Thread: Best dumbell curl for biceps?

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I enjoy reading Cows and Squags posts to name a few.
Some people tend to talk down to you or talk big to make themselves feel Superior

Shut up, Hobbit!

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Shut up, Gremlin!

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I enjoy reading Cows and Squags posts to name a few.
Some people tend to talk down to you or talk big to make themselves feel Superior

Shut up, fool. Speak not of my greatness. You obviously wouldn't know what it's like to be superior to anyone or anything. Shut up and let the big boys talk, and be quiet too.

I couldn't even type that with a straight face, yet I've seen similar things posted here... Directed towards me... Seriously... Hahahaha... So annoying... I'm going to stop with the ellipses now before I get carried away... Damn it...

Personally I do bicep exercises but only 1-2 sets. And I do them on my back day after I have blasted my biceps with the back work. Most of the bicep work actually comes from my back exercises. I just do that extra 1-2 bicep sets to finish them off. It probably isn't necessary though. I would think that waiting a couple days and hitting the biceps again would just overtrain them... I need my time to heal. So I hit them hard, once a week, with my back.

Yeah I don't do one exercise for my arms specifically. There's just something about compound exercises that makes me want to skip.

i have a question re bicep curls but i'm not sure if this is the right place to ask.

anyways, i can curl 8 reps of 40lb if my arms are not tired from doing other exercises, but at the end of my workout (which is usually when i do biceps) i can barely manage 4-5 reps . should i be using a lesser weight so i get to the 8-12 rep range?

thanks

Originally Posted by NeilPearson

Personally I do bicep exercises but only 1-2 sets. And I do them on my back day after I have blasted my biceps with the back work. Most of the bicep work actually comes from my back exercises. I just do that extra 1-2 bicep sets to finish them off. It probably isn't necessary though. I would think that waiting a couple days and hitting the biceps again would just overtrain them... I need my time to heal. So I hit them hard, once a week, with my back.

i probably over train my biceps.. but i do about 12 sets a week of pure biceps.

during chest day i do 3 sets of barbell curls, and 3 sets of preacher curls
on shoulder day i do about 3 sets of curls lying on incline bench, and 3 sets of hammer curls or 3 sets of preacher curls.

should i cut some...

on my back day i only do back and triceps (6-7 sets).

My wrestling team had to do 20 chinups everytime we had a water break. Also, we did them while weight training...and I must say, we didn't suck.

I hate curls. People obsess over them. I do 2 exercises, 2-3 sets, the first exercise is a constant for 2 months and the second changes every 2 weeks. I curled 165 pounds in good form on an ez curl bar two days ago 6 times. My connective tissue feels like it's going to tear at such a weight. Every time I try and increase it I lose form. It gets to a point where you'll get a better workout doing compound rows/chins or pre-exhaust/super set type work on your biceps.