Just want to see what everyone has to say about this..
my exact problem...straight bars **** my wrists.
I'd agree that straight-bar curls performed with strict form are the most effective exercise for building well-proportioned biceps. Cable curls do have their place in this context, but I'd certainly designate a smaller emphasis on them.
id have to agree with this.. cable curles never gave me much of a pump either.. i am going to try incline dumbbell curls tho..YJ, not sure where you dug up trhat article, but I disagree with it entirely. I now have just under 18" arms (cold) and my bicep is probably my single best bodypart. I find the brachialis difficult to develop and hurt my elbows trying. The reverse curl hits the top of the forearm and the brachialis. Preacher curls do not engage the brachialis at all. Reverse curls with heavy weight are hard on the elbows and I had to stop.
The single most effective excercise for a full wide biceps is the STRAIGHT bar curl. Can be hard on wrists and elbows, but hits the bicep more completely than ez-curl barl. Incline dumbell curls are super mass builders as well, and as in ALL biceps movements, strict form should be maintained to keep the shoulders, not the brachialis, from bearing the brunt of the load. I do cheat on my last rep, but that's all. Preacer curls are my 3rd favorite movement, and I use the ez-curl bar here to hit them from a little different angle.
Cable curls have always failed to give me any pump, and if you can move your arms up enough to brush your hair after a hard workout, you aren't pumped enough!
YJ, not sure where you dug up trhat article, but I disagree with it entirely. I now have just under 18" arms (cold) and my bicep is probably my single best bodypart. I find the brachialis difficult to develop and hurt my elbows trying. The reverse curl hits the top of the forearm and the brachialis. Preacher curls do not engage the brachialis at all. Reverse curls with heavy weight are hard on the elbows and I had to stop.
The single most effective excercise for a full wide biceps is the STRAIGHT bar curl. Can be hard on wrists and elbows, but hits the bicep more completely than ez-curl barl. Incline dumbell curls are super mass builders as well, and as in ALL biceps movements, strict form should be maintained to keep the shoulders, not the brachialis, from bearing the brunt of the load. I do cheat on my last rep, but that's all. Preacer curls are my 3rd favorite movement, and I use the ez-curl bar here to hit them from a little different angle.
Cable curls have always failed to give me any pump, and if you can move your arms up enough to brush your hair after a hard workout, you aren't pumped enough!
Incline curls isolate the biceps from the shoulder, and I see people all the time at my gym doing concentration curls with poor form and letting their delts do much of the work. If you can curl 50 lb dumbbells with poor form, letting the shoulders help out, you may have to cut that in half when you do inclines with strict form.
id have to agree with this.. cable curles never gave me much of a pump either.. i am going to try incline dumbbell curls tho..
also what advantage does doing curls on an incline have?
My thoughts exactly.Originally posted by The Game
Interesting article, but I have to agree with John Benz. Barbell curls work the best for me. Along with barbell curls I usually rotate in, incline curls, ez curls, dumbell curls, standing preacher curls, hammer curls, or cable curls.
Out of the seven exercises listed above, a typical workout would normally be..
Either barbell or Ez Curls
Either Incline or Dumbell Curls
Either preacher or hammer or cable curls
Altogether doing three exercises for bis.
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