Thread: How Exactly Do You Perform A "Cheat Curl"?

bounce it off your hips?

lean way back and hyperextend?

swing like an animal back and forth?

Oh wait, I know......WHO THE FUCK CARES? IT IS CHEATING.

When your regular barbell isnt looking or is being used by another member, you go use another barbell with bigger clamps and nicer grip...

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just dont get caught

why would you want to do any exercise that has the word 'cheat' in it?

do you do this on 'skimp on your workout day'?

Originally Posted by The13ig13adWolf

why would you want to do any exercise that has the word 'cheat' in it?

do you do this on 'skimp on your workout day'?

This is a legitimate question...

But, it's the definition of the term CHEAT that should be discussed -

Originally Posted by P-funk

lean way back and hyperextend?

swing like an animal back and forth?

Yes and Yes...

But only to get three or four more reps than you could using
solid form...

Or to get a newer heavier weight to try and break a plateau...

But never to the point that you might injure yourself -


Cheating to reach a particular goal "CAN" help if done properly...

(Hell, I would lie to my body too if I thought it would do any good)

why risk injury and cheat curl when you could curl regularly and progress at a much better rate. i've done cheat curls before, but only because they were negative only sets. otherwise i wouldn't want any part of an excercise that has me "cheating" to lift it.

Deity Goddess, basically put, cheating is where you use improper form to move a bit more weight than you could normally. It's an advanced technique for someone who has been bodybuilding for a long time.

The problem is that you can hurt yourself by using the wrong form, so this most certainly is not for beginners.

I really don't see the point. I used to think there was some advantage, but all you are doing by cheating is reducing the resistance. You could just get a spotter or do a dropset with less weight and achieve the same effect. Rest pause repetitions would be another way to go about it that would make much more sense.

I could see them being used for some (but obviously not all) exercises if you didn't have a training partner (I don't). If you cheated up the weight on T-Bars, you could then do a negative. Or you could cheat past a sticking point.

But if you do have a training partner, cheats gove little, if any, benefit.

I thought the purpose of a cheat curl was to get that last rep out. Like if you just cant get out that last rep, bounce it up a little so you at least get something out of it rather than just putting down the weight?

Wow! she got flamed up pretty good here....... I think she was just asking about a term she didn't know meaning of and not actually wanting to do them-maybe so she knew for sure that she wasn't doing them herself.


Down boys/girls DOWN!!

Originally Posted by cfs3

I could see them being used for some (but obviously not all) exercises if you didn't have a training partner (I don't). If you cheated up the weight on T-Bars, you could then do a negative. Or you could cheat past a sticking point.

But if you do have a training partner, cheats gove little, if any, benefit.

Exactly. HIT would call for "cheat reps" at the end of sets, so that you could stick the negative. I think it's a highly formidable way to train, especially when you don't have a training partner.

Originally Posted by Zac_Champigny

I thought the purpose of a cheat curl was to get that last rep out. Like if you just cant get out that last rep, bounce it up a little so you at least get something out of it rather than just putting down the weight?

yea that works, just be careful and don't injure yourself. remember, if you do cheat on the positive as you are saying at the end of the set, you're only risking injury if you can't perform the negative with control.

Someone posted this site here on IM a year ago and I love it. I need not bug anyone here any more with the "How do I do this ... " questions.


Great instructional site with animated examples.
Enjoy!!

Id say if youre curling heavy, then you better be able to do around 4 reps with strict form, then 2 MAYBE 3 more with a rock of body weight to press through.

However, I am not sure if I would recommend this for every time you have a bi day..

I can cheat throw a curl bar a quarter mile.


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