Best dumbell curl for biceps?

[Johnnny]

LittleKid

Yea thats basically what i've been doing, I like incline curls alot more though, since I started doing them I decreased my reps and increased the weight. It's funny how many muscles you can work with just dumbells

I have to agree with you & Bone Crusher I love incline curls, I also do incline hammer curls & when I do these curls I keep my feet up on something & make sure to keep my neck flate against the bench.

But they're excellent for strict curls

 

[KarlW]

Actually this has raised some interesting questions.

The original question of the thread was which dumbel curl was best for biceps. Out of that came that perhaps the biceps don't need any direct curling exercises at all to achieve growth.

Johnny has said:

Yes your biceps get worked during a back routine, but not in the proper manner compared to bicep exercises.

Well what I ask is the proper manner?

Johnnny has also said:

Telling someone their biceps will grow from doing solely barbell rows & other back exercises is sh!tty advice.

So Johnnny does or doesn't think that your biceps will grow from doing back exercises only?

DD has said:

Supinated chin ups will. (build bigger biceps than curls)

What does it add up to?
Clearly, your biceps get a workout from back exercises. Whether they get a better or worse workout than doing curls is nothing but conjecture until someone shows scientific evidence. Note that word scientific

 

[Randy]

I think you guys need to fire up a pointed cigarette and then come back and analyze this subject a bit more...

 

[CowPimp]

I agree with this statement in general (about tension). That said, there is a difference between a chin and a curl. The chin is a multiple joint movement that has a very different dynamic in terms of the forearm flexors vs. a barbell curl (for example). Yes, the chin will build your upper arms. That said, the barbell curl will build them to a greater degree.

Now, I say this from empirical evidence and my pondering of why this is so. Without having the equipment or desire to perform the equations of related force on a given muscle or muscles during the 2 movements it makes sense to me that there is a difference in the 2 movements and thus the results for the forearms flexors.

Chins can build your biceps, but barbell curls will build them better.

Perhaps this is true, but I still say that the curls should be kept to a minimum. The observations that I have made show that supplementing compound pulling movements with direct bicep work is a good idea, but the number of sets done should be very small. Maybe my biceps just have a very low capacity for recovery, but I am not going to argue with results.

Johnnny was suggesting up to 9 sets to be performed with isolation bicep exercises, which I feel is too much unless you stop several reps short of failure.

 

[Duncans Donuts]

Go take some ephedra, Johnnny.

 

[min0 lee]

.

 

[min0 lee]

.

 

[min0 lee]

Let me get some coffee.....

 

[Randy]

I love coffee...drink it all day I'll have another cup

 

[min0 lee]

Wow, the Spurs beat the Jazz today.......

 

[min0 lee]

Some wine is also good......

 

[Randy]

I don't keep up much with basketball. But watching that last big brawl was something to see. I seen the detailed footage on ESPN.

 

[min0 lee]

I think I need another cup, I feel sleepy......

 

[min0 lee]

I don't keep up much with basketball. But watching that last big brawl was something to see. I seen the detailed footage on ESPN.

They are destroying that sport.

 

[Duncans Donuts]

Duncan had 12 points, 13 boards, 4 blocks, 3 assists, and sat out about half the game.

The Spurs decimated, laid to waste, the Jazz. And the rest of the league in coming weeks...fear them

 

[Randy]

here

 

[min0 lee]

here

Thanks

 

[Randy]

They are destroying that sport.

Yeah that was uncalled for...
The guy with the big afro had no reason to push the other guy like he did.
The other guy did invoke interference, but he didn't deserve being shoved like that. Then from there everyone was out of control.

I thought the biggest thing that was screwed up was how the fans acted.
You can't blame some of the players for defending themselves after having cups and chairs and stuff thrown at them. They should have been equipped to make some serious arrests.. I think they need a lesson in crowd control with the way they acted.

 

[min0 lee]

Now that was strong java............

 

[min0 lee]

Yeah that was uncalled for...
The guy with the big afro had no reason to push the other guy like he did.
The other guy did invoke interference, but he didn't deserve being shoved like that. Then from there everyone was out of control.

I thought the biggest thing that was screwed up was how the fans acted.
You can't blame some of the players for defending themselves after having cups and chairs and stuff thrown at them. They should have been equipped to make some serious arrests.. I think they need a lesson in crowd control with the way they acted.

That is so true.

 

[Randy]

Was freakin cold last night... I think my waterbed heater may be going out.... that sucks

 

[Randy]

I hate when that happens

 

[min0 lee]

It gets that cold in CA?

 

[Randy]

I turned full blast now and will see what happens overnight Either I get boiled alive or suffer frost bite and have to sleep on the couch

 

[Randy]

yeah it does when your waterbed goes out Doesn't matter what state you live in. When your body temperature drops below 98.5 and starts diving...its like laying on a bed of ice in the middle of the night. Here in CA it's getting around 50 at night...still not that cold when compared to other states.

 

[min0 lee]

It's like that now in NY but it get colder.

 

[Randy]

That's the beauty of California... It never gets to cold in the winter nor to hot in the summer on the average.. And no humidity. I hate that. Last time I was in Texas for a business trip it was like 110 degrees with high humidity.. I thought I was going to die. Never been to NY

 

[min0 lee]

Wow, sounds like paradise. Here in NY it's the city of extremes.
In the summer the temp averages 90 degrees with 100% humidity and in the winter it goes down to 10 degrees freezing cold.

 

[Randy]

At least your near Times Square for New Years

http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f1.html

 

[Rocco32]

Hey now guys, no whoring. We are supposed to be insulting Johnnny in this thread!!!