise.

plouffe · 12-16-2003, 09:17 AM

Keep your shoulders back, and chest out. Keep your body nice and stern. If your unable to do this, do your curls on a preacher bench, db curls on a preacher feel realll good man - give those a try.

Tha Don · 12-16-2003, 09:30 AM

thats strange, i've had sore wrists/forearms sometimes when curling but never sore shoulders

how heavy are you going? it might be an idea to drop the weight slightly and really concentrate on form, pull your shoulders back and lock you whole upper body, tense your abs, only thing moving should be the curl in you arms

also try lowering the weight slowly, works pretty good on bi's you can get a good pump from focusing on squeezing the muscles and relaxing them with your mind

hope that helps, if not you could have a shoulder injury coming on

peace

Rocco32 · 12-16-2003, 11:26 AM

Thanks guys. For EZ curl I was doing 110lbs. Then I switched to hammer with 45's and that's when I really felt the shoulder!

bballplayer4514 · 12-16-2003, 04:50 PM

if you think you have bad form you could also try wall curls where u keep your back strictly to the wall forcing good form :wink:

**P-funk** · 12-16-2003, 06:40 PM

Try lowering the weight and focusing on your form. Usually if you are using more weight than you can handle you will end up recruiting more anterior delt than you want to and less we not forget that the long head of the bicep crosses the shoulder and aids in sagital plane flexion (hint, hint).

I don;t recomend standing with your back agianst the wall however. I feel that exercise inhibits natural movement and can lead to to much compression on the lumbar spine. The reason people place there back agianst the wall is to keep form swinging to much with the body. The thing is that you really don't want to swing at the start of the exercise because then you aren't really contracting the biceps to move the weight. However, if you get the bar moving properly with your biceps then you most allow for a little movement by the body to prevent compression of the lumbar spine when the bar is out in front of you and your forearms are parallel with the floor. This is the point were we are at the greast mechanical disadvange to produce force since the lever arm in greater than the force arm. If we don't let our upperbody move a tiny bit inorder to solve for the equilibrium problem we are placing upon it (weight out infront of us......apendages (arms) displaced in front of us) then what happens is that our spine will naturally compress to try and keep out ceter of gravity constant. So some swing is neccesary, natural and in my opinion (for what ever that is worth) safe. Just don't cheat yourself and swing it up from the begining of the movement.

peace,
patrick

DeadBolt · 12-16-2003, 07:28 PM

^^^^ yea what he said

Marble · 12-17-2003, 06:04 PM

exactly what i was going to say, just lower the weight and try working on your form and just concentrating on the muscle a little more, i watch so many people thrwo in bad form because the weight is just too heavy without even realizing it.

once was fat · 12-17-2003, 10:26 PM

Hey P-funk would also go against using a swiss ball against a wall with your back on the swiss ball and then putting one 2 pound weights under each of your arm pits. Would this method take stess off of the lumbar?

**P-funk** · 12-18-2003, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Hey P-funk would also go against using a swiss ball against a wall with your back on the swiss ball and then putting one 2 pound weights under each of your arm pits. Would this method take stess off of the lumbar?

???? Huh??

12-16-2003, 08:23 AM	#1
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12-16-2003, 08:57 AM	#2
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12-16-2003, 09:17 AM	#3
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12-16-2003, 11:26 AM	#5
Rocco32 UNLEASH THE BEAST Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 22,316 Photos: 18	Thanks guys. For EZ curl I was doing 110lbs. Then I switched to hammer with 45's and that's when I really felt the shoulder!
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12-16-2003, 06:40 PM	#7
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,136	Try lowering the weight and focusing on your form. Usually if you are using more weight than you can handle you will end up recruiting more anterior delt than you want to and less we not forget that the long head of the bicep crosses the shoulder and aids in sagital plane flexion (hint, hint). I don;t recomend standing with your back agianst the wall however. I feel that exercise inhibits natural movement and can lead to to much compression on the lumbar spine. The reason people place there back agianst the wall is to keep form swinging to much with the body. The thing is that you really don't want to swing at the start of the exercise because then you aren't really contracting the biceps to move the weight. However, if you get the bar moving properly with your biceps then you most allow for a little movement by the body to prevent compression of the lumbar spine when the bar is out in front of you and your forearms are parallel with the floor. This is the point were we are at the greast mechanical disadvange to produce force since the lever arm in greater than the force arm. If we don't let our upperbody move a tiny bit inorder to solve for the equilibrium problem we are placing upon it (weight out infront of us......apendages (arms) displaced in front of us) then what happens is that our spine will naturally compress to try and keep out ceter of gravity constant. So some swing is neccesary, natural and in my opinion (for what ever that is worth) safe. Just don't cheat yourself and swing it up from the begining of the movement. peace, patrick
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12-16-2003, 09:30 AM	#4
Tha Don Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Nottingham, England Posts: 3,826 Photos: 33	thats strange, i've had sore wrists/forearms sometimes when curling but never sore shoulders how heavy are you going? it might be an idea to drop the weight slightly and really concentrate on form, pull your shoulders back and lock you whole upper body, tense your abs, only thing moving should be the curl in you arms also try lowering the weight slowly, works pretty good on bi's you can get a good pump from focusing on squeezing the muscles and relaxing them with your mind hope that helps, if not you could have a shoulder injury coming on peace

12-16-2003, 04:50 PM	#6
bballplayer4514 cutting Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 82 Photos: 3	if you think you have bad form you could also try wall curls where u keep your back strictly to the wall forcing good form :wink:

12-16-2003, 07:28 PM	#8
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12-17-2003, 06:04 PM	#9
Marble cutting Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 81	exactly what i was going to say, just lower the weight and try working on your form and just concentrating on the muscle a little more, i watch so many people thrwo in bad form because the weight is just too heavy without even realizing it.
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12-17-2003, 10:26 PM	#10
once was fat Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: tucson az Posts: 692 Photos: 2	Hey P-funk would also go against using a swiss ball against a wall with your back on the swiss ball and then putting one 2 pound weights under each of your arm pits. Would this method take stess off of the lumbar?
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